Principal Actuary

Quantum Health

Principal Actuary quantifying financial strategies in healthcare navigation at Quantum Health. Lead actuarial models and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to innovate healthcare solutions.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeNashville • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect the Savings Engine: Advance the foundational actuarial models for Embold Edge that link physician quality to tangible medical cost reduction.
External Market Authority: Act as the technical face of Embold Edge. You will engage with health plan actuaries, consultants, and other external stakeholders to validate our savings methodology and actuarial assumptions.
Reporting Savings: You will work with Client Success and Client Reporting teams to develop quarterly and annual client deliverables and identify key program value levers and opportunities for improvement.
Publication: Partner internally and external parties to publish program performance and contribute to the broader dialogue in the actuarial and employee benefits/HR community.
Alternative Health Plan (AHP) Strategy: Design innovative financial structures for our health plan partners, including risk-sharing, performance-based pricing, and surplus-sharing models that reward quality.
Rapid Prototyping: Work directly with the leadership across organizations to iterate on 'next generation' solutions. You must be able to model outcomes for new products that don't have decades of legacy data.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Credentialed Actuary: ASA or FSA required.
Healthcare Modernizer: 7+ years of experience in healthcare actuarial roles.
High Stakes Communication: Experience presenting to executive-level audiences (CFOs, CEOs, Board members).
Collaboration Effectiveness: Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional work forward in a fast-moving, complex organization through strong judgment, communication, and emotional intelligence.
Data Fluency: Mastery of SQL and statistical modeling (Python/R) to extract insights from large-scale claims and provider data sets.
Speed & Agility: Experience in a high-growth or 'unit-based' environment where speed to market and iterative design are valued over rigid corporate cycles.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health, vision and dental featuring our best-in-class healthcare navigation services, along with life insurance, legal and identity protection, adoption assistance, EAP, Teladoc services and more.
401(k) plan with up to 4% employer match and full vesting on day one.
Paid Time Off (PTO), 7 paid holidays, parental leave, volunteer days, paid sabbaticals, and more.
Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 annually, certification/continuing education reimbursement, discounted higher education partnerships, paid trainings and leadership development.
Recognition as a Best Place to Work for 15+ years, dedication to diversity, philanthropy and sustainability, and people-first values that drive every decision.
A modern workplace with a casual dress code, open floor plans, full-service dining, free snacks and drinks, complimentary 24/7 fitness center with group classes, outdoor walking paths, game room, notary and dry-cleaning services and more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

actuarial modelssavings methodologystatistical modelingSQLPythonRrisk-sharing modelsperformance-based pricingsurplus-sharing modelsdata extraction

Soft Skills

high stakes communicationcollaboration effectivenessemotional intelligencestrong judgmentcross-functional collaborationpresentation skillsiterative designadaptabilityproblem-solvingstakeholder engagement

Certifications

ASAFSA