About the role

Market Pricing Manager leading a team to optimize pricing strategies in a digital insurance provider. Driving innovation and collaborating cross-functionally to enhance pricing models and market responses.

Responsibilities

The Market Pricing Manager will lead a team of analysts to optimise price competitiveness, profitability, and growth through advanced use of market data, price comparison website insights, and internal pricing models.
The role will drive innovation in how we use external and internal data sources, ensuring we continually identify new opportunities and respond effectively to market movements.
Creating and adapting tools that identify new pricing opportunities using market data and PCW insights.
Squeezing more value out of existing market insight datasets through enhanced analytics, alternative price predictions, and smarter tooling.
Ownership of PCW data requirements - working with internal and external partners to ensure data quality, coverage, and usefulness, while proactively pursuing improvements.
Critically reviewing market models, ensuring rigour and relevance for application in the wider pricing teams.
Determining optimal strategies for combining market models to strengthen competitiveness.
Identifying customer segments where prices can be improved to capture market share or increase profitability.

Strong general insurance knowledge, particularly personal lines pricing and market dynamics.
Strong numerical, analytical, and problem solving skills with experience working with statistical or market data.
Strong coding ability (Python preferred; experience in other languages also valuable).
Experience working with market models, PCW data, and/or competitive insight tools beneficial.
Curious, inquisitive mindset with a passion for identifying opportunities and driving measurable change.
Ability to think creatively and challenge existing approaches constructively.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to articulate complex topics clearly to varied audiences.
Collaborative working style with confidence to offer views, challenge constructively, and influence decision making.
Enthusiastic, proactive approach to learning and continuous improvement.

Flexible working – we champion a flexible hybrid working approach – please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail.
Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus.
Physical wellbeing – as a Band 4 colleague, Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (also known as PMI).
Financial wellbeing – as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%...
Mental wellbeing programme – we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs.
27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks...
Access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more ...