Lead Radar Developer

Lead Radar Developer

Salary: £48,000 - £72,000 per annum, plus annual bonus

Location: Southampton (Hybrid Working)

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Do you have a passion for insurance pricing and a strong technical background?

We are searching for a talented Lead Radar Developer to join a highly respected UK Top Employer! This hybrid role, based in Southampton, offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the Company's strategic goals.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop, validate, review and promote Radar Live models for Risk and Market Pricing.
• Integration of models ahead of deployment.
• Responsible for XML changes within model.
• Build and deployment of Percayso quote manipulation rules.
• Manage Radar defects arising from other areas of business from BAU/Standard/Project changes.
• Radar version/licence updates.
• Enrichment capstone specification maintenance.
• Provide impact assessments for BAU, Standard and Project changes.
• Ownership and maintenance of Pricing Product Specification documents.
• Ensuring accuracy of Private Car, Commercial Vehicle, Motorcycle and Household rates and rules on internal systems and third party SWH.
• Management, development and coaching of Junior Implementation Analysts.
• Excellent at creating innovative solutions to problems and constantly striving to improve process.
• Creating and improving best practices and standards for the team, and ensuring they are clearly communicated and adopted.
• Ensure close collaboration and alignment with Product teams to ensure knowledge sharing and understanding of what the product builds are trying to achieve.
• Deputise for the Pricing Implementation Manager when necessary.

Skills/Experience you need as Lead Radar Developer:

• A strong educational background in a quantitative field (e.g., A-levels with numerical subjects).
• Proven experience in insurance pricing, underwriting, or product development.
• Expertise in Radar and Radar Live software.
• A knack for solving complex problems with innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to coach junior staff and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• The ability to understand intricate rating structures and build efficient models.
• A self-motivated personality with strong organisational and planning skills.
• A proven track record of delivering high-quality pricing projects independently.
• Proficiency in building radar models and conducting investigative tasks.

In return for your hard work and commitment, our client offers fantastic benefits, including:

• Flexible Working - our client gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it's within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc.
• Minimum of 31 days holiday (inc. bank holidays) and you can buy and sell days.
• Dental Insurance Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities - Yoga, Mindfulness.
• Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Well-being activities, yoga, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover
• Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover
• Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.

Ready to join a dynamic team and make a real difference? Apply today!