Pricing Manager

About us:

This role is within Landlord Pricing, a part of Household Pricing. Household is one of Admiral’s fastest growing products, having built a base of 2 million customers in our first 12 years of trading. The Pricing department plays a key role in offering the right premiums to the right customers, ensuring the business is sustainable whilst delivering value to our customers. Our team of around 70 employees, including Pricing Analysts, Data Scientists, and support functions, uses innovative approaches to achieve this.

We are looking for a talented Pricing Manager to join our team, providing an exciting chance to contribute to the growth of Landlord within Admiral. This management position offers a significant opportunity to impact the continued success of the business while fostering personal growth through exposure to Senior Managers in Landlord, Household, and the wider Admiral business.

Although this team is primarily located at our Cardiff Headquarters, we offer flexibility in location and working arrangements, and welcome candidates from further afield.

This role will report to the Head of Landlord Pricing.

Job Purpose:

The primary purpose of this role is to support the Head of Landlord Pricing in developing and delivering the strategic goals of the department, both in terms of commercial and customer outcomes, but also in terms of the department being a positive place to work where the Admiral cultural pillars are embedded. 

Reporting Lines:

This role will report to the Head of Landlord Pricing.

Main Duties:

• Management and development of analysts within the team, including the development of senior analysts’ management and technical skills
• Constantly looking for new and better ways of performing key activities in the team, including designing low-cost tests which can aid in understanding customer behaviour and demonstrate the viability of ideas.
• Developing a high level of awareness of the business beyond Landlord Pricing, recognising opportunities for learning from other areas.
• Review external and internal data sources for value to insurance pricing and make recommendations.
• Explore new innovative ways to rate on existing data and enhance the rating structure through new external data sources.
• Develop strong relationships with colleagues, both within the department as well as the wider business, to ensure successful delivery of projects that involve cross-departmental cooperation and collaboration.
• Gaining recognition as the go-to expert on specific topics and proactively sharing relevant information with the appropriate audience(s).
• Take responsibility for the quality and direction of complex analytical work carried out within your team.
• Communicating results and ideas to key decision-makers across different group companies, including Heads of Department and CEO/COO.
• Deputising for the Head of Pricing in your area at any requested forums.

Key Skills:

• Experience within Landlord Pricing (preferable), Household Pricing or Commercial Lines Pricing as a Senior Analyst or Manager.
• People management experience (desirable).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including coaching and giving constructive feedback on complex pieces of work.
• Innovative, proactive and creative approach to taking initiative and getting things done.
• Develop strong relationships with colleagues, both within the department as well as the wider business, to ensure successful delivery of projects that involve cross-departmental cooperation and collaboration.
• Prior experience with any programming language (SAS, SQL, Big Query or a similar language) is preferred; in-house training will be provided to adapt to the role’s requirements.

Hybrid Working

The successful candidate will be expected to work at least 1 day a month in our Cardiff HQ, ideally aligned with the rest of your team.

Whilst this hybrid working policy is subject to change, we recognise the need for flexibility and are open to discussing alternative arrangements with individuals.

Admiral: Where You Can

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It's a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant. You can, Grow And Progress at a pace and direction that suits you, Make A Difference for our customers and each other, and Share in Our Future with all colleagues eligible for up to £3,600 of free shares each year after one year of service.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we've been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.

Our fantastic benefits make sure our colleagues have a great work-life balance; You can view some of our other key benefits here

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