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YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The headquarters of the AXA Group (GIE AXA) brings together our corporate activities. It provides guidance and support to subsidiaries around the world, to ensure the coordination and monitoring of the Group's global strategy, the application of its standards, the consistency of commercial approaches and the sharing of best practices. The headquarters gathers approximately 1000 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (45 nationalities), which makes it a rich and stimulating place to work.
Within the Group, you will join the Group Chief Underwriting Office as Senior Pricing Expert – Retail.
YOUR JOB AND DAILY MISSIONS:
Context & Major Challenges
The newly created Global Chief Underwriting Office will be accountable for establishing, enabling, and driving profit and growth through Product Underwriting Strategy, Portfolio Design and Technical Underwriting Excellence in partnership with the AXA Entities, for both Commercial and Retail, through:
- Portfolio Design Steering
- Underwriting Product Strategy and Profitability Measurement
- Technical Underwriting Guidance
- Pricing Models, Platforms and Analytics
- Risk Appetite deployment
- Ceded Reinsurance strategy design and purchasing
As part of the CUO Office you will be an integral part of the Group Pricing Team partnering directly with underwriting and executive management as we look to develop and deliver our strategic objectives.
Key Accountabilities
- Ensure Market Leading Technical Pricing in Retail Products.
- For Retail Products carry out Pricing Technical Reviews (Deep Dive, IDR, etc..) and execute a thorough review on Pricing Strategy, Adequacy, Governance, Tools, etc.
- Review and Validate Retail Pricing Strategy, Adequacy and Model Calibrations.
- Support PMP through initial buildout to Metrics validations, PMP & MBR reviews, Strat Plan and UW actions validation to achieve desired ECR for Casualty Products.
- Enforce the execution of the Pricing Policy including best practices and technical standards for governance.
- Address Regulatory Pricing Topics related to Retail products and develop actions plans to respond to legal and regulatory changes and ensure fairness.
- Develop a strong network of relationships with internal and external stakeholders to influence technical Pricing improvements globally and drive consistency in approach where appropriate.
- Stay abreast of and appropriately communicate knowledge of industry changes, specifically changes that affect P&C Retail pricing.
- Share expertise on product pricing methodologies, including pricing algorithms, pricing parameters, and advanced pricing techniques.
- Provide direction and support development of central pricing models and platforms where needed.
- Engage closely with members of CUO, Entity Underwriting and Pricing members, Reserving, TDO, and Finance to improve pricing accuracy and overall business performance.
Dimensions
- Global scope: full remit (across all P&C Retail businesses & geographies).
- Responsible for the pricing Remit for the GCUO retaining matrix responsibility across P&C Retail lines of business.
Stakeholders: CFOs, Head of Reserving and Head of Pricing within the entities Heads of claims within the entities.
KPIs for Success:
- Measure of the partnership with the entities.
- Direct influence on the strategy, portfolio development and technical performance of the entities.
- Deliver on building the analytic and technology culture of the entire organization.
- Carry the strategic plan.
Your Profile
Main competencies and experience
Competencies
- Boundaryless leadership and Strategic acumen: develop shared outcomes and measures, to improve clarity of decision making and leveraging data to make decisions.
- Influence and stakeholder Management within matrixed complex and international set up while establishing partnerships.
- Change Leader builds strong partnerships and effectively influence stakeholders; clearly communicates and drives alignments on shared outcomes; extreme ownership on outcomes with strategic and operational rigor.
- Strong verbal communications skills to gain buy-in to communicate clearly and concisely with internal and external clients.
- Strong ability to think strategically.
Behaviours
- Self aware
- Collaborative
- Builds trust
- Good listening skills to build consensus
- Comfortable with ambiguity
- Flexible & willing to say ‘I don’t know, let me find the answer’
- Humble enough to listen to others who have the expertise and build relationships
- Strong Relationship builder
- Change agent
- Culturally sensitive to difference
- Patience & the ability to take time to learn
Experience
- Fully Certified Actuary or significant experience as an actuary
- Extensive P&C Retail experience in pricing within an AXA entity or external organization
- Ability to directly influence strategy and portfolio management, as well as setting the technical culture.
- Proven experience interacting with Senior leaders and evolving in matrixed environments.
- Experience in driving change and building relationships.
- Proven experience in leading multicultural and multifaced geographically diverse teams.
Language
- Fluent English
About AXA
Why AXA ? Every day, we work together for human progress by protecting what matters. A mission that puts a smile on your face and makes you want to get up in the morning !
One of the world's leading insurers in the protection of property, people and assets, AXA is 145,000 employees and contributors who are committed to our customers on a daily basis, 51 countries in which we distribute our products and services and more than 90 million customers who place their trust in us worldwide. As a responsible corporate citizen, AXA is committed to social and environmental causes on a daily basis. We are committed to an inclusive policy that recognizes and values individual differences. Do these ambitions speak to you ? Then come and change the world with us !
About the Entity
The headquarters of the AXA Group is based in Paris - La Défense (Majunga Tower) and brings together the Group's corporate activities. It is distinguished by its strong international culture.
What We Offer
You will join:
- A responsible company, towards people, including its employees and customers, and towards the planet
- A company with strong values
- A company promoting internal mobility and the training of its employees
- A company offering many benefits (learn more here: Reward & Benefits | AXA Group)
- A flexible company, allowing hybrid work, in the office and from home.
The information provided by applicants will be treated as strictly confidential and used for recruitment purposes only.
