Actuarial Production Lead (Hybrid)

*At Securian Financial the internal position title is Actuarial Sr Con or Actuarial Consultant. The title and salary will be determined based on experience and applied skills.*

Position Overview

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

As a Production Lead 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.

Scope may vary by role (e.g. Life Annuity IRS Data) but all Production Leads share accountability for process health stakeholder confidence and forward momentum.

Why This Role Matters

The Production Lead plays a visible and influential role in ensuring Securians actuarial and financial outputs are trusted timely and continually improving. The role offers the opportunity to:

• 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 assigned production processes including upstream data integration execution initial output review and delivery to downstream stakeholders.

• Serve as the accountable leader for production readiness ensuring processes consistently meet quality governance and stakeholder expectations.

• Develop and lead associates supporting 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 opportunitiesbringing 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.

• Champion governance and best practices ensuring alignment with actuarial standards Securian policies and enterprise expectations.

• Model and reinforce a culture of accountability curiosity and continuous improvement within the team and across partnerships.

Primary Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• 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 process 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 and personal development.

Qualifications

If this role excites you but you dont 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 preferred

• 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 assets life insurance annuity or retirement products.

• Exposure to actuarial modeling reporting or governance frameworks.

• Experience driving process improvement operational excellence or control enhancements.

• Familiarity with varying tools and technology: Prophet Atlas Factset R Alteryx or other actuarial modeling data and automation tools that can enable operational excellence and enhance stakeholder engagement.

#LI-hybrid **This position will 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 youre in a commutable distance (90 minutes) youll 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.

For more information regarding Securians benefits please review our Benefits page.

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

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