Python Job: Actuarial Manager - Hybrid

Letterkenny Open Evening

Come to our Letterkenny offices on Wednesday 1st March (4:30pm – 7:30pm GMT) for our Opening Evening, where you can learn more about our Letterkenny & Ireland career opportunities, with a special focus on Technology, Analytics, Business Operations and more!

Optum Offices, Windy Hall, Knocknamona, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland, F92 K685

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https://optum.co/event

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Are you a thought leader who thrives on developing new solutions to solve tough challenges? At Optum, the actuarial consulting leader in health care innovation, your performance, your ideas and your innovative thinking will help us improve the lives of millions.

As the Actuarial Manager, you will manage project teams in a fast-paced environment and work on the delivery of business solutions that utilizes predictive analytics/complex mathematical analyses and actuarial modeling. You’ll provide actuarial direction and strategy that strikes a balance between growth and profitability goals. Join us. There's never been a better time to do your life's best work.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Execute creative problem solving and critical thinking on the job
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  Mentor and develop an elite team of consulting actuaries
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  Develop and deploy predictive data models on large data sets
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  Design and support ad-hoc analytics where needed
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  Brainstorm, design and construct novel analytical and operational solutions for clients
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  Ensure that the team delivers best in class analytical solutions and insights for clients accurately and on time, and drive the project scheduling and coordination of tasks
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  Review, design and execute complex algorithms before interpreting output and communicating results both internally and externally to provide actionable insights
  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
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  Extensive Actuarial/Analytical/Data Science experience
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  Experience of Project leadership/management
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  Experience leveraging traditional and non-traditional data assets
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  Experience interacting with senior management and providing work direction to a team
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  Assess internal data and processes to determine opportunities for application of advanced analytics for broad division-wide analytic usage
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  Support development of leading-edge solutions and propose recommendations and strategies to solve commercial opportunities in unique ways that return optimal value to our business
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  Ability to work a portion of monthly work hours from our Dublin or Letterkenny office is required

Preferred Assets:

• Experience in performing statistical and regression analyses
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  Experience with predictive modeling
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  Advanced level of proficiency using SQL, R, SAS, Azure Databricks, Python, .net
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  Experience in large file transfers and/or manipulations
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  Experience in handling various file formats (JSON, csv, xls, delimited text files)• Experience and/or exposure in dealing with health care claims experience (i.e. understanding ofcosts, expected claims, diagnosis codes, procedure codes)
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  Associateship or a Fellowship designation through IFoA or SOA

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So, when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care must go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high-performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the Optum Ireland Telecommuter Policy.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law