Actuarial Director

4 weeks ago

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States Optum Full time
About the Role

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in advancing health equity on a global scale.

This job role is in the Optum Advisory and Implementations business unit under the Government Programs Actuarial (GPA) practice. The GPA practice focuses on providing actuarial consulting services to Medicare and Medicaid payers. As a senior actuary leader, you will leverage your broad industry experience to lead teams in the execution of strategic, actuarial, and consulting activities.

Key Responsibilities
  • Strategic and technical leadership on client teams on projects primarily around Medicaid programs, actuarial solution development, and broader analytical initiatives
  • Lead teams to deliver timely and business-relevant results across multiple work streams while maintaining actuarial process standards and controls
  • Deliver expert strategic actuarial advice to clients with the goal of ensuring long-term profitable growth
  • Lead the design and development of actuarial solutions (models and processes)
  • Contribute to growth goals of the practice individually and as a part of the broader team
Requirements
  • ASA or FSA Actuarial Credential
  • 10+ years of healthcare actuarial experience with experience in a Medicaid Actuarial role
  • Experience managing complex actuarial projects and staff
  • Expert knowledge of key actuarial processes of Managed Care organizations clinical analytics and Medicaid rate renewal processes
  • Demonstrated ability to speak credibly to current industry issues, regulatory and competitive challenges, and practices regarding the government services market
  • Proven problem-solving skills (identification of issue, causes, solution, implementation plan)
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with advanced predictive analytics / machine learning
  • Proven intellectual curiosity - ability and willingness to learn new actuarial concepts
  • Proven desire to actively develop and pursue sales opportunities as part of teams
  • Proven solid ability to influence, motivate, and correct others in a positive, constructive, and respectful way
About Optum

At Optum, 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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