Senior Pricing Manager - Telematics

Posting date:	01 September 2025
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	08 September 2025
Location:	LE1 1SH
Company:	Hastings Direct
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	60012373_1756735110

Summary

Job Title: Senior Pricing Manager - Telematics
Location: Leicester / London / Bexhill / Remote/Hybrid

Welcome to Hastings Direct
We're a digital insurance provider with a clear strategy to become the best and biggest player in the UK market. As a company, we've made huge investments in our technology, pricing, data and analytics capabilities over the past few years, along with nurturing our 4Cs culture and substantial investment in our people. And as a Finance team, we're doing exactly the same - building a market leading finance technology platform, investing in our team and our approach to leadership development, with a real focus on commercially adding value to the business. 


The fact you're now reading this job advert means we've tempted you to find out more about #lifeatHD. If you like what you see, we hope you'll consider joining our team.  


We have high standards and understand some people may not apply for jobs unless they feel they tick every box. If you're excited about joining us and think you have some of what we are looking for, even if you're not 100% sure, we would love to hear from you.

Role overview
The engine in any insurance company is working out the correct price we should charge to cover the claims costs we expect to have - and this role leads on that. Absolutely at the heart of our pricing strategy, you'll be leading on the development of pricing strategies with a high level of accountability on making sure we get the mix of customer value with our own commercial ambitions right. 


A small but very mighty team, we get things done at speed and have the right processes and support within our team to allow us to do this. This is the place to be if you want to make change and see the impact. 

Accountabilities 

• Ownership of Telematics Underwriting (UW) Pricing strategies with responsibility for net price we deliver to the customer, with a view to creating equal balance between customer and company value (delivering against our pricing strategy) 
  

• Hands on development of our UW Pricing models using various data sets and techniques to deliver the optimal pricing outcome  
  

• Analyse large complex datasets to drive decision making that translates into commercial and customer value 
  

• Building and delivering robust MI and BI reporting to track key metrics and support trading and business decision making - allowing you to gain approval with our panel on your changes 
  

• Grounding all data and pricing decisions / practices in clear documented principles, as well as managing and developing processes that reduce the likelihood of errors occurring always with the customer in mind 
  

• Ensure the customer is always delivered with a price that is fair, justifiable and in-line with our governance and processes  
  

• Developing new solutions (such as machine learning algorithms) to automate processes where they could had additional value and reduce the need for manual intervention long-term 
  

• Desire to continue learning new modelling techniques / finding new data sources to ensure we stay ahead of our competitors 
  

Essential skills/experience:

• Commercial awareness and an understanding of what makes a successful and profitable business 
  

• Ability to interact effectively with a wide variety of individuals, both technical and non-technical  
  

• Advanced programming language skill (This could be R, Phyton, SQL, Radar or any other coding-based language
  

• Experience of managing large datasets (storage, de-duping etc.) would be of great use  
  

• Keen eye for detail 
  

• Strong numerical and analytical skills 
  

• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management  
  

• The ability to work under pressure and prioritize accordingly 
  

• Ability to think strategically about long-term goals and balance short-term objective 
  

Desirable 

• Understanding of the insurance market  
  

• Working with external partners  
  

• Knowledge of financial services regulation, for example FCA and TCF guidelines 
  

 
What we will give you:  
Join us and you'll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need. Not to mention plenty of recognition and rewards, and the scope to voice your ideas and put them into practice.


As a Disability Confident employer, we're committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive - what this means to you is if you're applying for a job with us, you'll have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment journey. We also welcome applications through the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS).For more information on the DCS, please visit our inclusive business page on our careers website

Benefits: in addition to a competitive salary and £5k car allowance you will also receive…


Flexible working - we champion a flexible hybrid working approach - please speak to your recruiter to discuss in more detail


Competitive bonus scheme - all colleagues are eligible for our annual 4Cs performance bonus


Physical wellbeing - as a Band 4 colleague, Hastings pay for you to receive private medical Insurance (also known as PMI). This gives you flexibility and convenience to see a specialist or consultant and allows you to decide when and where you will be seen


Financial wellbeing - as well as providing you with 4x your salary with our life assurance cover, income protection at no extra cost, and matched pension contributions up to 10%, we are proud to provide you with an award winning package which includes - discounts, cashback, free independent mortgage advice and free access to financial wellbeing support


Mental wellbeing programme - we have the thrive mental health app, our colleague assistance programme available 24/7, our own in-house mental health first aiders, support groups and a dedicated team to make sure we are covering your needs


There's more! - 27 days annual leave + bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell one of your weeks, access to our health care cash back plans, dental plans, discounted health assessments, Cycle to work and tech schemes, discounted and free onsite facilities, social events throughout the year and much more ….
Join us and you'll find a different way of doing things. We call it the 4Cs. We focus on getting it right for our colleagues, customers, company and community. As one of our colleagues, you'll be helping to drive our growth, so in return, we'll give you all the support, training and development you need. Our 4Cs principles are simple: we believe by creating the right culture for our colleagues and giving them the right tools to do their job, we'll deliver good outcomes for every customer, helping us to grow the company profitably and sustainably and allowing us to invest in the communities we serve.

Hastings Group is an equal opportunities employer which means we treat people fairly. We welcome applications from all suitably skilled persons regardless of their gender, age, race, disability, ethnic background, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or marital/family status. Please also note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes credit and criminal record checks.