Actuary Lead
$164,780–$314,960 year
HybridCharlotte, North Carolina, United States or Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Job Summary
Identify, define, and design solutions to complex problems involving catastrophe risk, exposure concentration, and capital impacts. Independently run advanced ad-hoc analyses, enhance current methodologies, and lead cross-functional actuarial initiatives to balance member service, profitability, and risk governance. Own the Concentration of Risk framework, drive analytics innovation, and present findings to senior executives to influence business decisions on growth and rate actions. Manage vendor relationships and maintain reporting for risk indicators while developing written communication strategies for broad audiences.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 4 years of relevant education and/or experience
- 8 years of Actuarial or analytical business experience + Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS) Credential held for 3 years
- 6 years of Actuarial or analytical business experience + Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) Credential
- Demonstrated expertise with relevant actuarial, mathematical, and statistical techniques and approaches used to support fact-based decision-making
- Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools, data visualization, developing analysis queries and procedures in Python, R, SQL, SAS, BI tools or other analysis software, and relevant industry data & methods and ability to connect external insights to business problems
- Demonstrated experience communicating complex solutions and analysis to cross-functional audiences, including executive leadership
- This role is remote eligible in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel
- Individuals residing within a 60-mile radius of a USAA office will be expected to work on-site four days per week based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Colorado Springs, CO, Charlotte, NC, or Tampa, FL
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position
Desired Qualifications
- FCAS, ACAS with substantial post-credential experience, or equivalent actuarial expertise
- Deep understanding of property insurance risk drivers and catastrophe exposure management
- Experience with catastrophe models, capital management, profitability analytics, or enterprise risk management
- Strong statistical and predictive modeling capabilities
- Ability to evaluate complex analytical problems with incomplete or evolving information
- Demonstrated ability to design new analytical frameworks rather than simply maintain existing processes
- Experience challenging conventional approaches and introducing innovative solutions
- Curiosity to explore emerging catastrophe, climate, geographic, and underwriting risk signals
- Ability to connect technical concepts to strategic business outcomes
- Proven ability to influence decisions across diverse stakeholder groups without direct authority
- Experience partnering with underwriting, product, pricing, finance, risk, and executive leadership teams
- Strong facilitation and negotiation skills
- Ability to balance analytical rigor with practical business considerations
- Exceptional executive communication skills
- Ability to simplify highly technical concepts for non-technical audiences
- Experience presenting recommendations to senior leadership and governance committees
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives
- Capital allocation or economic capital experience
- Geographic/spatial analytics experience
- Climate risk analytics exposure
- Experience leading enterprise risk governance initiatives
- US military experience gained through military service or gained as a military spouse / domestic partner
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