Actuarial Director - Medicare

About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate, you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together, finding a better way, and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference, join us.

Impact You Will Have

BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota is seeking a strategic actuarial leader to oversee its Medicare Advantage team. This role is accountable for the full Medicare Advantage and PDP product lifecycles—including strategy development, pricing, forecasting, product design, implementation, and leading Part C bid development as well as coordinating Part D bid work. The Director will provide leadership, guidance, and motivation to the actuarial team while partnering closely with cross‑functional areas such as product, legal, marketing, finance, sales, regulatory affairs, data and analytics, enterprise risk adjustment, and provider networks. Success in this position requires strong executive presence, proven people leadership, and the ability to adapt to the fast‑paced and evolving health insurance landscape. Ideal candidates have deep Medicare Part C and Part D expertise, more than five years of people‑leadership experience, strong actuarial judgement, and a blend of technical proficiency and strategic leadership orientation.

Your Responsibilities

• Serve as the actuarial line of business owner for specified market segment products (Medicare Part C and Part D).
• This individual will manage a team responsible for all actuarial activities including budgeting, forecasting, trend analysis and revenue/cost driver identification and evaluation.
• Communicate with executive leadership in an effective and straightforward manner, serving as a thought leader in the management of financial risk and a role model of strategic, proactive communication and collaboration across teams.
• Partner with underwriting, product, marketing and sales by making recommendations for amending or developing products, product pricing and processes to maintain product viability and financial soundness while delivering strategic growth and managing risk. Serve as an advocate for innovation.
• Oversee Managers who serve as the primary contacts with State and Federal regulators for rate and annual filings ensuring timeliness, acceptance by regulators and appropriate loss ratios for regulatory and corporate requirements for solvency, profitability and compliance.
• Stay abreast of regulatory changes, ensuring all responsibilities are addressed, as well as providing thought leadership on how best to adjust strategy in light of regulatory changes.
• Adeptly navigate communication of complex actuarial and/or accounting concepts to non-technical audiences, ensuring enterprise leadership is informed of current and forecasted business results and underlying risks.
• Maintain a strong understanding of how actuarial judgement applied in valuation processes drives the enterprise’s narrative of results and actively balance the need for conservatism with timely messaging of departures from expected results.
• Provide insightful research, analysis and interpretation of actuarial and statistical data, providing strategic insights to drive decision making within the department, with other teams and Executive business leaders across the enterprise.
• Develop new tools, based on predictive modeling and machine learning, to refine and modernize current actuarial models and methods. Lead team in transformation into cloud‑based data configuration.
• Leads comprehensive performance evaluations and actively manages employees by fostering skill and career development, administering policies, and providing targeted coaching on both performance and professional behaviour. Oversee hiring and onboarding processes to build a high‑performing team. Champions thorough documentation of procedures, peer review and best practices to ensure process consistency and improvement. Builds a positive employee relations environment and implements effective cost control measures to support organisational goals.
• Personally model BCBSMN’s enterprise values and serve as a role model of strong people leadership skills both within and outside of the Actuarial department.

Required Skills and Experience

• Accepting this position at BCBSMN requires signing an Employee Confidentiality, Intellectual Property Assignment and Restrictive Covenants Agreement as a condition of employment.
• 10+ years of experience in the areas of actuarial, finance or related field, including experience in managed care. All relevant experience including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience will be considered.
• 5+ yearsof staff, team lead and/or project lead experience.
• 2+ years in-depth experience with market segment products (Medicare Part C and Part D).
• FSA or ASA designation.
• MAAA designation.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams and juggling multiple client priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Demonstrated delegation and management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive level leaders with in‑depth data and analysis.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, including ability to story tell and articulate financial analysis to non‑financial colleagues.
• High school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorisation to work in the U.S.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s /MBA degree in mathematics, statistics, actuarial science, economics, finance, accounting or related field.
• Significant Healthcare industry or health insurance industry experience
• Proven experience in both actuarial strategy and hands‑on modeling, with deep expertise in Medicare Part C and Part D; including bid development, forecasting, and the ability to translate complex model outputs into clear strategic recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to stand up regulatory changes, lead forecasting and model updates, and manage a high‑performing actuarial team.
• Experience implementing regulatory changes and assessing related financial, operational and strategic impacts.
• Advanced actuarial modelling and forecasting expertise, including familiarity with modern or cloud‑based modelling tools and environments.

Role Designation

Hybrid

Compensation and Benefits

$152,900.00 - $210,300.00 - $267,700.00 Annual

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including skills, ability, and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401k
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• And more

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an affirmative action plan, as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic.

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