SAIF Corporation

Director

• Set clear direction and objectives that are aligned with SAIF’s vision and mission.
• Drive employee engagement and team effectiveness through effective communication and by creating and maintaining an environment where individuals are empowered, motivated, and where the importance of collaboration within and across divisions / teams is fully understood and encouraged.
• Recognize individual differences while focusing on team cohesion.
• Develop and sustain an inclusive collaborative team environment to support diverse team members throughout the division.
• Collaborate closely with Safety and Health Directors and Managers to maintain strong connectivity across the division, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and operational priorities.
• Serve as a strategic and technical leader on occupational safety and health, staying current with industry trends, regulatory changes, and best practices.
• Maintain high standards of quality and compliance by managing policies, procedures, and practices aligned with NIOSH, OSHA, and organizational safety goals and staying connected to professional networks.
• Lead the strategic integration of Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomics into SAIF’s safety and health framework, ensuring alignment with mission, regulatory standards, and industry best practices.
• Provide strategic oversight and guidance for the industrial hygiene and ergonomic services program, ensuring alignment with enterprise risk mitigation goals.
• Partner with manager to drive successful implementation of exposure assessment protocols and ergonomic interventions, fostering a culture of proactive health and safety across policyholder operations.
• Lead and integrate the work of industry specialists in safety and health into the broader safety and health strategy.
• Analyze emerging industry trends, utilize data and analytics to understand and oversee the design and implementation of safety programs and goals for policyholders within the specialties to inform decisions.
• Manage and support a team of geographically dispersed specialty senior safety management consultants across Oregon, ensuring key performance indicators (KPI’s) and business services are being met and sustained.
• Ensure professional consulting skills are embedded in employees' work results. Joint visits with consultants are required.
• Champion continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within the safety and health division, ensuring the team is mentoring, advising and coaching as a technical advisor to safety and health consultants throughout the state.
• Communicate program goals, strategies, and results to employees, regional and small business safety teams, underwriting, group partners, and other SAIF employees as appropriate.

Safety and Health Specialty Consultant – Director

Business Analyst

• Lead and manage projects utilizing SAIF’s development methodology and project management best practices.
• Analyze business processes and existing functionality.
• Strategize and develop recommendations for business solutions that increase internal efficiencies and/or enhance customer experience.
• Support leadership by providing technical advisement on evaluation of current processes.
• Provide ongoing technical support for the production environment.

Consultant

• Analyze current processes and workflows to identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement process improvement initiatives.
• Utilize process optimization methodologies and tools to streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
• Utilize data analysis to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities for optimization.
• Develop and present reports outlining findings, recommendations, and projected outcomes for stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and support to stakeholders throughout the organization to ensure successful implementation and adoption of process improvements.
• Develop and deliver training programs to educate employees on process improvement.
• Continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of implemented solutions, making adjustments as necessary to achieve desired outcomes.
• Stay up to date on industry best practices, emerging technologies, and trends in process optimization to proactively recommend improvements.
• Explore diverse perspectives and consistently behave sensitively toward differences in cultural norms, expectations, and ways of communicating.
• Work effectively with others who have different perspectives, backgrounds, and/or work styles.
• Continually sustain the Inclusive Leadership Competencies (ILC) through the Explorer level on an annual basis.

Process Optimization Consultant

• Lead and manage projects utilizing SAIF’s development methodology and project management best practices.
• Analyze business processes and existing functionality.
• Strategize and develop recommendations for business solutions that increase internal efficiencies and/or enhance customer experience.
• Contribute to the development of the Information Services (IS) corporate project plan by representing project recommendations from stakeholders and acting as a liaison from the IS division.
• Support leadership by providing technical advisement on evaluation of current processes.
• Provide change management leadership for business systems improvement projects.
• Negotiate revision of goals, objectives, and deadlines with project sponsors and functional partners when necessary.
• Develop, deliver, and oversee training for internal and external project team members and stakeholders.
• Provide ongoing technical support for the production environment.
• Diagnose and provide resolution for production application questions and issues.
• Understand, advocate, apply, and explain the SAIF brand.
• Cultivate an awareness and understanding of the latest industry standards and trends in the areas of technology, project management, business analysis, and business process improvement.
• Participate in negotiations with solution providers/vendors acting as technical advisor to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
• Perform feasibility analysis of selected solutions prior to final selection.

Artificial Intelligence

• Create and lead SAIF’s AI strategy
• Collaborate with leaders across divisions to find opportunities for AI impact
• Oversee development of AI solutions, from ideation to implementation
• Educate and engage employees about AI
• Ensure responsible use of AI with focus on ethics, risk, and governance
• Drive and maintain roadmap of AI initiatives
• Lead multi-disciplinary AI teams
• Communicate complex AI concepts to executives and non-technical stakeholders
• Advise leadership on AI trends and opportunities

Artificial Intelligence Strategy Director

Actuary

• Development of reasonable loss and loss adjustment expense reserves.
• Preparation of various inputs to the annual and quarter financial statements and related filings and participation in regulatory audits.
• Development and filing of sound rate recommendations, maintenance of SAIF’s pricing and rate adequacy monitoring tools, conducting trend and market analysis research, and providing support and consult to Underwriting on individual account pricing and the development of technical underwriting guidelines.
• Updates to and maintenance of SAIF’s financial forecasts, dividend models, capital models, and surplus analyses.
• Completion of supporting documentation and communication including the Own Risk Solvency Assessment (ORSA).
• Support for SAIF’s reinsurance program and monitoring of reinsurance coverage including claim reporting, commutations, and financial reporting.
• NCCI financial data call process, including calculating any data anomalies and communicating with NCCI to explain SAIF’s data and answer questions.
• Conduct and guide research and analysis to inform strategic priorities.
• Assist management as a strategic business partner by advising on methods and applications for actuarial analysis.
• Design and execute data analysis, and provide support to various external and internal customers, including auditors, reinsurers, and reinsurance brokers, SAIF’s appointed actuary and staff, and SAIF’s executive leadership team and board of directors.
• Monitor external information sources for developments that may affect SAIF’s operations and strategies, including such areas as regional business conditions, competitors, demographics, legal or regulatory changes, and medical costs, utilization, treatment patterns and practices, medical outcomes, and healthcare policy.
• Assess potential impacts and assist with the preparation of recommendations to inform management response.
• Stay abreast of trends and innovations in the casualty actuarial profession related to pricing, reserving, workers’ compensation, and related areas.
• Work closely with the Data & Analytics function to monitor and inform data integrity and incorporate the use of analytics to inform decisions.
• Coach other staff in the use and interpretation of standard actuarial procedures.
• Provide peer review of actuarial work performed by others.
• Assist in the training and/or professional development of other staff by mentoring or coaching in specific areas and identifying and developing training needs.
• Provide feedback to division leadership to support the performance management processes.
• Explore diverse perspectives and consistently behave sensitively toward differences in cultural norms, expectations, and ways of communicating.
• Work effectively with others who have different perspectives, backgrounds, and/or work styles.

Associate Actuary

• Development of reasonable loss and loss adjustment expense reserves.
• Preparation of various inputs to the annual and quarter financial statements and related filings and participation in regulatory audits.
• Development and filing of sound rate recommendations, maintenance of SAIF’s pricing and rate adequacy monitoring tools, conducting trend and market analysis research, and providing support to Underwriting on individual account pricing and the development of technical underwriting guidelines.
• Updates to and maintenance of SAIF’s financial forecasts, dividend models, capital models, and surplus analyses.
• Completion of supporting documentation and communication including the Own Risk Solvency Assessment (ORSA).
• Support for SAIF’s reinsurance program and monitoring of reinsurance coverage including claim reporting, commutations, and financial reporting.
• NCCI financial data call process, including calculating any data anomalies and communicating with NCCI to explain SAIF’s data and answer questions.
• Conduct research and analysis that contributes to recommendations that inform strategic priorities related to actuarial analysis and planning.
• Participate in the design and execution of data analysis, and support to various external and internal customers, including auditors, reinsurers, and reinsurance brokers, SAIF’s appointed actuary and staff, and SAIF’s executive leadership team and board of directors.
• Monitor external information sources for developments that may affect SAIF’s operations and strategies, including such areas as regional business conditions, competitors, demographics, legal or regulatory changes, and medical costs, utilization, treatment patterns and practices, medical outcomes, and healthcare policy.
• Assess potential impacts and assist with the preparation of recommendations to inform management response.
• Stay abreast of trends and innovations in the casualty actuarial profession related to pricing, reserving, workers’ compensation, and related areas.
• Serve as a consultant and resource for internal and external business information, pro-active problem resolution, and the application of analytical techniques.
• Work closely with the Data & Analytics function to monitor and inform data integrity and incorporate the use of analytics to inform decisions.
• Coach others in the use and interpretation of standard actuarial procedures.
• Explore diverse perspectives and consistently behave sensitively toward differences in cultural norms, expectations, and ways of communicating.
• Work effectively with others who have different perspectives, backgrounds, and/or work styles.
• Perform other duties as assigned by management to support team objectives and organizational goals, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability in responding to evolving priorities and needs.

Safety and Health Specialty Consultant – Director

Business Analyst

Process Optimization Consultant

Business Analyst

Artificial Intelligence Strategy Director

Associate Actuary

Senior Actuarial Analyst