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A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary:

As an Actuarial Developer II on the Actuarial Reporting, Workflow, and Analytics (RWA) team, you will lead efforts to expand adoption of the Actuarial Technology Platform (ATP). This position provides direct oversight of solution design and implementation for process enhancements in Employee Benefits financial reporting and pricing. Close collaboration with Actuarial Data Management, Enterprise Data & Analytics, and Platform Enablement teams is essential to transitioning legacy processes successfully to ATP technology stacks.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead with AI - everyday use of AI and generative-AI tools (such as coding assistants and large language models) a default part of how you work — for development, analysis, testing, and documentation.
• Promote the integration of advanced AI capabilities to strengthen actuarial processes and analytics. 
• Act as the actuarial technology lead while continually expanding expertise in Databricks.  
• Lead financial reporting and pricing initiatives by translating solution designs into actionable change requirements.  
• Create and present future-state process maps for stakeholders.  
• Provide operational support for the RWA team and legacy actuarial solutions, maintaining governance and reliability while resolving issues promptly.  

Skills & Background You’ll Need:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science, Business, Information Systems, or a related field; minimum five years’ experience in the actuarial or insurance industry. 

Skills:

• Proven experience in actuarial transformation, process improvement, and technology implementation. 

• Experience in actuarial pricing, financial reporting, and underwriting (preferred) 

• Proficiency in Databricks, Python, SQL, SAS, Jira, and Agile methodology (required)

• Experience with Codex or Claude Code (preferred)

• Familiarity with accounting under Statutory, U.S. GAAP, or Economic bases (preferred)

Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate 

Winning Together: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships within the team and across the organization. Effectively collaborates with stakeholders and is able to translate complex ideas into easily understandable concepts for non-technical stakeholders to accomplish common business goals.

Driving success: Drives team performance toward goals and provides training and development to immediate team members.  Serves as a significant resource and mentor to others on the actuarial team. Establishes clarity, sets ambitious goals, and champions execution with purpose and urgency. 

Improvement Mindset: Acts independently to research, identify, assess, and recommend methods and procedures on new assignments. Thinks innovatively, brings ideas to life, and proactively identifies and resolves business issues — designing certain solutions with limited input from leadership. Applies knowledge of actuarial business systems across the full development cycle and designs solutions that make complex business problems easier to analyze. 

Customer Focus: Understands and anticipates the needs of internal and external customers and develops customer-inspired solutions that exceed expectations. 

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Why Join The Standard?

We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:

• A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions

• An annual incentive bonus plan

• Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure

• A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement 

• Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance

• An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools

In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.

• Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.

The actual compensation for this role will be based on a combination of education and experience, knowledge and skills, position budget, internal equity, and market data.

Salary Range:

Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The Standard offers a drug- and alcohol-free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on The Standard's property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. After any conditional offer of employment is made, the background check will include an individualized assessment based on the applicant’s specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain and correct background information. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.