Commercial Strategy Manager

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Direct Line Group Full time

Commercial Strategy Manager

At Direct Line Group, we're looking for a Commercial Strategy Manager to join our team. As a key member of our commercial function, you'll be responsible for driving growth and profitability by setting the commercial plan for the business and developing trading strategies to deliver against the plan.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define and deliver Darwin trading MI, metrics, and measures
  • Deliver the business plan and trading KPIs
  • Use a range of insight and direct approaches to actively keep track of the PCW market, present analysis, and findings
  • Develop retail price tests to improve trading metrics of written premium, volume, loss ratio, and risk mix
  • Build a deep understanding of the drivers of profitability, especially underlying risk pricing and the uncertainty inherent in the risk price
  • Use data and commercial instinct to make big calls in uncertain economic conditions and help CEO/CFO/ExCo members understand these
  • Use multiple sources of insight to help unpack the equity story for our shareholders
  • Use insight to actively keep track of the Insurance Market and give direction for pricing/product/customer journey improvement

Requirements:

  • Data-driven with the ability to couple data skills to build credible insight into trading performance
  • Previous experience of budgeting, forecasting, and trading
  • Highly quantitative with experience of working with linear and non-linear models, valuation models
  • Ability to set their own agenda and independently deliver against their objectives
  • Commercially astute with the ability to create new value in all activity and challenge/develop others in commercial thinking
  • High-quality data analysis skills, e.g., Excel, Tableau, SQL, Python
  • Ability to discuss pricing models with insurance pricing and underwriting
  • Bias towards practical application in a live trading environment

What We Offer:

  • 9% employer-contributed pension
  • 50% off home, motor, and pet insurance, plus free travel insurance and Green Flag breakdown cover
  • Up to 10% annual bonus
  • 25 days holiday (rising by 1 each year to 28) + bank holidays and option to buy or sell up to 5 days
  • Additional optional Health and Dental insurance
  • EV car scheme allows all colleagues to lease a brand-new electric or plug-in hybrid car in a tax-efficient way
  • Buy as you earn share scheme
  • Employee discounts and cashback
  • Plus many more

Flexible Working:

We offer a hybrid model way of working that combines the best parts of home and office-working, offering flexibility for everyone. When you'll be in the office depends on your role, but most colleagues are in 2 days a week, and we'll consider the flexible working options that work best for you.

We're proud of who we are, of what we do, and what every single one of us brings. We're a team of brilliant individuals, in a place that empowers you to be the best you can be. We're Direct Line Group, and we're looking for someone like you to join us.

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