Director, Actuarial Pricing - Commercial Lines

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Date: Feb 4, 2026

Location: North York - Toronto, ON (Hybr, CA Vancouver, BC (Hybrid), CA Moncton, NB (Hybrid), CA Kitchener, ON (Hybrid), CA Calgary, AB (Hybrid), CA Montreal, QC (Hybrid), CA Lethbridge, AB (Hybrid), CA Ottawa, ON (Hybrid), CA Winnipeg, MB (Hybrid), CA Dartmouth, NS (Hybrid), CA Edmonton, AB (Hybrid), CA Lloydminster, AB (Hybrid), CA

Company: Wawanesa Insurance

 

Job ID: 9733 


Employment Type: Existing Role 

Working Business Language: English
 

Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan. 
 

The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $180,000 - $230,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply. 

 

About Us
At Wawanesa, we offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto (North York), ON; Kitchener, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Quebec City, QC, Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS. 
 

The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa Mutual”), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,300 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. We are also proud to be recognized as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers. To learn more visit wawanesa.com. 


We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
 

Job Overview

This role drives Wawanesa’s success by setting a clear pricing strategy and leading the development, implementation, and evolution of rating structures and rates aligned with actuarial best practice. A key focus of the role is to strengthen integration and collaboration across teams, ensuring alignment between actuarial, underwriting, product, and the broader enterprise.  This job contributes to Wawanesa’s success by directing, planning, and implementing strategies and initiatives that develop and maintain rating structures and rates following actuarial best practice in industry.

 

Rooted in a One Commercial Team mindset, this position acts as a strategic advisor and trusted partner—driving meaningful insights, modelling collaborative behaviours, and fostering strong cross-functional relationships across the organization and within Commercial. This leadership ensures clarity, cohesion, and collective success as we work together to deliver competitive pricing, avoid adverse selection, and advance enterprise-wide goals.

Job Responsabilities

  • Lead and promote research and development to build innovative, competitive rating structures that mitigate adverse selection and support long-term pricing sophistication. 
  • Set a clear pricing strategy by establishing the schedule of rate and product changes and guiding successful execution of rate and product reviews. Partner closely with
  • Product, Underwriting, and Operational teams to ensure rates are competitive and accurately reflect underlying risk. 
  • Champion the One Commercial Team approach, modelling cross-functional collaboration and fostering behaviours that reinforce “We Are Commercial” across all workstreams. 
  • Drive insights and strategic partnership across the organization by liaising with key stakeholders, integrating perspectives, and ensuring shared understanding and alignment. 
  • Shape and support the evolution of Wawanesa’s policies and practices, contributing strategic thinking and thought leadership to advance actuarial pricing frameworks and methodologies. 
  • Lead change with empathy and clarity, addressing resistance and building genuine commitment to new initiatives, processes, and strategic direction. 
  • Maintain deep awareness of industry, regulatory, and organizational changes, translating trends into actionable insights and strategic priorities for the team and broader business. 
  • Develop, coach, and empower a high-performing team, ensuring a respectful, challenging, and rewarding environment that enables people to reach their full potential and contribute to Wawanesa’s goals. 
  • Strengthen partnerships within Commercial and across the enterprise by acting as a trusted advisor and ensuring integration, collaboration, and shared ownership of outcomes. 
  • Oversee and maintain relationships with external service providers, including contractual arrangements supporting pricing and analytical needs. 
  • Perform other duties as assigned to support Wawanesa’s strategic, operational, and cultural objectives.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of ten years Property and Casualty industry experience with three years in a leadership role.
  • Undergraduate university degree in Actuarial Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematics or other related field of study.
  • ACAS designation required but Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society strongly preferred
  • Subject matter expert on current insurance pricing techniques with ability to mentor others
  • Strong MS Office skills
  • Excellent leadership skills with the ability to influence and gain respect, credibility and confidence from others.
  • Ability to make excellent and well justified decisions in complex and high pressure situations.
  • Strong negotiation skills with the ability to present information or arguments in a convincing manner.
  • Ability to develop and implement comprehensive plans and solutions that bridge complex issues that span across time.
  • Strong business acumen with excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to recognize and identify critical issues.
  • Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills with the ability to effectively convey ideas in a persuasive and eloquent manner.
  • CIP or equivalent Property and Casualty industry designation considered an asset
  • Ability and willingness to travel.

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Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas. 
 

We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. If you require accommodations during any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out in confidence to jobs@wawanesa.com.
 

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