Associate Director Actuarial Services – Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

 

What’s your next step? How will you leverage the study, training, certifications and your energy to help develop solutions to transform the health care industry? As an Associate Director Actuarial Services at UnitedHealth Group, you can do just that. You’ll lead complex actuarial projects that have strategic importance to our mission of helping people lead healthier lives and helping to make the health system work better for everyone. It’s an opportunity to help rewrite the future of UnitedHealth Group as you participate in the development of business strategy. 

 

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.   

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• State Actuarial Pricing Lead for Commercial Group Products
• Managing the end-to-end rate filing process, including preparing filings, ensuring compliance with state regulations, and working directly with state regulators in responding to objections/inquiries 
  • Oversee the development of actuarial pricing models 
  • Develop appropriate pricing methodologies and assumptions 
• Provide timely and complete Peer Reviews
• Conduct and evaluate studies on pricing, utilization and health care costs
• Proactively identify best practices and bring attention to data issues and outliers in results
• Strategic business partner with direct relationships with the health plan leadership providing actuarial support and key recommendations to matrix partners (market leadership, underwriting, sales, product)
• Monitor environmental factors (competitors and regulatory), anticipate and communicate impact on business to external areas, recommend solutions and influence appropriate courses of action to senior leaders
• Manage and develop your elite team of actuaries 
• Develop presentation materials and lead communication of results to internal stakeholders
   

 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of actuarial experience collecting, analyzing and summarizing qualitative/quantitative data
• Advanced or higher level of proficiency with Excel
• Proven clear communication skills, particularly in conveying complex topics to non-expert audiences
• Proven critical thinking skills that allow you to push through the data and find effective solutions
   

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• ASA (Associate of the Society of Actuaries) or FSA (Fellow of the Society of Actuaries) designation 
• Experience working in the healthcare or finance industries
• Experience working on actuarial pricing or rate filing
• Experience managing direct reports
• Basic or higher level of proficiency with SAS (Statistical Analysis System), SQL (Structured Query Language) and/or Snowflake
   

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

 

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

 

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

 

 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.