Pricing Lead

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**Pricing Lead | NSW - Sydney**
- Bring your positive and energetic leadership style to a global insurer
- Experience the end-to-end pricing process as well as engagement on significant projects
- We are a flexible work employer who understands the need for work-life balance

**How far can you go with the support of leaders who want to bring out the best in you?**

We are looking for a
**Pricing Lead** to join our successful Technical Department, where you would be reporting to the Pricing Manager. In this role, you will be expected to lead quantitative analysis and modelling projects and to derive insights to inform pricing decisions for Allianz Australia products.

**You will also***:

- Provide pricing recommendations and insights to internal stakeholders, reflecting competitive and commercial considerations to achieve strategic objectives.
- Develop and implement best practice pricing models, including claims, quote conversion, customer retention and pricing scenarios.
- Take ownership of and continual refinement of the rating and pricing models, by utilising advanced analytics techniques, extensive data and relevant industry leading tools/technologies.
- Monitor the performance of implemented initiatives to support continuous refinement of pricing models and pricing strategy.
- Contribute to the development of product strategy and support its implementation.
- Identify opportunities to drive innovation and make improvements in processes, products and services.
- Implement the pricing governance framework by performing and continually improving controls and governance around pricing processes.

**We are looking for**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline with experience in a general insurance valuations or pricing.
- Proven success leading projects such as long tail valuation or pricing reviews.
- Demonstrated evidence of technical proficiency with systems, software, databases, reporting and communication tools, such as Willis Towers Watson pricing software (Emblem, Radar) and SAS, R or Python.
- Experience in machine learning, ideally using Python, would be highly valued.
- Proven analytical and critical thinking capability to interpret a range of data, identify patterns, trends and links that inform judgements and solutions and report accordingly.
- Ability to manage internal client expectations to ensure matters are appropriately triaged and dealt with in accordance with an agreed timeline and scope.
- Ability to plan and prioritise effectively, organise tasks and manage competing resources and demands.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of communicating with clarity, impact and influence

**What's on offer?**
- Access on-demand lifelong learning and take control of your career development.
- Learn through being supported and encouraged to take on new challenges that will help you to develop new skills
- Be part of a team that's open-minded, supportive, approachable and genuinely focused on customer outcomes
- We understand about work-life balance, we are always willing to discuss flexible & remote working options with our employees. Allianz is an accredited FlexReady employer.
- Access a range of benefits, such as discounts at retailers, travel firms, health insurers, gyms and financial institutions, alongside a significant discount on Allianz insurance products.

**About us**

Allianz is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us.

We do this through delivering a great customer experience that is the result of appreciating each other every single day, showing heart by really listening and being honest and by always asking, "how can I help?".

Allianz is committed to enabling a culture where inclusion is embedded, everyone belongs and new ideas are embraced. We welcome and value talent from all backgrounds, experiences and ways of working Please advise us if you require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the recruitment process or perform the requirements of the role.

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