Actuary Leader: Group Advanced Analytics & AI

Prudential Financial; Town of Newark (WI); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401(k) match

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Education benefit

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Prudential is seeking a Director, Actuary – Group Advanced Analytics to lead actuarial efforts for AI-enabled disability claims models across LTD and STD life cycles. You will design, validate, calibrate, and monitor models, ensuring actuarial soundness and business relevance.

This senior IC role requires strong governance and cross-functional collaboration across claims, data science, and finance. The position supports hybrid or virtual work with on-site as determined by location, and offers a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science or related quantitative field.
• 7+ years of actuarial experience, preferably with group disability and claims analytics.
• Associate or Fellow of the Society of Actuaries designation.
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience analyzing LTD/STD and translating insights to business impact.
• Knowledge of predictive modeling, validation, calibration, and governance.
• Ability to collaborate across actuarial, claims, data science, and tech teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide actuarial leadership for claims risk management model design across LTD/STD use cases.
• Translate claims experience into actuarial measures and business metrics.
• Partner with data science, claims, technology, and finance teams to ensure explainability and relevance.
• Support model governance, validation standards, monitoring, and documentation.
• Develop reporting frameworks linking model outputs to loss ratio trends and reserves.
• Serve as senior actuarial SME for model pilots and deployment.

Skills

Actuarial leadership

LTD/STD experience

Predictive modeling

Model governance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science

SOA Associate or Fellow

Tools

Excel

SQL

R

Python

Power BI

Job description

Prudential is seeking a Director, Actuary – Group Advanced Analytics to lead actuarial efforts for AI-enabled disability claims models across LTD and STD life cycles. You will design, validate, calibrate, and monitor models, ensuring actuarial soundness and business relevance.

This senior IC role requires strong governance and cross-functional collaboration across claims, data science, and finance. The position supports hybrid or virtual work with on-site as determined by location, and offers a