Senior Portfolio Manager
$100,000–$150,000 year
HybridLondon, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead portfolio performance insights by driving the pricing and portfolio management agenda for the London division, ensuring alignment with underwriting strategy and broader business objectives. Provide actionable, data-led insights to support underwriting decisions and improve portfolio profitability while acting as a trusted advisor to Managing Directors and Underwriters. Own and evolve pricing capability by contributing to the calibration, development, and continuous refinement of pricing models across relevant classes. Monitor and improve performance by tracking key drivers at a granular level, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to drive targeted actions. Deliver business planning and performance governance by supporting Quarterly Business Reviews and developing insight-led tools and analytics. Collaborate across functions with actuarial, underwriting, claims, data/IT, and delegated teams to deliver coordinated solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Strong London Market experience
- Deep understanding of the London Market, with experience across specialty lines and a clear grasp of underwriting dynamics, portfolio performance drivers, and market practices
- Advanced pricing and actuarial expertise
- Strong technical grounding in pricing, with hands-on experience developing, calibrating, and refining rating models
- Able to apply actuarial judgement to translate model outputs into clear, commercially relevant recommendations
- Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to manipulate and analyse large, sophisticated datasets
- Proficiency in SQL for data extraction and analysis
- Python experience for modelling, analytics, and automation
- Proven track record to work closely with underwriters and senior stakeholders, providing insight, challenge, and support to drive better portfolio and pricing decisions
- Strong communication skills
- Able to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences, including senior leadership, and present insight in a concise and impactful way
- Strong commercial attitude, with the ability to balance technical rigour and analytical depth with practical, commercially relevant outcomes, underpinned by a deep understanding of insurance and underwriting dynamics
- Track record of delivering high-quality analytical work and projects to tight timelines, with the ability to prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Experience using visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI or similar) to present insights effectively
Desired Qualifications
- Exposure to advanced analytics or data science techniques is an advantage
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