Pricing Innovation & AI Manager

We are seeking a talented and driven individual to join our Dublin office as a Pricing Innovation & AI Manager on a 6-month fixed term contract. This role is integral to maintaining our position as the market leader in Personal Lines Insurance pricing, and it adheres to Aviva's hybrid working policy.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Build Machine Learning White Box models for Motor and Home Insurance

• Create innovative new rating factors to be the first of their kind in Irish or UK Insurance

• Develop new ways to use vehicle images in Insurance using AI Neural Networks to predict claims costs from images of crashed vehicles

• Tailor the rating approach to autonomous vehicles and electric cars

• Develop new automated optimisers to optimise profit in fair ways

• Streamline feature engineering scripts to produce rating factors aiming for efficiency and simplicity

Skills & Experience:

• Degree in mathematical or quantitative area

• Expert in Machine Learning techniques is desirable

• Expert in Personal Lines Pricing is desirable

• Good command of SQL programming

• Be a change agent to overcome cultural resistance to working in more efficient ways

• Able to develop a business case to secure programme funding and resources

• Able to present successes to key stakeholders

What will you get for this role?

• Competitive market leading salary depending on skills, experience, and qualifications.

• Generous pension (employee contribution matching of up to 14% if you contribute 8%)

• Annual performance related bonus and pay review.

• Holiday allowance of 29 days plus bank holidays, and the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days.

• Free car parking

• Generous Health & dental insurance contributions after six months

• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme and Approved Profit Share Scheme

• Cycle to Work benefit scheme.

• TaxSaver Travel Scheme

• Family friendly parent’s (matching paternity and maternity leave) and carer’s leave.

• Up to 40% discount for some Aviva products plus discounts for Friends and Family

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Volunteering days

• Professional qualification support and transparent career progression plans

Aviva is for Everyone

Our diversity and inclusion policies and initiatives are shaping an environment where everyone feels welcome regardless of age, disability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or those with other caring responsibilities. Our approach helps to ensure that Aviva is a place which values difference and provides equal opportunities for all.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

We prefer all applications to be submitted online, however if you require an alternative method of applying please contact Megan.Crabbe@aviva.com