Senior Director Actuarial Consulting

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

This job role as the Senior Director Actuarial Consulting is in the Optum Advisory and Implementations business unit under the Government Programs Actuarial (GPA) consulting practice. The GPA practice focuses on providing actuarial consulting services to Medicare and Medicaid payers. This actuarial consulting practice competes with other traditional actuarial consulting organizations in the industry. The GPA practice primarily works with non-United Health Group payer entities and focuses on creating top-tier actuarial solutions for its customers. Since this job is a consultative role, work responsibilities will vary based on customer needs.  

GPA is seeking an experienced actuarial expert who can leverage their broad industry experience to lead teams in the execution of a variety of strategic, actuarial, and consulting activities within Optum’s Payer Advisory Practice, largely focused on public programs for Medicare, Medicaid, and Dual-Eligible populations.  This role will establish, maintain, and own relationships with payer clients and execute against projects around various Actuarial products/services, as well as other Optum healthcare offerings relevant to their business needs.  

This role is a senior level role with sales, client management, and people leadership responsibilities.  This role is critical to driving the growth and quality delivery of existing client relationships.  This role is critical in driving the development of new client relationships. It will provide guidance and leadership to other actuarial staff in a professional and diligent manner to drive growth for the GPA practice.  This role also requires coordination with multiple areas of Optum and United Healthcare to bring the best and most appropriate services to our customers.

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

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 
• ASA or FSA designation
• 13+ years of actuarial experience
• 7+ years of experience managing and providing work direction to a team
• 5+ years of work experience in an actuarial consulting organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience being engaged in committees and delivered presentations at various actuarial and healthcare organizations/conferences, including the Society of Actuaries, AHIP, Conference of Consulting Actuaries, RISE, and others
• Consulting experience, including project management and consultative business development
• Experience working in the Medicare/Medicaid health care industry
• Experience selling at least $1M in consultative services

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

The salary range for this role is $150,200 to $288,500 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.