Home Pricing Algorithm Control Lead

1 month ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Direct Line Group Full time
About Us

At Direct Line Group, we're a customer-obsessed market powerhouse, combining decades of industry experience with talented people in every field. Our mission is to be a best-in-class pricing function, and we're looking for exceptional individuals to join our team.

Job Summary

We're seeking a Pricing Algorithm Control Lead to manage the delivery of all pricing and underwriting changes for home products to market. As a key member of our Pricing and Underwriting team, you'll be responsible for ensuring all changes to the algorithm are coded efficiently and fully documented, and for leading a team to manage the delivery of all pricing and underwriting changes for home products to market.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure all changes to the algorithm are coded efficiently and fully documented
  • Regular algorithm house keeping and testing to ensure best practice, efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance
  • Using external focus to understand ways in which we can improve our change capability
  • Managing our relationship with our vendor and internal technology teams
  • Ensuring that we operate within a strong governance and control framework
  • Leading, motivating, and inspiring both your direct reports and those within the wider P&U function through your breadth of knowledge and expertise
What We're Looking For

We're keen to meet enthusiastic, passionate, and curious individuals, and are open to hearing from those with experience of managing the delivery of pricing changes to market. Key is your breadth of experience and understanding across the area.

  • Previous, demonstrable, experience of algorithmic change and development, ideally using WTW Radar software
  • Knowledge and understanding of the components of an insurance price
  • Experience of data extraction and manipulation tools, such as SQL and Python
  • Ability to inspire and engage colleagues to do their best work every day, with a strong external network to bring in best practice and new concepts to DLG
What We'll Give You

We recognise we wouldn't be where we are today without our people and the wide variety of perspectives and life experiences they bring. That's why we offer excellent benefits to suit your lifestyle and a flexible working model combining the best parts of home and office-working, varying with the nature of your role. Core benefits include:

  • 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
  • Generous holiday allowance + bank holidays
  • Private medical insurance for yourself
  • 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
Ways of Working

Our hybrid model way of working offers a 'best of both worlds' approach combining 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.

Be Yourself

We recognise and embrace people that work in different ways, so if you need any reasonable adjustments within this recruitment process, please reach out to us and we can discuss how we can support you with this.

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