Career Returner Pricing Optimisation Lead

About the Team

The International Portfolio Analytics (IPA) team is a dynamic multi-functional group that operates with creativity autonomy and empowerment. Embedded within the underwriting business and represented in senior leadership forums the team supports all divisions of Markel International. Our core focus spans four critical areas:

• Portfolio Management

• Pricing Transformation

• Advanced Analytics

• Catastrophe & Exposure Management

What Youll Do

Explore opportunities to deliver smarter pricing solutions including:

• Reviewing challenging and improving pricing models and approaches to iterative development and calibration.

• Offering practical recommendations and sharing best practices balancing technical rigour with real-world application.

• Supporting the ongoing development and maturity of models including exploring opportunities with internal and external data sources.

• Adding value to testing validation and governance processes to embed effective practices.

• Mentoring and supporting junior team members in their actuarial career development.

• Fostering collaboration between portfolio management pricing transformation and other teams.

• Contributing ideas and expertise to shape the future direction of our team and the wider business.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Engage with senior stakeholders including underwriting MDs and the office of the CUO to align pricing strategies with business objectives.

• Lead initiatives to improve pricing model governance and calibration.

• Document and validate pricing methodologies and ensure clarity across teams.

• Facilitate workshops and meetings to drive collaboration and decision-making.

• Prepare governance materials and secure sign-off at key milestones.

• Support continuous improvement across the International Portfolio Analytics function.

What Were Looking For

• Experience in pricing model development review calibration validation and governance; familiarity with GLMs is helpful but not essential.

• Strong technical actuarial skills with the ability to problem-solve and recommend analytics approaches.

• Background in actuarial workwhether from London Market insurance Personal Lines Consulting or elsewhere.

• Ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and constructively and to challenge approaches in a supportive way.

• Willingness to learn and adapt with an open mind to new tools data sources and ways of working.

• Collaborative spirit and a desire to help others develop and succeed.

• Good coding or data analysis skills (e.g. Python SQL Power BI) would be useful but were happy to support your development.

• Any experience with capital modelling is a plus but not required.

Why Join Us

• A collaborative forward-thinking team that values creativity autonomy and fresh perspectives.

• Opportunities to influence strategic pricing decisions and shape best practice across Markel International.

• Access to cutting-edge tools data and analytics to drive meaningful change.

• Support for your professional growth including mentoring and development in technical and leadership skills.

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life while making a real impact

Whats in it for you

Were open to flexible working requirements for all of these roles and offer benefits & support such as:

• 25 days holiday (prorated for the FTC)

• Private medical cover for you and your family

• Private dental insurance

• Worldwide travel insurance

• Pension scheme

• Vitality wellbeing benefits

• My Family Care for emergency childcare and eldercare

• High street discounts and reduced gym memberships

Are you ready to play your part

Choose Apply Now to fill out our short application so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion colour national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.

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