Associate Director, Actuarial - Remote
About The Position
As the Associate Director of Actuarial Services on the UHG Trend Analytics team supporting Optum Health, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering strategic analytics that shape how we understand, manage, and predict healthcare expenses across. This role is responsible for leading medical expense forecasting processes using standardized and best-in-class trend methodologies to set a medical cost outlook. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related field
- Credentialed Actuary (FSA or ASA)
- 6+ years of healthcare actuarial experience with increasing leadership responsibility
- 2+ years of experience as a people and/or project manager
- Experience developing standard analytic methodologies
- Demonstrated expertise with healthcare claims data analysis
- Advanced proficiency with data tools such as Excel/SAS/SQL/Power BI
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present technical findings effectively
Nice To Haves
- Experience in Healthcare Consulting
- Solid organizational skills; ability to manage multiple priorities in a matrixed organization
- Located where you can regularly commute to the Optum campus in Eden Prairie, MN
- All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
Responsibilities
- Work with detailed health care claims data to build and maintain actuarial models to support medical expense analytics and forecasting
- Lead the development and execution quarterly medical expense forecasting processes for Optum Health
- Design and implement analytic methods that promote consistency with enterprise-wide medical cost forecasting standards
- Develop, maintain, and enhance medical expense forecasts —ensuring timely delivery of actionable insights to business stakeholders
- Collaborate closely with finance, operations, and other analytic teams to drive transparency and alignment in medical trend assumptions
- Analyze large healthcare datasets to identify trends, variances, and risks/opportunities compared to forecast
- Present findings and recommendations clearly to both technical teams and senior leadership
- Support continuous improvement by identifying areas to automate or optimize existing processes
- Mentor junior analysts; contribute to team development initiatives
- Support ad-hoc analytic requests related to medical expense trends as needed
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
