Retail Portfolio Manager

Join AXA Ireland as a Retail Portfolio Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Retail Lines portfolio.

In this dynamic position, you will coordinate portfolio management activities, contributing to the development, refinement, and delivery of effective portfolio strategies tailored to our business needs. You will be responsible for monitoring and controlling financial performance across relevant lines of business, ensuring alignment with company objectives. Additionally, you will lead engagement with Distribution and third-party partners to enhance pricing and underwriting performance.

At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least 40% of your week away from home, moving to the majority of your working week from September 2025. Away from home means either attendance at one of our office locations, visiting clients or attending industry events.

• Lead and mentor teams of underwriters, actuaries, data scientists, and subject matter experts to achieve departmental objectives.

• Oversee third-party supplier relationships to ensure alignment with departmental goals.

• Deliver pricing and underwriting activities that enhance financial performance and ensure strong customer outcomes.

• Ensure compliance with Irish, UK and Group standards, implementing best practices in underwriting processes.

• Monitor business performance against KPIs, identifying trends in sales and retention to mitigate risks and seize opportunities.

• Lead the review of retail lines portfolios, developing data-driven portfolio management tools.

• Act as the business lead on cross-functional projects, providing updates to senior leaders on emerging risks and performance.

• Foster talent development within the Pricing and Underwriting Department, setting annual objectives and conducting performance reviews.

• Identify key talent and implement succession plans while addressing skills gaps to meet future objectives.

• Analyse employee engagement scores and take action to tackle emerging issues, ensuring a positive work environment.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a pricing/underwriting management/ financial planning and control or risk role, with 3 years of management experience preferred and proven ability in performance management of delivering successful results.

• An experienced insurance professional, possessing insurance business knowledge in evolving risk, regulatory and corporate governance environment with a CIP Qualification required.

• A relevant business degree or accountancy qualification, Diploma in Insurance or ACII desirable.

• Commitment to participate in continued professional development to keep up to date with developments in general insurance and the Irish market.

• In-depth understanding of relevant business classes, underwriting performance metrics, and current legislation impacting the market.

• Strong leadership and motivational skills, fostering a collaborative team environment and driving performance.

• Solid grasp of actuarial and underwriting concepts, coupled with excellent report writing and presentation abilities.

• Well-developed interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders effectively, with a proven track record of delivering key objectives through dedication and hard work.

One of the best things about joining AXA is our rewards package. At AXA Ireland, we’re appreciative of the people who work for us and our rewards package reflects that. You can expect to receive:

• Competitive salary with annual review
• Annual company & performance-based bonus
• Contributory pension scheme (up to 10% employer contributions)
• Life Assurance
• Generous annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• AXA employee discounts
• Education support and plenty of learning opportunities.

AXA is proud to support the needs of our employees and as such understands everyone has individual work and home life responsibilities. We are therefore happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, should this be a requirement for you.

At AXA, we want to become one of the most inspiring companies to work for and to achieve this ambition, we need the best talent to come and work for us. We look for candidates with the right skills and values to join us and selection is based on a fair and equal process. As a financial services company, all successful candidates will require employment checks, so we can ensure regulatory compliance.

We’re proud to be committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

AXA Ireland dac consider applicants on the basis of skills, experience & qualifications and without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, disability or any other legally protected status.

Would you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry. We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things.

In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 166,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 103 million customers.

Proud to be part of the AXA Group, at AXA Ireland our values are at the heart of everything we do. We work together as One AXA, embracing our differences to make our teams great. We believe integrity, courage and our customer-first approach is what makes us a great place to work. AXA is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from across all communities.