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Pricing Data Scientist

Posted 3 days ago by McGregor Boyall

Summary: The Pricing Data Scientist role involves shaping pricing strategy for a Protection Insurance provider through advanced analytics, machine learning, and predictive modeling. This position is highly commercial, requiring collaboration across various teams to enhance pricing strategies and influence business performance. Candidates with both Pricing Data Science and Actuarial backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The role is offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract with the potential for permanent placement.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Build and deploy pricing, demand, lapse, cross-sell and optimisation models
  • Lead strategic pricing initiatives and deliver tactical solutions to support business performance
  • Partner with Product, Protection and Distribution teams to drive pricing improvements
  • Apply machine learning and statistical techniques to solve complex business problems
  • Communicate technical insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Key Skills:

  • Experience within Insurance Pricing
  • Strong Machine Learning and predictive modelling experience
  • Python skills
  • Strong statistical and mathematical knowledge (GLMs, regression, hypothesis testing, time-series etc.)
  • Understanding of customer behaviour, pricing elasticity and price optimisation
  • Protection Insurance experience preferred (Term Assurance, Critical Illness or Income Protection)
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Salary (Rate): £60000.00 per annum

City: Brighton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer: BBBH170150_1781098937
  • Up to £60000.00 per annum
  • Brighton, East Sussex
  • Permanent


Pricing Data Scientist
Protection Insurance
Location: Fully Remote (optional offices in Brighton or Cambridgeshire)
Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract - very likely to go permanent afterwards
Salary: Up to £60k

The Role

  • Joining a well-established Protection Insurance provider, you'll play a key role in shaping pricing strategy through advanced analytics, machine learning and predictive modelling.
  • This is a highly commercial role, sitting at the intersection of Data Science, Pricing and Insurance. You'll design and deploy models that influence trading performance, customer outcomes and strategic decision-making across a range of protection products.
  • The business is open to both Pricing Data Scientists and candidates with an Actuarial background, making this an excellent opportunity for someone looking to apply advanced modelling techniques to real-world commercial challenges.


Key Responsibilities

  • Build and deploy pricing, demand, lapse, cross-sell and optimisation models
  • Lead strategic pricing initiatives and deliver tactical solutions to support business performance
  • Partner with Product, Protection and Distribution teams to drive pricing improvements
  • Apply machine learning and statistical techniques to solve complex business problems
  • Communicate technical insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders


Key Requirements

  • Experience within Insurance Pricing
  • Strong Machine Learning and predictive modelling experience
  • Python skills
  • Strong statistical and mathematical knowledge (GLMs, regression, hypothesis testing, time-series etc.)
  • Understanding of customer behaviour, pricing elasticity and price optimisation
  • Protection Insurance experience preferred (Term Assurance, Critical Illness or Income Protection)
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills



No sponsorship available.

Get in touch for more details - ncarolan@mcgregor-boyall.com

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Rate:
£60,000/year
Location:
Brighton
IR35 Status:
Fixed-Term
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
Other
Seniority Level:
Mid-Level

Take-Home Pay

£3,500 per month

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