Pricing Director

at  ManyPets

ABOUT US

We love pets - which is why we’re on a mission to make the world a better place for pets and their parents. We offer pet insurance policies with generous pet health benefits that are designed with their needs in mind. We’ve helped half a million pets stay happy and healthy since 2017 - and many more customers throughout the world are joining us every day. Our company is respectful, fun-loving and (most importantly) passionate about pets and their wellbeing. Throughout our business you’ll meet people who think differently, aim for impact, and love to try new things. Want to join our pack? Join us. Love every moment. Love ManyPets.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• You are a talented pricing specialist with a background in personal lines insurance.
• You have prior experience in managing a pricing team, with diverse ranges of skill levels.
• You are up to date with technical developments in the industry and have a good sense of best practice and knowledge of suitable pricing standards.
• You are detail focused, analytical and able to communicate outputs clearly and simply
• You are confident in delivering pricing reviews and reviewing the quality of other analysts work.
• You can create technical reports and build presentations for senior management and non-technical audiences.
• You have experience in one or more coding languages such as SQL, SAS, R or Python, plus advanced Excel skills, and experience in rating tools such as Earnix, Akur8 or WTW Radar.
• You are confident in building resilient stakeholder relationships through a partnered approach.
• You have detailed understanding of the dynamics of personal lines insurance, with pet insurance experience an advantage but not essential.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and set prices across all products at ManyPets to deliver business plans, working closely and in conjunction with the marketing team to deliver upon premium targets
• Maintain market leading pricing models by developing price optimisation, machine learning models and new pricing techniques. Manage customer lifetime value pricing within pricing and develop this working closely with the marketing team
• Strive to develop the best technical models possible, utilising data both internally and external to the group and embed regular tracking on ongoing performance
• Define, own and develop the overall pricing strategy for ManyPets
• Manage and develop the pricing team, helping the team add value to the wider organisation
• Develop ongoing reporting to track pricing metrics and create new insight into ongoing performance for use within the team and wider group
• Work closely with the data science team to help develop new models and insight
• Communicate pricing outcomes effectively and on a regular basis to senior leadership and external partners (auditors, carriers) as required

This position has a three-step interview process, which will be held via Zoom. We may need you to sign an NDA as part of the process for this role and we may also ask you to complete a Wisnio online profile, which will enable us to ask you some specific questions about your values and working style.

• Stage 1 – you’ll meet our Chief Underwriting Officer. This will be a shorter interview where we’ll tell you more about the company and the role, probe your experiences and answer any questions you might have
• Stage 2 – You’ll meet our CUO again and we’ll include another senior team member. We’ll interview you on both technical and competency questions. We expect this meeting to last for up to an hour. We may ask you to present a response to a brief at this meeting.
• Stage 3 – if you or we feel we need an additional informal meeting before making a decision, we’ll let you know. We’ll try to keep this to two stages, wherever possible