Head of Pricing - Private Wealth

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Job Description:

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Location: Singapore/ Hong Kong

Role Purpose

Deliver profitable, well-governed and scalable Private Wealth products while strengthening pricing insight, execution and technical excellence.

About the role

Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, the Head of Pricing Private Wealth leads pricing, actuarial analysis, profitability assessment and product governance for the Private Wealth business. This role ensures that new and existing products are sustainable, competitive and aligned with growth, profitability, capital and risk objectives across the business.

The Head of Pricing Private Wealth is a senior technical and business leader who translates complex financial results and emerging risks into clear recommendations, shapes differentiated propositions for Sun Life Private Wealth clients and builds scalable pricing capabilities across regions.

1. Pricing and product strategy

• Lead pricing, financial analysis and risk assessment for new products, repricing initiatives and material product changes, from feasibility through launch.

• Partner with Product Strategy & Proposition, Product Delivery, Partnerships, Business, Finance, ALM, Risk and Reinsurance to design differentiated solutions for Sun Life Private Wealth.

• Own the end of end delivery of pricing analysis in accordance with the Product Design & Pricing Operating guideline, securing all required internal and external approvals.

• Own or oversee special quotes, jumbo cases and bespoke client solutions, balancing competitiveness, profitability, capital efficiency and execution practicality.

• Provide pricing input into business cases, market & product strategy, campaigns and broader cross-regional HNW initiatives.

2. Actuarial modelling and financial analysis

• Own the development, maintenance and effective use of deterministic and stochastic pricing models and tools.

• Advance modelling capability through PathWise and other actuarial technology, improving speed, control, scalability and depth of analysis.

• Lead actuarial analysis of new business performance, including profitability, capital, earnings and other relevant risk and return measures.

• Monitor emerging experience and recommend product, assumption, pricing or risk-management actions where required.

• Maintain effective relationships with peer review and relevant corporate actuarial functions.

3. Product governance

• Ensure product pricing, custom case pricing, special case pricing and exception pricing activities comply with applicable Product Design & Pricing operating guidelines and governance requirements.

• Lead pricing work through established review and approval processes, coordinating required stakeholders, peer review and corporate actuarial input.

• Ensure pricing models, analyses, recommendations, decisions and approvals are appropriately controlled, documented and auditable.

• Address review findings and challenge effectively, ensuring material pricing risks, assumptions and trade-offs are clearly articulated and resolved before approval.

4. Stakeholder leadership

• Present complex technical analysis and recommendations clearly to senior leaders, steering committees, peer reviewers and corporate stakeholders.

• Build strong relationships across multiple regions and time zones, creating alignment on product

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economics, key risks, trade-offs and delivery priorities. • Identify material risks early, recommend practical mitigations and support timely, evidence-based decisions.

5. People and technical leadership

• Provide technical and business leadership to a diverse, multi-location actuarial team.

• Attract, develop, mentor and retain strong actuarial talent, reinforcing accountability, consistency and high standards.

• Promote innovation in product features, risk assessment, modelling and analytic methodologies.

• Foster an inclusive, respectful and high-performance culture.

Candidate requirements:

1. Actuarial credentials: FSA, FCIA, FIA or equivalent actuarial designation, together with a bachelor’s degree or higher.

2. Experience: Minimum of 10 years of relevant actuarial experience, including substantial life insurance pricing and modelling responsibility.

3. Technical knowledge: Strong knowledge of life insurance product economics, actuarial pricing concepts, deterministic and stochastic modelling, and profitability and risk assessment.

4. Regulatory and financial frameworks: Working knowledge of applicable capital and financial reporting frameworks, including LICAT and IFRS 17.

5. HNW expertise: Broad understanding of the global high-net-worth insurance market; direct experience with HNW life products, jumbo cases or bespoke solutions is strongly preferred.

6. Technology: Proficiency with PathWise or comparable advanced actuarial systems, and strong capability in data modelling, scenario testing and financial projections.

7. Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and develop actuarial professionals across locations.

8. Communication: Excellent stakeholder management and the ability to translate complex technical matters for technical and non-technical audiences.

9. Ways of working: Collaborative, commercially minded and comfortable working across geographies and, when required, non-standard hours.

10. Values: Committed to sound governance, disciplined risk management, diversity and inclusion, and an inclusive and respectful workplace.

Success in the role

• Pricing recommendations are timely, well-evident and aligned with profitability, capital, risk and market objectives.

• Product launches and repricing initiatives meet governance requirements and are supported by robust, scalable models.

• Post-launch performance is actively monitored, and emerging issues are translated into clear actions.

• Senior stakeholders understand the economics, risks and trade-offs behind key product decisions.

• The pricing function builds stronger capability, effective succession and consistent technical standards across locations.

Key working relationships

• Chief Product Officer Private Wealth; Product Strategy & Proposition; Product Delivery; Partnerships and Business teams; Finance; Asset-Liability Management; Risk; Reinsurance; peer review and corporate actuarial functions; relevant product and governance committees.

We encourage you to explore our Private Wealth page to learn more about our business, solutions, and latest developments: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sun-life-private-wealth/

Job Category:

Product

Posting End Date:

18/11/2026