Actuarial Director, JP Pricing

The Actuarial Director JP Pricing plays a critical role in strengthening pricing governance modeling standards and end-to-end pricing processes to deliver sustainable customer and business value. This role partners closely with pricing product risk finance valuation and technology stakeholders to enhance pricing workflows improve controls and support scalable high-quality product pricing practices.

Established in 2012 MBPS Actuarial has grown into a global center of excellence with over 200 professionals supporting Valuation Asset & Liability Modelling Experience Analytics Pricing and other core actuarial services.

MBPS Actuarial offers a wide range of global opportunities across multiple actuarial disciplines a high performing culture a market leading actuarial development program a job rotation program and a leadership team dedicated to your growth and success. Beyond that their influence extends to the broader community and industry enriching the professional landscape for everyone involved.

Position Responsibilities:

Pricing Governance & Process Excellence

• Review and improve end-to-end pricing workflows from product ideation through approval launch and post-launch monitoring.
• Identify opportunities to simplify processes strengthen controls clarify ownership and improve speed and consistency of pricing deliverables.
• Lead enhancements to pricing standards approval processes documentation practices review checklists and governance routines.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance pricing effectiveness operational efficiency and control effectiveness.

Actuarial Modeling Standards & Technical Oversight

• Establish and maintain modeling rules model change standards validation expectations and documentation requirements for pricing models.
• Provide actuarial oversight on pricing methodologies profitability analysis sensitivity testing assumption reasonableness and product economics.
• Strengthen governance over product feasibility assessments pricing review reports profitability metrics and pricing decision materials.

Business Product & Financial Insight

• Analyze pricing results product profitability risk-return trade-offs and competitive positioning to support product and business strategy.
• Translate actuarial analysis into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Support management reporting assumption review experience analysis and post-launch monitoring to inform future pricing actions.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Partner with product risk finance valuation reinsurance distribution IT data and governance teams to ensure pricing practices are robust efficient and well controlled.
• Partner with technology AI and automation teams to identify scalable workflow reporting documentation and quality-control solutions.
• Communicate complex actuarial financial and process concepts in a clear concise and business-relevant way.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science Mathematics Statistics Finance Computer Science or a related field.
• 812 years of actuarial experience in life insurance with strong exposure to pricing product development profitability analysis assumption setting model review or actuarial governance.
• Progress toward certification with a recognized actuarial professional body; Fellowship preferred.
• Proven ability to lead pricing initiatives process improvement model governance product review or cross-functional actuarial projects.
• Strong business acumen analytical judgment and ability to identify root causes and key drivers from financial and actuarial results.
• Excellent stakeholder management communication negotiation and influencing skills.
• Results-oriented with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work under tight timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence strategic decision-making across actuarial and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Moodys Axis Risk Integrity or similar actuarial modeling platforms.
• Knowledge of IFRS17 reporting pricing governance model controls or assumption management.
• Demonstrated project management and leadership experience including coaching or mentoring actuarial teams.
• Experience partnering with technology data automation or AI teams to improve actuarial processes and controls.

When you join our team:

• Well empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• Well recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team well support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

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