AVP & Actuary

MetLife; Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Life insurance

401(k) with employer match

Disability coverage

EAP and mental health programs

PTO and holidays

Job summary

MetLife is seeking an AVP and Actuary to own the Insurance Risk Economic Capital framework, oversee actuarial assumptions, and lead automation from spreadsheets to scalable processes. The role will integrate AI and advanced analytics, ensuring governance and clear data lineage.

You will partner with Risk, Actuarial, Finance, and Modeling teams to deliver insight-driven capital planning and transparent reporting across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in insurance, actuarial, or risk management.
• FSA/ASA (or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of economic capital frameworks and actuarial assumptions.
• Experience improving or transforming reporting, modeling, or analytics processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the Insurance Risk EC framework, including reporting, planning, methodologies and outputs.
• Evolve EC methodologies to reflect changes in business strategy and risk profile.
• Modernize EC reporting toward automated, controlled and scalable processes.
• Incorporate AI and emerging risks into EC and projections.
• Provide independent review and challenge of actuarial assumptions and experience studies.
• Collaborate with Actuarial, Product, Finance, Capital Management and Modeling teams.

Skills

Actuarial risk

Economic capital

AI & analytics

Python

Data viz tools

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

FSA/ASA

Tools

Python

Tableau/Power BI

Job description

Description and Requirements

The Team You Will Join

Join our Global Risk Management Group, where you’ll play a key role in safeguarding the company, ensuring we deliver on our commitments to customers and stakeholders, and driving responsible growth. As part of our team, you’ll identify, monitor, and mitigate both financial and non-financial risks across the organization. Leverage your expertise as the second line of defense to advise our business on effective risk management strategies. This means challenging ideas, implementing robust controls, and enforcing guardrails to foster responsible business growth. Join us in advancing MetLife’s legacy of trust through exemplary risk management practices.

The Opportunity

The AVP and Actuary is responsible for owning the Insurance Risk Economic Capital (EC) framework and overseeing actuarial assumptions, with responsibility for reporting, planning, methodology, and ongoing evolution of capabilities across the enterprise. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the transformation of EC processes from manual, spreadsheet-driven workflows to automated, scalable, and insight-driven capabilities, while ensuring strong governance, transparency, and control. In parallel, the role will provide independent review and challenge of actuarial assumptions, including increasing use of AI and advanced analytics in assumption setting. Over time, this role will play a key part in repositioning Insurance Risk for an AI-enabled environment, strengthening how experiences and emerging risks are translated into business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Ownership of Economic Capital
• Own the Insurance Risk EC framework, including reporting, planning, methodologies, and outputs.
• Ensure EC results are accurate, timely, and decision-useful, with strong governance and auditability.
• Serve as the central point of accountability for EC across Insurance Risk and Actuarial stakeholders.
• Continuously evolve EC methodologies to reflect changes in business strategy, products, and risk profile.
• Modernize EC Reporting & Production
• Lead the transformation of EC reporting toward automated, controlled, and scalable processes.
• Significantly reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets and fragmented workflows.
• Establish sustainable production processes with clear controls, data lineage, and documentation
• Foster a shift from production-focused work to insight-driven analysis within the team.
• Introduce and scale use of automation, data analytics, and AI-enabled tools where appropriate.
• Own and Enhance EC Planning & Projections
• Own the EC planning process, including projection of capital aligned with business plans and strategic initiatives.
• Improve efficiency, consistency, and transparency of forward-looking capital analysis.Enable scenario-based and dynamic capital planning, supporting decision-making across the organization.
• Incorporate AI and Emerging Risks into EC
• Own the approach for integrating AI-related risks into the EC framework
• Ensure risks such as model instability, bias, and data drift are appropriately reflected in capital assessments.
• Evolve practices over time as AI usage expands
• Actuarial Assumption Review & Challenge
• Provide independent review and challenge of key actuarial assumptions, including mortality, morbidity, and PHB behavior assumptions.
• Evaluate assumption-setting methodologies, experience studies, and use of advanced analytics and AI models.
• Ensure assumptions are appropriate, explainable, and aligned with observed experience and forward-looking risks.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence
• Work closely with Actuarial, Product, Finance, Capital Management, and Modeling teams.
• Act as a bridge between risk, business, and technical teams, enabling alignment and execution.
• Influence senior stakeholders through clear communication of complex risk and capital insights

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in insurance, actuarial, or risk management role
• FSA/ASA (or equivalent) strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of:
• Economic capital frameworks
• Actuarial assumptions and experience studies
• Insurance product risks
• Experience improving or transforming reporting, modeling, or analytics processes
• Familiarity with:
• Data and analytics tools (e.g., Python, visualization tools)
• Automation approaches
• AI / advanced analytics concepts
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for critical enterprise processes
• Comfortable challenging actuarial assumptions with credibility and independence
• Curious and forward-looking, with interest in AI, analytics, and evolving risk practices
• Collaborative leader who can influence across functions without direct authority

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Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.

The expected salary range for this position is $165,000 to $218,000. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.

Benefits We Offer

• Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families.
• We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability.
• We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
• For more information regarding MetLife’s U.S. benefits, please [1] click here.

About MetLife

Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World’s 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world’s leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

As part of our New Frontier strategy, MetLife is building an AI-enabled, people-centered future. We’re looking for people who bring curiosity, adaptability, and a growth mindset as we use AI to enhance how we serve customers, support communities, and evolve the way work gets done. At MetLife, AI is a responsible partner that supports human judgment, creativity, and continuous improvement while helping us build trust, inclusion, and long-term value.

Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we’re inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it’s [2] #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!

MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").

If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [e-mail]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.

MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.

This posting is for a current vacancy and is anticipated to remain open for at least 90 days from the listed posting date.References

Visible links1. https://www.metlife.com/content/dam/metlifecom/us/noindex/pdf/HR-US-Benefits/US-Benefits-Overview-10-13-2025.pdf2. https://www.metlifecareers.com/ml/GreatPlaceToWork