Head of Pricing, Large Commercial

AXA•Boston, MA

43d

About The Position

This role is part of the Pricing & Analytics team supporting AXA XL’s Insurance Division. As the Head of Pricing, Americas Large Commercial, you will be responsible for driving market-leading pricing capabilities and support for all America’s Large Commercial products including US, Canada, and Bermuda. As the Head of Pricing, you will work closely with the Head of Pricing, Americas, the Large Commercial CUO and others to monitor profitability and help drive profitable underwriting decision making.

Requirements

Extensive non-life actuarial pricing experience, including experience in the large commercial space.
Actuarial designation of ACAS required, FCAS preferred.
Refined business acumen, demonstrating knowledge of market challenges and opportunities and implications of decisions.
Leadership skills to work collaboratively with colleagues to build consensus.
Impeccable written and verbal communications skills to gain buy-in to communicate clearly and concisely with internal and external clients.
Resourceful and innovative – meeting challenges with new ideas and alternative solutions and leveraging the capabilities of AXA XL.

Responsibilities

Ensure all Large Commercial Americas lines of business have market-leading technical pricing and portfolio management capabilities through effective engagement with underwriting and collaboration with product pricing teams.
Act as a key member and influencer on the Americas Large Commercial leadership team.
Lead, develop and motivate high performing individuals throughout the broader Pricing & Analytics team in support of the Large Commercial Americas region.
Ensure technical pricing is compliant with regulatory filings whilst incorporating proprietary pricing insights to drive underwriting decisions.
Develop robust portfolio management capabilities to support business intelligence and management information, including core pricing metrics.
Drive appropriate consistency in pricing and portfolio analysis across Americas Large Commercial whilst ensuring consistency across the broader AXA XL Insurance products.
Influence the creation of the region’s business plan including communication of loss ratios, trends, and pricing metrics whilst considering local market conditions and regional strategy.
Collaborate with Heads of Pricing for each Product to ensure regional needs are prioritized whilst balancing the need for global consistency and other priorities.
Regularly communicate with product pricing teams to ensure knowledge of latest trends and changes.
Engage with underwriting and pricing to solve complex problems through analytical solutions.
Collaborate with the broader Pricing & Analytics teams, UW leadership, reserving, finance, regulatory and capital modelling.
Support and encourage the usage of pricing models and metrics, delivering training of underwriters as necessary.

Benefits

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture and enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential. It’s about helping one another — and our business — to move forward and succeed.
Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe.
Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements
Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits
Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index
Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter
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We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.
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