AVP, Head of Life Insurance Pricing

Come join one of America's fastest-growing insurance companies. Since 1848, National Life Group has aimed to keep our promises, providing families with stability in good times and in bad. Our mission extends beyond the insurance and annuities policies that we offer. We strive to make the world a better place through our grants from our charitable foundation, paid volunteer time for our employees, environmentally sustainable and healthy workplaces, and events that promote the work of nonprofits in our own backyard. We foster a collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and encourage our associates to live our values: Do good. Be good. Make good. Please note that we do not offer visa sponsorship for this position. Role Summary The Head of Life Insurance Pricing provides leadership for the strategy, governance, and execution of pricing across National Life Group's Life Insurance product portfolio. This role establishes pricing strategies and techniques that support sustainable growth while balancing profitability, risk management, capital efficiency, and competitive positioning. This leader partners with senior stakeholders across the enterprise to shape pricing strategy, communicate results and drive effective business decisions. The role is responsible for the leadership of the Life Pricing team, advancing pricing methodologies and capabilities, and providing actuarial expertise and recommendations to senior leadership on complex pricing, profitability, and portfolio matters. The ideal candidate brings deep Life Insurance pricing and actuarial expertise, strong business acumen and interpersonal skills, leadership credibility, and a demonstrated ability to develop teams and influence across functions in a complex organization. The candidate is expected to have strong succession potential to lead the Life Product function. This position currently offers an onsite work schedule, with the expectation that you will be in the office four (4) days per week during onsite core days. Our current onsite core days are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work schedule type and core days are subject to change with advance notification and manager discretion. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Lead the development and execution of the pricing strategy for the Individual Life insurance portfolio, leveraging a deep understanding of the marketplace, distribution systems and appropriate enterprise considerations. Establish pricing and risk assessment approaches that balance growth objectives, profitability, risk appetite, capital efficiency, competitive positioning, and speed-to-market. Provide actuarial leadership for the pricing, development, and ongoing performance review for the Life portfolio Oversee the development, evaluation, and ongoing management of all Life pricing assumptions, modeling efforts, and associated processes. Identify and recommend repricing actions, product adjustments, and portfolio optimization opportunities based on emerging experience, market dynamics, and business objectives. Advance pricing capabilities through data analytics, predictive modeling, new data sources, and emerging technologies. Partner effectively with underwriting to support continuous advancement of risk-selection processes and appropriate consideration in pricing and reserving methodologies. Maintain effective pricing governance and ensure pricing methodologies and assumptions comply with applicable actuarial standards of practice, regulatory requirements, and internal risk policies. Provide actuarial expertise and recommendations to senior leadership and governance committees regarding pricing strategy, product competitiveness, profitability, risk, and capital considerations. Build strong and effective partnerships across the enterprise with a continuous learning mindset, acts with an enterprise leadership mindset, and ensures pricing decisions align with enterprise objectives. Lead, develop, and provide direction to pricing actuaries and actuarial analysts while establishing high standards for actuarial modeling, analytical rigor, collaboration, and technical excellence. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, #J-18808-Ljbffr National Life Insurance Company Limited