Pricing Officer

The Pricing Officer leads the end-to-end pricing strategy governance and execution across Individual Life Health and Group businesses ensuring strong alignment with business strategic priorities Financial targets and Risk appetite.

The role is responsible for transforming the pricing function into a center of technical excellence and a strategic decision partner that delivers:

• Strong product competitiveness and innovation
• Robust pricing execution and risk discipline
• Sustainable portfolio value and profitability
• Continuous capability uplift and operational excellence

Key Responsibilities

A. Product Risk Identification & Management

The PO is responsible for leading the identification assessment and management of risks across all products and initiatives ensuring comprehensive evaluation of financial market policyholder operational and model risks and assessing their impact on key financial metrics over both the short and long term.

B. Pricing Strategy & Value Management

Defines and leads pricing strategy ensuring alignment with business priorities and and key strategic segments including Health Agency and Banca.

Drives product innovation and structuring through the development of competitive sustainable product designs and oversees pricing for new product development tactical and campaign-driven initiatives.

Leads financial evaluation of product proposals and business plans and drives portfolio value optimization through product mix management margin improvement initiatives and repricing strategies particularly for Health and Group portfolios. Ensures pricing decisions reflect long-term sustainability.

Provides strategic recommendations to senior management to support product prioritization design decisions and overall portfolio optimization.

C. Stakeholder Communication & Decision Support

Effectively communicates product risks financial implications and trade-offs to senior management regional stakeholders and relevant internal functions and provides clear business-relevant insights to support informed decision-making and strategic direction.

Acts as a key partner to business leadership contributing to business planning pricing strategy execution and portfolio performance discussions.

D. Pricing Governance and Integrity

Accountable for the integrity of pricing of all product initiatives ensure pricing assumptions are developed using sound actuarial methodologies. Leads and enforces the companys pricing governance framework including approval of pricing models assumptions and profitability thresholds; and enforces documentation discipline to support internal approvals audits and regulatory submissions.

Maintain the integrity robustness and consistency of pricing across all products and initiatives. Ensure products are aligned with customer value and suitability principles. Ensures risks are appropriately mitigated through product design features reinsurance arrangements and others ensuring alignment with the companys risk appetite.

E. Regulatory Compliance & Standards

Ensures all product pricing and initiatives comply with applicable regulations as well as corporate pricing standards and internal policies.

The Pricing Officer leads interactions with regulators and regional stakeholders ensuring the delivery of high-quality product approval submissions and driving alignment with regional standards IFRS 17 requirements and established risk and governance frameworks.

Maintains awareness of regulatory developments and industry trends and ensures these are reflected in pricing strategies and decisions.

F. Pricing Operations Tools & Process Excellence

Oversees pricing operations including Day 1 and Day 2 support implementation activities and in-force customer projection requests.

Leads the development and enhancement of pricing tools models and analytical capabilities to improve accuracy efficiency and turnaround times.

Leads the pricing quality uplift agenda ensuring first-time-right submissions strong review discipline and consistent pricing standards.

G. Team Leadership & Capability Building

Lead and develop Pricing teams across Life Health and Group building strong capabilities in Financial analysis Risk assessment as well as Business storytelling.

Drives a culture of accountability collaboration and technical excellence and ensures continuous capability development aligned with evolving business and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Fellow of a recognized actuarial body is a must
• Minimum 1015 years of progressive experience in insurance pricing across Individual Life Health and Group with demonstrable track record of leading pricing functions
• Strong expertise in Life Health and Employee Benefits product structures
• Deep expertise in financial metrics and value drivers with advanced understanding of IFRS 17 mechanics and implications for pricing reporting and product design
• Strong analytical and strategic thinker with ability to balance growth profitability and risk trade-offs
• Demonstrated experience in pricing governance risk management and regulatory engagement
• Excellent communication skills with ability to translate complex actuarial outputs into clear business-relevant insights for executive decision-making
• Experience in supporting distribution strategies (Agency Banca Corporate Solutions)
• Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science or Mathematics

About Manulife and John Hancock

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