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🚀 Join the Wowcher Team - We're Hiring a Account Executive! 🚀 Location: Manchester (Embrace the office vibes - 4 days a week!) Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 + Commissions (OTE £50,000 - £60,000) Are you a Account Manager ready to dive into the world of WOW? Established in 2011, Wowcher is the ultimate destination for unbeatable deals and unforgettable experiences in the UK. We’ve helped thousands of people learn dog grooming, steam clean their front rooms, obtain the latest gadgets, whiten their teeth, decorate their houses, eat more healthily and even be more experimental in the bedroom…! On top of this we’ve also partnered with some of the UK’s leading brands including Graze, Build-a-Bear Workshop, Odeon, Fitness First, Diet Chef, Very.co.uk, PrettyLittleThing, Random House, EasyJet and Ocado... to name just a few! We’re entrepreneurs at heart and love to spot a great deal! If you’re interested in being able to have a major impact on a successful, fast growing company from day 1, then read on! What are we looking for? • We are looking for someone with an eye for account management and has an interest in developing Merchants we have. There will be the chance of B2B new business but will predominantly account management., • A confident communicator who is happy to pick up the phone to talk with both new prospective clients, as well as those we have worked with previously., • A technical background to deal with Merchants technical issues, • Excellent presentation and communication skills., • An individual who has an interest in consumer trends, and what types of deals will perform best as those trends evolve., • Brilliant objection handling skills, with the ability to anticipate queries and objections, and the initiative to gather the tools and information necessary, as well as build the trust required, to turn these around., • Self-motivated team player who can exceed goals and revenue expectations, with the ability to work on their initiative whilst building positive and rewarding working relationships with both colleagues and stakeholders. What will my responsibilities be? • Actively calling targeted businesses with the ultimate aim of signing fabulous merchants, • Creating excellent pitches, presentations, and proposals and negotiating to ensure a mutually beneficial deal is created for Wowcher, the merchant, and our growing customer base., • Providing clients with relevant information; especially in response to enquiries about products and services., • Continually establishing client relationships and building a strong rapport to enable you to deliver excellent customer service and further develop Wowcher's outstanding reputation., • Dealing with Merchants Technical issues., • Meeting weekly KPIs and monthly sales targets. Why Wowcher is Your Next Stop: Our office is like no other - it's a hub of fun and creativity! 🌈 Flexible working - blend office and home for your ideal work-life mix 🌞 25 days of holiday + 8 bank holidays (plus the option to nab 5 extra days) 🍏 Free fruit to fuel your day 🥐 Weekly breakfast feasts every Wednesday - Rise and shine! Why not grab a coffee and a pastry to start your morning. 🌿 Wellness Wednesdays (hello, free massages!) 🍹 Thirsty Thursday! drinks and snack trolley - kick back and relax with a cold beer or prosecco 🎮 Games area for some friendly competition 🎁 Benefits platform Perkbox so you can get discount and rewards across the UK! 🎉 Monthly social events – All Bar Wowcher! get to know your awesome colleagues 🎊 Legendary all-company parties twice a year - don't miss out! 🚲 Cycle Scheme and Season Ticket Loan to get you moving 💰 Auto-enrolment pension scheme. Whilst it’s great to live in the here and now, we have to make sure we’re preparing for the future, with up to 10% employer contribution. 🤝 Enhanced Employee Assistance Provider for confidential support and advice 🕶️ Eye Care Vouchers – we’ve got you covered! 💸 Store discounts across the Wowcher website (including travel deals!) 👕 Smart-casual dress code every day!! Want to know more? Check out:

Graduate ASIC Verification Engineer Cambridge or remote within the UK Must have internship or placement experience and be based in the UK. An innovative UK fabless semiconductor company developing next-generation secure microcontroller technology for safety-critical embedded systems. Built on advanced capability-based architecture research, the company is already collaborating with several of the world’s leading technology organisations. I am looking for a talented Graduate ASIC Verification Engineer to join a growing verification team. You will work alongside experienced engineers to ensure the functional correctness and quality of complex digital designs used in next-generation semiconductor products. This role is suited to graduates with strong digital design and verification knowledge, excellent academic performance, and relevant industry experience through internships or placements. Key Responsibilities • Develop and maintain verification environments for digital and ASIC designs, • Write SystemVerilog/UVM testbenches to verify RTL functionality, • Create directed and constrained-random tests, • Run simulations, analyse results, and debug failures, • Contribute to coverage-driven verification strategies, • Work closely with design engineers to resolve functional bugs, • Participate in design and verification reviews, • Document verification plans, test results, and coverage metrics Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline, • First Class or Upper Second Class (2:1) degree from a top engineering university, • Minimum 12 months of relevant internship or industrial placement experience, • Strong understanding of digital logic design and computer architecture, • Knowledge of HDL languages (SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL), • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, • Good written and verbal communication skills Desirable Skills • Experience with SystemVerilog verification and UVM – through internship, • Exposure to coverage-driven verification methodologies, • Familiarity with EDA tools (Synopsys VCS, Cadence Xcelium, Siemens Questa), • Knowledge of Python, Tcl, or scripting for verification automation, • Understanding of ASIC design flows, • Enthusiasm for semiconductor design and verification On offer is the rare opportunity to work for a British company and remotely, mentorship from experienced ASIC engineers and the opportunity to work on advanced semiconductor projects. You will be entitled to a base salary and company stock options. For more information please contact Rachel Mason at IC Resources

Job title: Senior Machine Learning Engineer Locations: Manchester or Haywards Heath (hybrid working) Role overview Markerstudy Group are looking for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to help take leading-edge and novel insurance risk modelling and pricing techniques and participate in creating fully automated machine learning pipelines. Markerstudy is a leading provider of private insurance in the UK, insuring around 5% of the private cars on the UK roads, 20% of commercial vehicles and over 30% of motorcycles in total premium levels of circa £1 billion. Most of Markerstudy's business is written as the insurance pricing provider behind household names such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, O2, Halifax, AA, Saga and Lloyds Bank to list a few. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will use your skills to: • Tune machine learning methods to best leverage our state-of-the-art processing capabilities, • Deploy and maintain machine learning methods in a DevOps / MLOps based machine learning environment You will also be responsible for refining, tuning, deploying and maintaining machine learning methods in our machine learning pipeline by using robust test-driven development (TDD) approaches to maximise performance and robustness, and improve company performance and our customer-centric offerings across Motor, Home and Commercial Lines businesses. The successful candidate will also enjoy opportunities for leading, coaching, and mentoring more junior ML Engineers. Key Responsibilities: • Report and communicate with Senior Stakeholders, such as the Head of Data Science and Machine Learning and Director of Technical Underwriting, • Propose, proof-of-concept, develop, and deliver novel machine learning processes that automate current manual processes, and leverage DevOps and MLOps software., • Work in a collaborative environment with data science to help deploy machine learning methods that are state-of-the-art, robust, and future extensible., • Tune machine learning methods for optimal performance., • Deploy and maintain machine learning methods in our machine learning pipeline using robust test-driven development (TDD) coding approaches, using the SOLID software development principles., • Actively contribute to creating a culture of coding and data excellence, • Implement efficient solutions across a range of markets, including Private Motor, Commercial Vehicle, Bike, Taxi, and Home, • Previous experience in tuning and deploying machine learning methods, • Experience with some of the following predictive modelling techniques; Logistic Regression, GBMs, Elastic Net GLMs, GAMs, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Neural Nets and Clustering, • Experience in DevOps and Azure ML, or other MLOps and ML Lifecycle technology stacks, such as AWS, Databricks, Google Cloud, etc., • Experience with deploying services in Docker and Kubernetes, • Experience in creating production grade coding and SOLID programming principles, including test-driven development (TDD) approaches, • Experience in programming languages (e.g. Python, PySpark, R, SAS, SQL), • Experience in source-control software, e.g., GitHub, • Proficient at communicating results in a concise manner both verbally and written, • A high level of professional/academic excellence, educated to at least a master's level in a STEM-based or DS / ML / AI / or mathematical discipline, • Collaborative and team player, • Logical thinker with a professional and positive attitude, • Passion to innovate and improve processes JBRP1_UKTJ

Portfolio Pricing Lead (Portfolio Management) Do you have the skills to fill this role Read the complete details below, and make your application today. Location: Primarily remote with occasional travel. Offices located in Kent, Cambridgeshire, Manchester, London and Stoke-on-Trent. Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Portfolio Pricing Lead to play a pivotal role in our growing Portfolio Management function within the dynamic world of personal lines underwriting. This role is suited to a highly capable senior analyst or pricing lead who is already operating with significant autonomy, strategic influence, and technical depth. You will own and steer critical elements of portfolio performance, pricing strategy, and risk modelling, shaping how we optimise profitability and growth across our product suite. Acting as a subject-matter expert, you will lead sophisticated analytical initiatives, drive pricing interventions, and influence decision-making across senior stakeholders. In addition to overseeing key analytical deliverables, you will actively guide and develop analysts, champion best-practice pricing methodologies, and contribute to the evolution of our pricing capability and operating model. The Pricing Portfolio Management team is responsible for innovating modelling approaches, refreshing and enhancing price optimisation methodologies, and ensuring our pricing infrastructure remains competitive, particularly within aggregator-driven markets. Key Responsibilities • Lead the design, enhancement, and implementation of portfolio performance monitoring frameworks across product lines, ensuring clarity of insight and proactive issue identification., • Drive pricing strategy and tactical interventions, partnering closely with the Pricing Manager and wider leadership to optimise commercial outcomes., • Provide senior-level analytical oversight, ensuring pricing recommendations are robust, commercially aligned, and supportive of long-term profitability goals., • Collaborate strategically with Underwriting, Technical Modelling, and Data teams to refine product design, calibrate technical models, and strengthen risk-cost feedback loops., • Act as the analytical voice across the business, managing senior stakeholder relationships and confidently communicating complex insights and pricing impacts., • Coach, support, and develop junior analysts, fostering a high-performing, innovative, and curious team culture., • Extensive experience in Personal Lines Pricing, with evidence of leading projects, influencing senior stakeholders, and owning complex analytical deliverables., • Strong proficiency in predictive modelling techniques, including Logistic Regression, GBMs, Elastic Net GLMs, GAMs, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Neural Networks, and Clustering., • Advanced skills in R, Python, PySpark, SAS, or SQL., • Proven ability to convert complex performance data into clear, commercially actionable recommendations., • Experience with WTW Radar and Emblem is essential., • Exceptional communication skills, capable of simplifying complexity and shaping decisions at all levels., • Highly self-motivated, with a strong commitment to developing and mentoring others., • Logical, structured thinker with a proactive and positive approach to problem-solving. xrnqpay, • Passionate about innovation, continuous improvement, and challenging established ways of working.

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