Manager, Actuarial Pricing - National Initiatives
Date: Jan 9, 2026
Location: Winnipeg, MB (Hybrid), CA Moncton, NB (Hybrid), CA Lethbridge, AB (Hybrid), CA Vancouver, BC (Hybrid), CA Edmonton, AB (Hybrid), CA Ottawa, ON (Hybrid), CA Thunder Bay, ON (Hybrid), CA Lloydminster, AB (Hybrid), CA Dartmouth, NS (Hybrid), CA Calgary, AB (Hybrid), CA North York - Toronto, ON (Hybr, CA Kitchener, ON (Hybrid), CA Wawanesa, MB (Hybrid), CA Montreal, QC (Hybrid), CA
Company: Wawanesa Insurance
Job ID: 9677
Employment Type: Existing Role
Working Business Language: English. This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is 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: $140,000 - $160,000. 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
Wawanesa is looking for an exceptional candidate to take on the role of Manager, National Initiatives within our Pricing Excellence team. The National Initiatives team is responsible for the creation of all personal lines indications along with ownership of the data pipelines used by the pricing teams. This team leverages a unique skill set mix which includes both actuarial and application developer talent and is continuously collaborating with variety of teams across the organization.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide leadership in development and maintenance of personal lines indications, inclusive of soliciting input from multiple areas of the company. This includes understanding and applying complex internal and external market and business factors and explaining them to variety of audiences.
- Remain up to date on current accepted methodologies and review opportunities for methodology improvements to continuously enhance our process to create best-estimate pricing indications.
- Ensure procedures are in place to utilize all valuable data necessary for the indication process and verify its availability, completeness and accuracy.
- Maintain and prioritize enhancements to the pricing data pipelines (i.e. Inforce files) owned by the National Initiatives team.
- Support the strategic data priorities of the pricing team, collaborating with other data partners such as Data Management to develop solutions.
- Ensure applicable regulation related to the filing of indications for the auto product are appropriately considered.
- Collaborate with Personal Pricing and Product teams to coordinate timely and efficient implementation of national projects and initiatives.
- Assist the pricing team towards implementation of optimized refinements to current pricing algorithms and ratemaking methodologies as appropriate to meet the organizational objectives.
- Manage performance of direct reports inclusive of providing professional and technical guidance and provide regular performance reviews.
- Play an active role in the interpretation of data and statistical studies in the pricing area.
- Perform other duties as assigned, handling special projects as assigned by Director, Pricing Excellence.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate university degree in Actuarial Mathematics, Statistics, Mathematics or other related field of study.
- Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society an asset.
- Extensive knowledge and experience with pricing indications and the complexities of the steps in the process to create them.
- Experience leading the creation and maintenance of actuarial data processes.
- Property Casualty insurance industry and insurance operations in general.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to understand context and its impact on all issues.
- Identifies when something needs to be done and proactively initiates action as required.
- Adapts to change effectively.
- Develops and implements comprehensive plans that bridge complex issues and span across time.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop and communicate a vision.
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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.
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