Head of Pricing & Underwriting – Home Insurance

Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.

As the Head of Pricing & Underwriting for Sky Protect you will be responsible for setting and monitoring the pricing and underwriting strategies for Sky, working closely with our insurance partners to drive forward performance.

What you’ll do:

• Managing and developing the pricing and underwriting team and working closely with our insurance partners
• Monitor and react to the market with a view to retention and new business sales volumes
• Data enrichment from multiple sources including internal, external and team engineered
• Maintenance and monitoring of pricing and underwriting controls
• Reporting into and participation in the regulatory governance processes
• Input into the forecasting process for Budget and long-range plans
• Overall responsibility for Pricing and Underwriting’s involvement in cross departmental projects
• Share your expertise with the Sky Protect and Sky business leaders
• Utilise your experience of the wider household insurance market to optimise Sky Protect performance

What you’ll bring:

• Strong leadership – inspiring your team to develop and grow and challenge ways of thinking
• Excel at collaboration, particularly working with external stakeholders
• Experience in Household insurance pricing across technical modelling, street pricing and optimisation with experience of selling through multiple channels
• Experience operating on a Broker panel home insurance model
• The ability to identify, prioritise and drive forward the priorities for the business
• Ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to senior stakeholders
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills

The rewards:

There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place; Discounted mobile and broadband.

Where you’ll work:

Osterley 3 days a week (Mon, Tues, Thurs)

Inclusion:

Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, and we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait? Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

There’s more to our work than work. We’ve built an inclusive culture where we can learn from each other and innovate together. There’s plenty of opportunities for you to explore what you’re passionate about.