Actuarial Data & AI Innovation Lead

Nationallifeinsurancecompany; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 114,375 - 167,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits start day one

Job summary

National Life Group is seeking an Associate Director to advance actuarial capabilities through data, analytics, automation, and technology solutions. You will partner with Actuarial Valuation, MCoE, IT and Finance to support production processes, data governance, and platform modernization.

The role drives requirements, testing, and implementation, ensuring reliable data systems, scalable controls, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in actuarial, finance, data analytics, technology, or related roles within the life insurance industry.
• Proven experience partnering with Actuarial, Finance, Data, and IT teams to support business-critical systems, data processes, analytical platforms, or reporting environments.
• Strong project management skills, including prioritizing requests, managing timelines, dependencies, and cross-functional deliverables.
• Strong understanding of data management principles, including data quality, controls, lineage, governance, documentation, and issue resolution.
• Knowledge of system development lifecycle, requirements gathering, change management, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business needs into clear requirements and practical solutions.
• Ability to build relationships and collaborate across actuarial, technology, finance, data, and business teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Translate actuarial business needs into clear requirements, user stories, documentation, and implementation plans.
• Support backlog management, roadmap execution, stakeholder communications, and prioritization discussions.
• Foster collaboration across actuarial, IT, finance, and business teams to ensure practical, sustainable solutions aligned with technology standards.
• Support transformation initiatives involving actuarial models, data platforms, systems, processes, and controls.
• Identify AI/automation opportunities and practical use cases to improve actuarial data processing and reporting.

Skills

Actuarial

Finance

Data analytics

Technology

Project management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Finance, Engineering

Tools

SQL

Databricks

Python

Cloud data platforms

Workflow automation tools

BI tools

Job description

National Life Group is seeking an Associate Director to advance actuarial capabilities through data, analytics, automation, and technology solutions. You will partner with Actuarial Valuation, MCoE, IT and Finance to support production processes, data governance, and platform modernization.

The role drives requirements, testing, and implementation, ensuring reliable data systems, scalable controls, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-growing environment.