Actuarial Data Scientist – Pricing & AI (Hybrid)

Optum; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum Advisory presents an Actuarial Consultant position, joining a global team optimizing pricing and analytics for the U.S. health insurance market.

You will explore data science, ML, AI, and cloud-based platforms while progressing toward actuarial qualification through Optum's study support program. This role offers hybrid work arrangements in Ireland, with opportunities to split time between Dublin or Letterkenny offices and home-based work.

Qualifications

• Partially qualified actuary with experience in actuarial, insurance, analytics or related quantitative disciplines.
• Strong interest in data science, predictive modeling, ML and AI.
• Programming experience and aptitude for large datasets.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.
• Curiosity, adaptability and willingness to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities

• Leverage AI tools to deliver value across pricing and analytics.
• Apply actuarial and statistical techniques to analyse healthcare data.
• Develop, validate, and maintain datasets supporting pricing and forecasting.
• Enhance actuarial models using ML and AI methodologies.
• Perform data validation and quality assurance for data integrity.
• Support design, testing, and deployment of pricing and forecasting solutions.
• Collaborate with actuarial, data science, product and engineering teams.

Skills

Actuarial modelling

Data science

Python

R

SQL

Machine learning

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Azure

GitHub

Jupyter

Job description

Optum Advisory presents an Actuarial Consultant position, joining a global team optimizing pricing and analytics for the U.S. health insurance market.

You will explore data science, ML, AI, and cloud-based platforms while progressing toward actuarial qualification through Optum's study support program. This role offers hybrid work arrangements in Ireland, with opportunities to split time between Dublin or Letterkenny offices and home-based work.