Actuarial Production Lead - Annuity (Hybrid)

Actuarial Production Lead For Annuities

The Actuarial Production Lead for Annuities plays a critical leadership role in ensuring the integrity, effectiveness, and continuous evolution of core actuarial production processes. This role goes beyond executing established procedures—it is accountable for deeply understanding the end-to-end production ecosystem, the products and purposes it supports, and the stakeholders it serves.

As the Actuarial Production Lead for Annuities, you will act as the connective tissue between process execution, governance, and stakeholder outcomes. You will lead with a mindset of operational excellence, partnering across actuarial, data, and business teams to ensure production processes are resilient, efficient, well-governed, and continuously improving. This role is designed for individuals who thrive on ownership, influence, and making complex systems work better over time.

Why This Role Matters

• Shape how critical production processes operate today and evolve tomorrow
• Build strong partnerships across the enterprise
• Lead meaningful change that improves outcomes for stakeholders and the organization.

Key Accountabilities

• Own the integrity and performance of annuity production processes across both Prophet and Atlas platforms, including upstream data integration, execution, initial output review, and delivery to downstream stakeholders.
• Serve as the accountable leader for annuity production readiness, ensuring processes consistently meet quality, governance, and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and lead associates supporting annuity production processes, fostering growth, accountability, and a strong sense of ownership across the team.
• Engage with stakeholders and partners to understand broader objectives, dependencies, and opportunities—bringing a systems-level perspective beyond immediate responsibilities.
• Continuously drive operational excellence, identifying and delivering improvements that increase efficiency, reduce risk, strengthen controls, and enhance stakeholder value.
• Balance strong product and model understanding with process expertise, ensuring production processes are fit for purpose without being the ultimate subject matter expert.
• Chair our Actuarial Model Standards committee, championing model governance and best practices across the organization, ensuring alignment with actuarial standards and enterprise expectations.
• Model and reinforce a culture of accountability, curiosity, and continuous improvement within the team and across partnerships.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own and maintain clear, accurate, and actionable production process documentation.
• Review and assess production processes to identify risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead baseline testing efforts to establish confidence in production outcomes and process stability.
• Design and develop testware, tooling, and controls that strengthen understanding and transparency of models, data, and results.
• Facilitate retrospectives and continuous improvement forums, translating lessons learned and identified opportunities into tangible enhancements.
• Ensure effective alignment with actuarial governance policies, controls, and best practices.
• Partner across teams to proactively address emerging issues, dependencies, or changes impacting production.
• Seek out and contribute to opportunities beyond immediate scope that support broader team and partner objectives as well as personal growth.

Qualifications

If this role excites you but you don't meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We value passion for ownership, improvement, and partnership just as much as prior experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries designation (FSA) or equivalent credentials or experience
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of complex processes or workflows.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort navigating ambiguity.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or influencing others in a professional setting.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills with attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting actuarial, financial, or data-driven production processes.
• Familiarity with annuity products.
• Exposure to actuarial modeling, reporting, or governance frameworks.
• Experience driving process improvement or control enhancements.
• Familiarity with varying tools and technology: Prophet, Atlas, R, Alteryx, or other actuarial modeling, data, and automation tools that can enable operational excellence and enhance stakeholder engagement.

This position is preferred to be in a hybrid working arrangement.

Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture. Associates get the benefit of working both virtually and in our offices. If you're in a commutable distance (90 minutes) you'll join us 3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships. Our policy allows flexibility for the reality of business and personal schedules.

The estimated base pay range for this job is:

$111,300.00 - $207,800.00

Pay may vary depending on job-related factors and individual experience, skills, knowledge, etc. More information on base pay and incentive pay (if applicable) can be discussed with a member of the Securian Financial Talent Acquisition team.

Be you. With us. At Securian Financial, we understand that attracting top talent means offering more than just a job – it means providing a rewarding and fulfilling career. As a valued member of our high-performing team, we want you to connect with your work, your relationships and your community. Enjoy our comprehensive range of benefits designed to enhance your professional growth, well-being and work-life balance, including the advantages listed here:

Paid time off:

• We want you to take time off for what matters most to you. Our PTO program provides flexibility for associates to take meaningful time away from work to relax, recharge and spend time doing what's important to them. And Securian Financial rewards associates for their service by providing additional PTO the longer you stay at Securian.
• Leave programs: Securian's flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.
• Holidays: Securian provides nine company paid holidays.

Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan: Share in the success of our company. Securian's 401(k) company contribution is tied to our performance up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent. The amount is based on company results compared to goals related to earnings, sales and service.

Health insurance: From the first day of employment, associates and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners and children – are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.

Volunteer time: We know the importance of community. Through company-sponsored events, volunteer paid time off, a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program and more, we encourage you to support organizations important to you.

Associate Resource Groups: Build connections, be yourself and develop meaningful relationships at work through associate-led ARGs. Dedicated groups focus on a variety of interests and affinities, including:

• Mental Wellness and Disability
• Pride at Securian Financial
• Securian Young Professionals Network
• Securian Multicultural Network
• Securian Women and Allies Network
• Servicemember Associate Resource Group

For more information regarding Securian's benefits, please review our Benefits page.

This information is not intended to explain all the provisions of coverage available under these plans. In all cases, the plan document dictates coverage and provisions.

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