Director, Actuarial Services

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

What makes your Actuarial career greater with UnitedHealth Group? Actuaries are the decision-making engine for our business, that is why we support you from day one. We offer a competitive study program with paid time off to study, expense reimbursement for study materials and pay raises for passing exams. Advancement, access to data, variety of product lines, and rewards for delivering on our mission ensures you will always be challenged to do your best. Our businesses serve the entire spectrum of health care participants: individual consumers and employers, commercial payers and intermediaries, physicians, hospitals, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and more, providing you with a career that is challenging, exciting, and integral in helping to write the history of our organization.

Join at an exciting time as we set up a new team in Ireland supporting UHC new business and renewal pricing. 

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design new products, benefit features, and marketing methods for supplemental and standalone Health coverages in the group market
• Develop pricing strategies and rating manuals for Health products
• Manage rate filings and other regulatory reporting and certifications for Health products
• Monitor mortality risks and financial experience of enrolled membership
• Recommend tactical improvements to underwriting and other methods of risk selection
• Create and implement predictive models to forecast claim events and policy persistency
• Work with US & Irish leadership on ensuring objectives are met and leading additional team growth as required

Your leadership skills will be put to the test in this role.  Not only will you be leading a new team driven and focused team, senior management will be turning to you to drive business results and provide actuarial direction to support accurate pricing. You will also need to develop the new team and lead the growth of this team going forward.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Evaluate industry context and external implications of new product ideas
• Mentor junior staff and collaborate with other actuaries across team and enterprise
• Contribute analytical expertise to full company portfolio of medical and ancillary products
• Contribute technical expertise to miscellaneous projects, including competitive research and administrative process automation
• Coordinate interdisciplinary initiatives to continually modernize risk management practices
• Support senior management as needed, with business initiatives and strategic vision

You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Fellow of Society of Actuaries (Ireland/UK, US), or near Fellow designation
• Proven extensive actuarial pricing experience in health insurance or related benefits field
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with Underwriters
• Proven solid regulatory filings experience with health products
• Demonstrated health insurance underwriting and rating knowledge 
• Demonstrated health insurance design and distribution knowledge 
• Proven strategic leadership capabilities, such as entrepreneurial creativity 
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience working with health care claims experience (i.e., understanding of costs, expected claims, benefit pricing)
• Proven supervisory experience of actuarial students and/or support staff
• Proven predictive analytics capabilities, such as machine learning 
• Demonstrated data management skills in SQL or similar environment 
• Demonstrated programming skills (R, Python or similar)
• Demonstrated data visualization skills in Tableau or similar environment

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.  

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.


Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.