Assistant Manager Pricing Analytics

About the Role

This opportunity is for an Assistant Manager, Pricing Analytics position based in an Abu Dhabi office for a well-known client. The role supports the Senior Manager in analyzing pricing performance, identifying risk factors that affect current and future portfolio profitability, and collaborating with customer segments to shape appropriate book pricing. It also involves contributing to the design, rating, and enhancement of new and existing products for selected business lines.

What You’ll Do

• Support the Senior Manager in preparing the department’s annual budget, tracking actual performance against plan, and highlighting cost, revenue, and performance gaps that need attention.
• Help define and implement efficient policies, procedures, controls, and working guidelines for the Pricing Analytics function in line with best practices and insurance-sector requirements.
• Carry out pricing analysis and ensure the accuracy and consistency of the pricing database.
• Prepare weekly pricing reports for management and translate findings into practical pricing actions with the pricing team.
• Perform deep-dive analysis to support pricing decisions when needed.
• Use data research and statistical methods to solve business problems.
• Review product matching and pricing adequacy across supported product lines on a regular basis.
• Contribute to improving price competitiveness, outlier handling, and smart pricing initiatives.
• Help identify actions that strengthen price perception across customer groups, including new image-line opportunities and ways to communicate value better to customers.
• Recommend improvements to existing insurance products and propose enhancements where needed.
• Build prescriptive analytics and actionable insights to support decisions, especially around price optimization.
• Combine quantitative and qualitative analysis to develop strong pricing strategies.
• Recommend pricing models and strategies based on business conditions and market competition, and estimate the effect of pricing changes on profit and revenue.
• Develop analytical solutions and models using advanced analytics tools.
• Work with Underwriting, Marketing, and other teams to streamline processes and remove barriers to performance.
• Deliver product training across the organization as required.
• Apply advanced statistical methods for research and modeling.
• Take part in evaluating new ideas and pricing positions.
• Prepare monthly dashboards, reports, and performance metrics, and present insights and recommendations to different audiences, including senior leadership.
• Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, along with departmental business plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Professional insurance qualifications are preferred, such as CII, ARM, Dip CII, ACII, AIS, AU, or FIII.
• At least 5 to 7 years of relevant work experience is needed.
• Strong command of English at a fully professional level is essential.

Additional Information

The employer is Transguard Workforce Solutions, which describes itself as a trusted HR partner in the UAE with extensive experience delivering integrated workforce services across the region.

Job Purpose

The role exists to support senior leadership with pricing analytics that uncover performance risk drivers, improve profitability understanding, and help guide pricing and product decisions across business segments.

Reports To

The position works in support of the Senior Manager.