Senior Utilization Strategy Consultant

Securian Financial • Saint Paul, MN

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Utilization Strategy Consultant will lead and advance utilization strategy for Supplemental Health products. The role builds and evolves a capability for understanding utilization patterns, turning insights into actionable recommendations, and informing business decisions. It partners across the organization to shape strategies that balance customer value, market competitiveness, and financial performance in support of the long-term growth and sustainability of the Supplemental Health business.

The position develops utilization frameworks, targets, metrics, governance, reporting, and decision-making processes. It supports cross-functional business decisions by evaluating how product, service, and operational choices affect utilization, customer value, and financial outcomes. Working with the Reporting & Analytics team, the consultant develops reporting and analyses to monitor performance, evaluate interventions, identify utilization and claims trends, and provide clear, actionable insights for varied audiences. The role also promotes data quality and governance and identifies opportunities to improve analytics through automation, data integration, and scalable reporting solutions.

The internal Securian Financial job title for this position is Reporting & Analytics Sr. Consultant. Securian Financial uses a hybrid work model: associates within a 90-minute commute are expected to work in the office three days each week, with flexibility for business and personal schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, data analytics, finance, economics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including working with complex data, evaluating model or study results, and identifying meaningful business insights.
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, including explaining analytical findings to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to influence decisions and build consensus across multiple business functions.
• Experience developing analytical tools, reports, dashboards, or repeatable data processes, and ability to learn and apply new technical tools as needs evolve.
• Initiative and ability to define, organize, and complete work independently while collaborating across teams.
• Strong documentation and organizational skills, with attention to detail, data quality, and controls.
• Adaptability in a rapidly changing environment and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Building consensus.
• Collaboration and working collaboratively.
• Data-driven decision-making.
• Data reporting.
• Attention to detail.
• Verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead utilization strategy and coordinate cross-functional efforts to balance customer value, market competitiveness, and financial outcomes.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive utilization framework for Supplemental Health products.
• Establish performance targets and success metrics for utilization strategic initiatives.
• Establish governance, reporting, and decision-making processes so utilization activities are applied consistently across the organization.
• Recommend actions based on customer, financial, and operational impacts.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate the effects of product, service, and operational decisions on utilization, customer value, and financial outcomes.
• Communicate findings and actionable recommendations clearly to stakeholders.
• Partner with business leaders to prioritize utilization opportunities by expected value, feasibility, and strategic alignment.
• Collaborate with the Reporting & Analytics team to design and maintain reporting for leadership to monitor utilization performance, evaluate intervention effectiveness, and support data-driven decisions.
• Identify, prioritize, and evaluate hypotheses about emerging utilization patterns and claims trends; coordinate with business partners to validate findings and quantify impacts.
• Develop predictive and diagnostic analyses to proactively identify utilization risks and opportunities.
• Translate complex analytical results into concise, actionable insights for executive, operational, and cross-functional audiences.
• Ensure data is accurate, consistent, and suitable for decision-making through validation and governance practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve analytical capabilities through automation, better data integration, and scalable reporting solutions.

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off, with additional PTO based on length of service.
• Flexible leave programs, including parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
• Nine company-paid holidays.
• Company-funded pension plan.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company contribution tied to company performance, up to 10% of eligible earnings, with a 5% target.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for associates and eligible family members from the first day of employment.
• Paid volunteer time, company-sponsored volunteer events, and a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program.
• Associate Resource Groups supporting professional and community connections.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior