Actuarial Advisor - Precision Claims & Trend R&D - Hybrid

About the Role

The Actuarial Advisor – Precision Claims & Trend R&D is a critical individual contributor role responsible for both hands-on execution and program-level leadership within the Precision Claims & Trend R&D program. The role focuses on advancing how unpaid claim liability and medical trend are estimated and monitored, with an emphasis on accuracy, precision, and timeliness in support of enterprise financial decision-making.

In this role, you will directly execute select R&D test-and-learn initiatives, while also providing portfolio-level coordination, governance, and stakeholder engagement across Actuarial and Data Science teams. You will operate as a central connective leader—ensuring R&D efforts are well-scoped, rigorously evaluated, aligned to core business problems, and effectively communicated to actuarial, finance, and executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 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.

Why Join Precision Claims & Trend R&D?

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. You will influence both the substance of R&D insights and the way those insights are governed, evaluated, and integrated into core actuarial and finance processes.

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.

About Cigna Healthcare

Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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