London Insurance Life
Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden. Role Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mind-set, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 20,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.Our people are our biggest asset as well as our largest shareholder group and are everything that makes us unique; our inclusive culture, the quality service we offer our clients, and our continued growth, all come from our people-first approach. There's no such thing as individual success. We all need to play our part, contributing our skills and experience to make a true difference. That's Howden.We have always been employee-owned and driven by entrepreneurial spirit. Right from the beginning, we've focused on employing talented individuals and empowering them to make a real difference to the company, whilst building successful and fulfilling careers at the same time. Simply put, we hire talented specialists and give them what they need to make a difference for clients. Always have, always will.People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down disappointed head-hunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.As the Head of Architecture (Specialty) , reporting into the Head of Group Architecture with a dotted line to Specialty CTO, you will lead the definition of the target architecture, architecture roadmaps and transition-state architectures for Howden Specialty. You will be a member of the Howden Group Architecture function with end-to-end architecture responsibility for the Specialty business, embedded in key Howden Specialty initiatives, working collaboratively with Specialty (UK and globally) business stakeholders and broader Group Services stakeholders to ensure the target architecture, roadmaps and transition-state architectures are aligned to Specialty needs and broader Group objectives. This is a technology and architecture leadership role ensuring alignment of Specialty target architecture and roadmaps to strategic Group objectives with a strong focus on maximising reuse of existing Howden Group capabilities and alignment to strategic Group initiatives.The role is expected to work collaboratively across Specialty business, Howden Group Services (including Group Risk, Legal, Finance, HR, IT, Security, Data etc), to ensure Specialty target architecture, solution architectures for key Specialty initiatives and roadmaps are aligned to Specialty requirements and broader Group objectives. This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for a technology and architecture leader with a strong understanding of Specialty (retail & wholesale) Insurance Broking domain with a special focus on strong London Market Specialty Broking business knowledge, London Market Insurance Broking systems and vendors, strong Enterprise Architecture management skills (including setting up and running Technical Design Authorities on major change programmes) and hands-on technical solution architecture experience ideally with good software engineering background. Develop and maintain Enterprise architecture assets for Howden Specialty e.g. capability models, architecture inventory of apps & tools, target-architecture artefacts, architecture roadmaps and transition-state architecture artefacts, solution architecture artefacts for key Howden initiatives, technical debt registers, consistently with Group Architecture practices, processes and tools Establish and run a delegated (from Group Architecture) architecture governance forum (i.e. Speciality Technical Design Authority) for Howden Speciality linked to Speciality IT change/release management Lead and champion the adoption and usage of strategic Group assets, technologies and tools Define Howden Specialty application integration strategy aligned to Group's strategic application integration capability i.e. Howden Digital Backbone Provide architecture, technology thought-leadership and architecture advisory (including IT Due Diligence support) for M&A initiatives and vendor selection for Specialty, aligned to Group policies and standards Provide technology and architecture direction and guidance for Specialty change initiatives ensuring alignment to broader Group strategic objectives and reuse of Group capabilities and assets Manage the delivery of solution architecture and technical oversight for all strategic Howden Specialty change initiatives Deliver high-level and detailed solution architecture for strategic Howden Specialty change initiatives, ensuring appropriate consideration of solution options where required, consistent review of solution options for strategic alignment and rigorous management of key design decisions, working with Specialty and Group stakeholders Provide timely reporting and escalation of architecture activities, architecture risks and issues to Group Head of Architecture As a member of Group Architecture leadership, drive continuous improvement of Group Architecture capability contributing to management of Group Architecture operations and key Group Architecture capabilities (including deployment and management of Architecture tooling, processes, architecture repositories and repository assets).As a senior member of the Group Architecture team, the Head of Architecture (Specialty) may be required to perform wider duties and tasks within the capabilities and responsibilities of the role.The ideal candidate will have proven architecture & technical leadership experience, with strong negotiation, influencing and communication & presentation skills, specifically ability to tailor messages to senior stakeholder and technical delivery teams. The role requires strong Specialty (London Market and globally) Insurance Broking domain knowledge with excellent knowledge of Specialty Insurance Broking systems, technologies (including emerging solutions) and vendor landscape. Key skills and experience for the role include: Strong Architecture and IT governance experience, specifically experience and skills establishing and running group-wide/global Architecture Review Boards, Design Authority for major change programmes etc. Strong business and systems analysis and design skills Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture skills using industry standard architecture frameworks and methodologies e.g. TOGAF Strong technical skills in defining systems and technology solution architecture using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft enterprise technologies. Strong technical skills in defining and systems and technology solution architecture using Salesforce technologies Strong technical skills in Enterprise-grade integration architecture including modern RESTful API approaches, event driven architecture, and traditional messaging, web services and ESB approaches. Excellent technical skills and awareness of enterprise-grade solution architecture skills with a focus on Enterprise Application integration
Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden. Role Howden is a collective - a group of talented and passionate people all around the world. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mind-set, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 20,000 employees spanning over 100 countries.Our people are our biggest asset as well as our largest shareholder group and are everything that makes us unique; our inclusive culture, the quality service we offer our clients, and our continued growth, all come from our people-first approach. There's no such thing as individual success. We all need to play our part, contributing our skills and experience to make a true difference. That's Howden.We have always been employee-owned and driven by entrepreneurial spirit. Right from the beginning, we've focused on employing talented individuals and empowering them to make a real difference to the company, whilst building successful and fulfilling careers at the same time. Simply put, we hire talented specialists and give them what they need to make a difference for clients. Always have, always will.People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down disappointed head-hunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.As the Head of Architecture (Specialty) , reporting into the Head of Group Architecture with a dotted line to Specialty CTO, you will lead the definition of the target architecture, architecture roadmaps and transition-state architectures for Howden Specialty. You will be a member of the Howden Group Architecture function with end-to-end architecture responsibility for the Specialty business, embedded in key Howden Specialty initiatives, working collaboratively with Specialty (UK and globally) business stakeholders and broader Group Services stakeholders to ensure the target architecture, roadmaps and transition-state architectures are aligned to Specialty needs and broader Group objectives. This is a technology and architecture leadership role ensuring alignment of Specialty target architecture and roadmaps to strategic Group objectives with a strong focus on maximising reuse of existing Howden Group capabilities and alignment to strategic Group initiatives.The role is expected to work collaboratively across Specialty business, Howden Group Services (including Group Risk, Legal, Finance, HR, IT, Security, Data etc), to ensure Specialty target architecture, solution architectures for key Specialty initiatives and roadmaps are aligned to Specialty requirements and broader Group objectives. This is both a strategic and hands-on leadership role, ideal for a technology and architecture leader with a strong understanding of Specialty (retail & wholesale) Insurance Broking domain with a special focus on strong London Market Specialty Broking business knowledge, London Market Insurance Broking systems and vendors, strong Enterprise Architecture management skills (including setting up and running Technical Design Authorities on major change programmes) and hands-on technical solution architecture experience ideally with good software engineering background. Develop and maintain Enterprise architecture assets for Howden Specialty e.g. capability models, architecture inventory of apps & tools, target-architecture artefacts, architecture roadmaps and transition-state architecture artefacts, solution architecture artefacts for key Howden initiatives, technical debt registers, consistently with Group Architecture practices, processes and tools Establish and run a delegated (from Group Architecture) architecture governance forum (i.e. Speciality Technical Design Authority) for Howden Speciality linked to Speciality IT change/release management Lead and champion the adoption and usage of strategic Group assets, technologies and tools Define Howden Specialty application integration strategy aligned to Group's strategic application integration capability i.e. Howden Digital Backbone Provide architecture, technology thought-leadership and architecture advisory (including IT Due Diligence support) for M&A initiatives and vendor selection for Specialty, aligned to Group policies and standards Provide technology and architecture direction and guidance for Specialty change initiatives ensuring alignment to broader Group strategic objectives and reuse of Group capabilities and assets Manage the delivery of solution architecture and technical oversight for all strategic Howden Specialty change initiatives Deliver high-level and detailed solution architecture for strategic Howden Specialty change initiatives, ensuring appropriate consideration of solution options where required, consistent review of solution options for strategic alignment and rigorous management of key design decisions, working with Specialty and Group stakeholders Provide timely reporting and escalation of architecture activities, architecture risks and issues to Group Head of Architecture As a member of Group Architecture leadership, drive continuous improvement of Group Architecture capability contributing to management of Group Architecture operations and key Group Architecture capabilities (including deployment and management of Architecture tooling, processes, architecture repositories and repository assets).As a senior member of the Group Architecture team, the Head of Architecture (Specialty) may be required to perform wider duties and tasks within the capabilities and responsibilities of the role.The ideal candidate will have proven architecture & technical leadership experience, with strong negotiation, influencing and communication & presentation skills, specifically ability to tailor messages to senior stakeholder and technical delivery teams. The role requires strong Specialty (London Market and globally) Insurance Broking domain knowledge with excellent knowledge of Specialty Insurance Broking systems, technologies (including emerging solutions) and vendor landscape. Key skills and experience for the role include: Strong Architecture and IT governance experience, specifically experience and skills establishing and running group-wide/global Architecture Review Boards, Design Authority for major change programmes etc. Strong business and systems analysis and design skills Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architecture skills using industry standard architecture frameworks and methodologies e.g. TOGAF Strong technical skills in defining systems and technology solution architecture using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft enterprise technologies. Strong technical skills in defining and systems and technology solution architecture using Salesforce technologies Strong technical skills in Enterprise-grade integration architecture including modern RESTful API approaches, event driven architecture, and traditional messaging, web services and ESB approaches. Excellent technical skills and awareness of enterprise-grade solution architecture skills with a focus on Enterprise Application integration
London Insurance Life
Pricing Manager page is loaded Pricing Managerlocations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: RHowden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden. Personal Lines Pricing Manager Reporting to: Personal Lines Pricing & Analytics Director Contract: Full time Hybrid working About DUAL UK Personal Lines DUAL UK Personal Lines is the specialist motor and home underwriting business within DUAL Group, operating through the KGM, Eridge and Aurum brands in motor, and the Magenta brand in non-standard home insurance. With over 60-years of heritage, our business now writes over £300m GWP annually, across a broad portfolio of specialist consumer and commercial motor and home products.Our business has achieved steady growth in recent years by combining fast, friendly and flexible service with deep underwriting expertise and strong distribution relationships. This approach has been recognised via recent industry awards, including both the UK Broker Choice and Insurance Times MGA of the Year and a five-star rating in the Insurance Times Broker survey for 4 years in a row. The Opportunity We are now seeking a Personal Lines Pricing Manager to join our business. This is a newly-created role, which will sit within a newly-created Pricing & Analytics team. The team brings together existing pricing activity from across the business to create a focused centre of excellence. With significantly increased investment into Pricing & Analytics, the new team will be at the heart of enabling of our continued business success over coming years. Role purpose The Personal Lines Pricing Manager is a senior technical pricing role responsible for the design, deployment and ongoing optimisation of pricing strategies within DUAL UK's Personal Lines portfolio. The role is hands-on and commercially embedded, working closely with Underwriting, DUAL Actuarial (reserving) and Claims colleagues to ensure pricing strategy and execution is competitive, compliant, aligned to commercial objectives and tuned to the diverse needs of the specialist product lines within our portfolio. Key responsibilities Pricing strategy & execution + Develop and optimise pricing strategies for Personal Lines products, with a primary focus on Motor lines + Translate underwriting appetite and portfolio objectives into effective pricing actions + Contribute across the end-to-end pricing lifecycle from analysis to deployment and monitoring + Balance risk, profitability, competitiveness and growth objectives Pricing models & tools + Design, enhance and maintain pricing models and rating structures + Calibrate rating factors in response to experience and market movement + Support development of pricing tools, automation and MI + Contribute to advancing pricing capability over time Performance monitoring & insight + Develop and maintain pricing MI and rate monitoring + Analyse pricing performance by product, segment and channel + Contribute to business planning and portfolio reviews Stakeholder partnership + Act as key pricing contact for Underwriting teams + Provide expert pricing input and constructive challenge + Collaborate with Actuarial (reserving), Claims, Operations and Technology as needed + Communicate recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders Governance & compliance + Ensure pricing complies with regulatory and internal governance standards + Support pricing governance forums and audits + Maintain strong documentation and change control Candidate requirements Strong experience in UK Personal Lines pricing + Motor experience is essential + Experience of specialist motor lines is an advantage + Additional home pricing experience is an advantage. Proven hands-on capability in pricing model development and rate optimisation Excellent numerical and analytical skills, and commercial mindset Strong interpersonal, stakeholder management and communication / presentation skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders Familiarity with range of pricing tools such from Radar/Emblem to R, Python and Excel Degree-level qualification in a numerate discipline Evidence of ability and appetite to succeed in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving growth business.A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us: Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond Reasonable adjustments We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working .If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application - if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require. Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.Permanent
Pricing Manager page is loaded Pricing Managerlocations: Londontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: RHowden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It's what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities - work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden. Personal Lines Pricing Manager Reporting to: Personal Lines Pricing & Analytics Director Contract: Full time Hybrid working About DUAL UK Personal Lines DUAL UK Personal Lines is the specialist motor and home underwriting business within DUAL Group, operating through the KGM, Eridge and Aurum brands in motor, and the Magenta brand in non-standard home insurance. With over 60-years of heritage, our business now writes over £300m GWP annually, across a broad portfolio of specialist consumer and commercial motor and home products.Our business has achieved steady growth in recent years by combining fast, friendly and flexible service with deep underwriting expertise and strong distribution relationships. This approach has been recognised via recent industry awards, including both the UK Broker Choice and Insurance Times MGA of the Year and a five-star rating in the Insurance Times Broker survey for 4 years in a row. The Opportunity We are now seeking a Personal Lines Pricing Manager to join our business. This is a newly-created role, which will sit within a newly-created Pricing & Analytics team. The team brings together existing pricing activity from across the business to create a focused centre of excellence. With significantly increased investment into Pricing & Analytics, the new team will be at the heart of enabling of our continued business success over coming years. Role purpose The Personal Lines Pricing Manager is a senior technical pricing role responsible for the design, deployment and ongoing optimisation of pricing strategies within DUAL UK's Personal Lines portfolio. The role is hands-on and commercially embedded, working closely with Underwriting, DUAL Actuarial (reserving) and Claims colleagues to ensure pricing strategy and execution is competitive, compliant, aligned to commercial objectives and tuned to the diverse needs of the specialist product lines within our portfolio. Key responsibilities Pricing strategy & execution + Develop and optimise pricing strategies for Personal Lines products, with a primary focus on Motor lines + Translate underwriting appetite and portfolio objectives into effective pricing actions + Contribute across the end-to-end pricing lifecycle from analysis to deployment and monitoring + Balance risk, profitability, competitiveness and growth objectives Pricing models & tools + Design, enhance and maintain pricing models and rating structures + Calibrate rating factors in response to experience and market movement + Support development of pricing tools, automation and MI + Contribute to advancing pricing capability over time Performance monitoring & insight + Develop and maintain pricing MI and rate monitoring + Analyse pricing performance by product, segment and channel + Contribute to business planning and portfolio reviews Stakeholder partnership + Act as key pricing contact for Underwriting teams + Provide expert pricing input and constructive challenge + Collaborate with Actuarial (reserving), Claims, Operations and Technology as needed + Communicate recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders Governance & compliance + Ensure pricing complies with regulatory and internal governance standards + Support pricing governance forums and audits + Maintain strong documentation and change control Candidate requirements Strong experience in UK Personal Lines pricing + Motor experience is essential + Experience of specialist motor lines is an advantage + Additional home pricing experience is an advantage. Proven hands-on capability in pricing model development and rate optimisation Excellent numerical and analytical skills, and commercial mindset Strong interpersonal, stakeholder management and communication / presentation skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders Familiarity with range of pricing tools such from Radar/Emblem to R, Python and Excel Degree-level qualification in a numerate discipline Evidence of ability and appetite to succeed in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving growth business.A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity - there is no one Howden type. Instead, we're looking for individuals who share the same values as us: Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond Reasonable adjustments We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours or hybrid working .If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it's the right fit for you, send us your application - if your profile fits the role's criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require. Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.Permanent