Actuarial Pricing Integration Lead, Pricing Analytics & Models

Pricing Analytics & Models (PAM) is a unit of AXA XL's insurance division that enables product pricing actuaries and underwriters to harness information, deploy tools, and generate insights that improve portfolio management and increase profitability. The Pricing Models team within PAM works with pricing actuaries to design, build, and implement the algorithms that underpin premium calculations for the company's global casualty, professional, property, and specialty lines. The team combines actuarial expertise, technical knowledge, and coding skills necessary to engineer, maintain, and enhance those algorithms. AXA XL is executing a major transformation of its pricing technology infrastructure to streamline and upgrade the consistency, performance, and accuracy of its pricing tools. Members of the Pricing Models team are crucial contributors, shaping best practice in pricing tool production and actuarial methodologies and supporting AXA XL technology teams in integrating pricing into policy administration systems and underwriting workflow platforms. What you'll be doing Champion business needs in cross‑functional design and integration discussions, balancing pricing quality, governance, and feasibility. Keep pricing leadership informed with concise, regular updates on progress, risks, and issues across all affected product lines. Be the pricing actuaries' voice in design and integration discussions with the technology team implementing Guidewire. Provide a bridge and translation for the integration team and pricing actuaries by gathering and clarifying pricing requirements, ensuring technology leads understand users' expectations and actuaries understand the capabilities and limits of the Guidewire software. Flag cross‑functional risks early, propose pragmatic mitigations, and elevate awareness when necessary. Foster knowledge sharing and onboarding for policy/method decisions that could affect system design or implementation. You may also be asked to Assist with building and/or coding and implementing pricing models in R or Python. Ensure line‑of‑business actuaries align their pricing models with approved methodologies, incorporate core pricing modules, and adhere to standards and practices for development and deployment. Identify opportunities for improving user experience, logic, and coding within pricing models. Conduct model reviews, test coding, and assess model accuracy and performance. Create consistent technical documentation for actuarial methodologies and frameworks. You will report to the Head of Pricing Models. What you will BRING Required Attributes Significant experience in US mid‑market or large commercial non‑life pricing. Actuarial qualification or near qualification; ACAS or FCAS. Experience integrating pricing tools with Guidewire, Duck Creek, or other major insurance technology platforms. Proven ability to lead projects independently and manage workloads across different projects effectively. Proven ability to work with global, multi‑disciplinary teams, including actuaries, underwriters, and information technology staff. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to distill complex technical concepts and processes into clear, concise, and easily understandable terms for non‑technical audiences. Strong technical aptitude with commercial programming experience (Python / R / SQL). Proven ability to think strategically with a passion for innovation and a desire to utilize new technologies. A pragmatic and delivery‑focused approach; collaborative work ethic. A bachelor's degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, or computer science. Desired Attributes Experience with the creation, coordination, execution, and communication of a large‑scale, corporate transformation or information technology project. Familiarity with relevant enterprise microservice architecture concepts. Data literacy (data lineage, quality, mappings) and ability to read interface and API specifications. Applicants for this role must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. The U.S. base salary range for this position is USD $101,000 – $149,000. At AXA XL, benefits include a competitive retirement savings plan, health and wellness programs, and flexible working arrangements. The company offers continuous learning opportunities to enhance professional skills and career progression. #J-18808-Ljbffr AXA