Actuarial Advisor – Precision Claims, Trend R&D
The Cigna Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Philadelphia • Pennsylvania • United States
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About the role
- Execute and lead select R&D test-and-learn initiatives, including formulation of hypotheses, analytical design, back-testing, and interpretation of results.
- Provide project management and coordination for the portfolio of Precision Claims & Trend R&D test-and-learns across actuarial and data science teams.
- Lead day-to-day R&D program governance, including ideation, prioritization, progress tracking, and documentation of learnings.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between actuarial, data science, and technology partners to ensure alignment on objectives, assumptions, and success criteria.
- Manage stakeholder engagement for the R&D program, including regular communication of progress, findings, risks, and trade-offs to actuarial/finance and data science leadership and key partners.
Requirements
- Strong actuarial background with experience in medical claims reserving, trend analysis, or related financial analytics.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex analytical workstreams without formal people-management authority.
- Experience executing analytical or research initiatives while also coordinating work across multiple stakeholders.
- Comfort working with large, complex datasets and modern analytical tools (e.g., SQL, Python, R, SAS).
- Working knowledge of advanced analytics, predictive modeling, or machine learning concepts and their actuarial applications.
- Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, early-stage R&D environments and balance execution with governance.
Benefits
- This role offers a unique opportunity to shape and scale an enterprise actuarial R&D program at the intersection of actuarial judgment, advanced analytics, and financial decision-making.
- If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
actuarial analysismedical claims reservingtrend analysisfinancial analyticsanalytical designback-testingpredictive modelingmachine learningdata analysislarge dataset management
Soft Skills
project managementcross-functional collaborationstakeholder engagementcommunicationorganizational skillsleadershipgovernanceproblem-solvingadaptabilityprioritization