About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Retail Income Pricing to join our Retail Actuarial & Reinsurance team at a pivotal time for our business. In this role, you’ll take ownership of the end‑to‑end commercial pricing strategy for our Retail Income products — ensuring they’re robust, competitive and aligned to our wider financial objectives. Reporting directly to the Retail Actuarial & Reinsurance Director, you’ll combine technical excellence with commercial insight, while leading and developing a high‑performing, highly engaged team.
Responsibilities
- Lead on our Retail Income Pricing strategy, by developing and maintaining pricing data, models and processes.
- Identify ways to automate or improve efficiency through AI or other means.
- Own the Retail Income pricing performance, ensuring it is robust and up-to-date.
- Support the achievement of the function’s financial objectives.
- Identify and lead on initiatives to improve optimisation and conversion of our income products through pricing.
- Collaborate closely with commercial and distribution leads.
- Partner with the Retail Reinsurance team to ensure reinsurance is optimised for the pricing strategy.
Requirements
- Qualified FIA, FFA or equivalent.
- Significant experience in the “at or in retirement” market, focused on product development and pricing activities.
- Managerial level experience gained within a UK life insurance company and/or consultancy.
- Proven experience of leading on pricing related projects or development projects or similar.
- Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to present complex financial concepts in a clear and concise manner.
- Excellent ability to lead and influence others.
- Strong strategic vision and development skills.
- Understanding of the competitive landscape (both distribution and product) of the retirement income and long term care market.
- Team player with focus on leadership by example.
- Ability to work under pressure, in a fast moving environment, to tight deadlines.
- Self-starter who is able to deliver with little help and guidance.
Skills
- Pricing
- Product Development
- AI
- Commercial Insight
- Leadership
- Communication
- Strategic Vision
Location
- London
Work Type
- Hybrid Working
- Permanent
- Full time
Experience Level
- Managerial level experience
Education Level
- Qualified FIA, FFA or equivalent
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance
- 25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday
- Private medical cover
- Income protection
- Generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
- Opportunities to progress your career in-role and within the company
- Free access to the Headspace app
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline
- Trained physical and mental health first aiders
- Variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal
- Several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones
About the Company
- At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you.
- You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.
Equal Opportunity
- Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making.
- Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just.
- We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.
