Want to do the best work of your life? With 24 million customers in 7 countries, make your mark at Europe’s leading media and entertainment brand. A workplace where you can proudly be yourself; our people make Sky a truly exciting and inclusive place to work.
As the Head of Pricing & Underwriting for Sky Protect you will be responsible for setting and monitoring the pricing and underwriting strategies for Sky, working closely with our insurance carrier partner to manage the account to agreed targets and drive profitability.
What you’ll do:
1. Managing and developing the pricing and underwriting team (team of 10)
2. Monitor and react to the market with a view to retention and new business sales volumes
3. Pricing model development, governance and sign-off
4. Data enrichment from multiple sources including internal, external and team engineered
5. Maintenance and monitoring of the rating engine and underwriting controls
6. Reporting into and participation in the regulatory governance processes
7. Input into the forecasting process
8. Overall responsibility for Pricing and Underwriting’s involvement in cross departmental projects
9. Share your expertise with the Sky Protect and Sky business leaders
10. Utilise your experience of the wider household insurance market to optimise the Sky account
What you’ll bring:
11. Strong leadership – inspiring your team to develop and grow and challenge ways of thinking
12. Excel at collaboration, particularly working with external stakeholders
13. Extensive experience in Household insurance pricing across technical modelling, street pricing and optimisation with experience of selling through multiple channels
14. Knowledge of linear and non-linear modelling along with their strengths, weaknesses and diagnostics
15. Knowledge of techniques to work with complex and large data and derive value (experience with Python helpful)
16. The ability to identify, prioritise and drive forward the priorities for the business
17. Ability to explain complex ideas in a simple way to senior stakeholders
The rewards:
There’s a reason people can’t stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:
18. Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
19. A generous pension package
20. Private healthcare
21. Discounted mobile and broadband
Where you’ll work:
Osterley:
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Inclusion:
Recognised as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work,
And we’ll do everything we can to support you during your application.