Digital Trading Manager

Digital Trading Manager Birmingham (Hybrid - 3 days in office)

Competitive salary + Excellent bonus & benefits package Build Something Big. Lead Digital Growth. Own the Outcome. Markel’s UK Broker channel is our largest and fastest-growing business and digital is central to our strategy through to 2030. We’re investing heavily in digital capability, new product development, and actuarial-led trading. Now, we’re looking for a Digital Trading Manager to take a high-performing function and scale it into something truly market-leading.

This is not a “keep things ticking” leadership role. This is your opportunity to lead, shape, and grow a digital business from £10m to £100m+.

Reporting to the Head of Trading, you’ll lead our digital new business team, overseeing all digital and actuarial-led products and their trading performance. You’ll sit at the heart of commercial strategy, digital trading, and team leadership with real ownership of results and the autonomy to evolve how the function operates. You’ll inherit:

• A stable, engaged team of 9 in Birmingham
• A growing product suite (set to expand significantly over the next 12–18 months)
• Strong foundations and the mandate to scale

• Build & Drive Performance:
  Own digital new business targets (~£7m and growing) through data-led insights
• Monitor sales funnel and product performance, identify and act on opportunities
• Lead & Develop a High‑Performing Team:
  Lead, coach, and inspire a team of digital underwriters; maintain and build on a strong, positive team culture; shape future team structure as product complexity grows
• Optimise Digital Trading:
  Improve underwriting workflows, processes, and efficiency (Acturis‑led environment); enhance broker experience through service excellence and simplification; ensure strong governance and consistently high standards
• Shape the Future:
  Play a key role in launching new digital products (multiple planned); influence product development through market insight and trading performance; collaborate across underwriting, distribution, and leadership to drive strategy

• Commercial insurance background (broker or composite insurer)
• Digital trading / fast-paced underwriting or operations experience
• Proven track record delivering growth and leading teams
• Strong data‑driven decision‑making and performance management capability
• Experience with digital platforms such as Acturis

• Experience scaling digital functions or launching products
• Exposure to actuarial‑led or digitally distributed products
• A hands‑on, visible leadership style – energetic, engaging and impactful

A genuine growth journey – be part of building a £100m digital business line; real ownership – influence strategy, not just manage a team. Strong foundations – a stable team and improving culture already in place. Serious investment in digital capability, products, and trading innovation.

• Competitive salary (flexible based on experience)
• Excellent annual bonus
• Up to 16% employer pension contribution
• Private medical & dental insurance
• 25 days holiday + buy/sell options
• Electric car scheme, life assurance & more

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful.

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