Lead Design Strategist (REMOTE)

Usaa; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

USAA seeks a Credentialed Actuary Lead who will apply extensive actuarial knowledge to complex business problems, particularly within the Forecasting Team. The role involves innovative analyses, strategic partnerships, and leading special actuarial projects, all while ensuring compliance with risk and data integrity standards. Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills along with ACAS or FCAS credentials are essential for this position.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans

401(k) and pension

Paid time off with paid holidays

Parental benefits and adoption assistance

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• 8 years of Actuarial or analytical experience required.
• Experience in pricing methodologies and models required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Drive innovation across lines by developing repeatable analyses.
• Lead actuarial projects and communicate results effectively.
• Independently run models for advanced analyses.

Skills

Actuarial expertise

Data analysis

Statistical techniques

Leadership

Communication

Technical knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS)

Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS)

Tools

Python

R

SQL

SAS

BI tools

Job description

A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families.

Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. As a dedicated Credentialed Actuary Lead you will leverage expert, broad actuarial knowledge in at least one actuarial practice area (pricing, reserving, modeling, catastrophe risk, claims analytics, product management, etc.) to identify, define, and design solutions for complex, thought-provoking problems that drive business results at the LOB level.

This Actuary Lead may be part of the Forecasting Team with responsibilities over our Specialty lines . As an Actuary Lead on the Forecasting Team, you will provide accurate and insightful projections for forecast processes and communicate results to key business partners at all levels to drive key strategic decisioning conversations. You will also drive innovation across all lines (Auto, Home, & Specialty) by developing and implementing repeatable analyses and communications.

This Actuary Lead may be part of the Auto Indications Team and have experience in process standardization and automation. This Lead will be working with reginal / state actuaries to implement the indication results.

This position can work remotely in the continental U.S. with occasional business travel.

Apply deep and broad actuarial knowledge to identify, define, and design solutions to complex problems with ambiguous requirements (e.g., data selection, model selection, stakeholder communications, performance monitoring, etc.); independently runs catastrophe models for advanced ad-hoc analyses; provides guidance and training to peers for running and validating the catastrophe models; enhances current methodologies to tailor catastrophe model results to better represent USAA’s risk; designs and performs broad and complex actuarial analyses that produces actionable insights for company-level decision-making designs reserving methodology and technical platform for new product.

Utilize advanced actuarial, mathematical, or statistical techniques to augment actuarial work product, methodologies, and procedures.

Lead special actuarial projects, such as the development of new pricing methodologies or reporting tools to impact LOB-level initiatives.

Lead cross-functional actuarial initiatives.

Strategically partner with IT to influence the design, alignment, and implementation of technical business standards.

Assist the business unit with translating strategic objectives into tactical solutions.

Maintain current knowledge of market trends and emerging risks and proactively develops strategies, policies, and processes to address them.

Develop written communication and presentations that effectively to convey data-driven solutions to broad audiences including cross-functional executive leadership.

Ensure risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

Bachelor’s degree; OR 4 years of related Actuarial / business / analytical experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.

8 years of Actuarial or analytical business experience + Associate of the Casualty Actuarial Society (ACAS) Credential held for 3 years; OR 6 years of Actuarial or analytical business experience + Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS) Credential.

Demonstrated expertise with relevant actuarial, mathematical, and statistical techniques and approaches used to support fact-based decision-making.

Advanced knowledge of data analysis tools, data visualization, developing analysis queries and procedures in Python, R, SQL, SAS, BI tools or other analysis software, and relevant industry data & methods and ability to connect external insights to business problems.

Demonstrated experience communicating complex solutions and analysis to cross-functional audiences, including executive leadership.

Fellow of the Casualty Actuary Society (FCAS) credentialed.

Experience leading teams through effective communication, learning, and mentorship

A passion for creative and innovative actuarial work and developing that mindset in less experienced analysts through projects related to this work

Expert Actuarial pricing expertise with experience in using a variety of pricing methodologies and models

Strong experience translating detailed analytics into manageable visualizations and communicating / presenting the results concisely to executive leadership

Experience working on multiple projects, managing competing priorities, and prioritizing workflow through strong partnerships with multiple business partners.

US military experience through military service or a military spouse / domestic partner

Please do not apply for this role if at any time (now or in the future) you will need immigration support (i.e., H-1B, TN, STEM OPT Training Plans, etc.).

Compensation : USAA has an effective process for assessing market data and establishing ranges to ensure we remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range based on your experience and market data of the position. Employees may be eligible for pay incentives based on overall corporate and individual performance and at the discretion of the USAA Board of Directors.

Benefits : At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs. Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis, this posting will remain open until the position is filled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Remote working / work at home options are available for this role.