Columbus, Ohio, United States
Remote only
Nationwide is seeking a forward-thinking technology leader to drive enterprise-scale data, analytics, cloud modernization, and artificial intelligence solutions across Nationwide Financial’ s Actuarial organization. This role is ideal for a hands-on data and technology strategist who can translate business priorities into scalable, secure, cloud-native solutions and help actuarial teams adopt modern data and AI-enabled ways of working.
Reporting to the Senior Technical Director, you will serve as a trusted advisor and primary liaison between actuarial and business stakeholders and technology teams. You will identify high-value opportunities, lead discovery and solution-design discussions, shape technology roadmaps, and guide delivery across data, platform engineering, DevOps, security, governance, architecture, and application development teams. This role will also provide technical leadership and mentoring to others.
What you’ll do
What you’ll bring
Additional experience that’s valuable
Why this opportunity
This is an opportunity to shape how a major financial services organization uses data, analytics, cloud platforms, and AI to improve actuarial processes and business outcomes. You’ll have meaningful enterprise scope, visibility with business and technology leaders, and the opportunity to help move teams from traditional processes to modern, governed, AI-enabled operating models.
If you are a data architecture, cloud modernization, enterprise technology, or AI leader who enjoys solving complex business problems and helping teams transform, we invite you to apply.
Location: Columbus, Ohio OR fully remote
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Job Description Summary
Our Nationwide Financial (NF) Actuarial team members have opportunities to use state-of-the-art tools, are encouraged to innovate and learn to master actuarial methodologies. If this sounds like a place you could thrive, then we want to know more about you!Job Description
Crafts direction for the compilation, categorization and analysis of data.
Constructs sophisticated testing tools and completes analysis of product calculations.
Designs and maintains actuarial, projection and valuation models.
Conducts or delegates financial reporting and analysis.
Leads, consults and builds strategies for pricing and implementation of products.
Completes risk analysis specific lines of business.
Leads efforts to establish reserves and other valuation items under multiple accounting regimes (statutory, GAAP, and tax) for products.
Builds strategic direction and provides analysis and pricing of reinsurance.
Develops and implements effective communication strategies and recommendations to leadership.
Completes activities related to a niche phase of data and analytics such as data governance, data strategy development, data modeling, data requirements, data manipulation and/or requirement elicitation.
Leads sophisticated business processes, new programs/modifications of existing applications and/or cross-functional projects/teams.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Actuarial leader.
Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis.
Experience: Typically, eight or more years of actuarial or similar experience.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Proven knowledge of actuarial business functions, statistical methods of analysis, company actuarial systems and databases, and their integration, and technical facility with leading computer tools and technology. Mastery of Microsoft Office products (including VBA within Access and Excel), programming languages and actuarial models. Basic level of organizational agility and issue resolution. Proficient level of command skills, strategic agility, delegation, inspiring others, business perspective, and accounting. Mastery level of perspective, problem solving, customer focus, dealing with ambiguity, drive for results, analysis, learning on the fly, and making the best use of system capabilities.
Other criteria, including leadership skills, competencies and experiences may take precedence.
Staffing exceptions to the above must be approved by the hiring manager’s leader and HR Business Partner.
Values: Regularly and consistently demonstrates Nationwide Values.
Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment.
ADA: The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of this job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some people assigned to the job to perform a somewhat different combination of duties.
We currently anticipate accepting applications until 11/14/2026. However, we encourage early submissions, as the posting may close sooner if a strong candidate slate is identified before the deadline.Benefits
We have an array of benefits to fit your needs, including: medical/dental/vision, life insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date, nine paid holidays, 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off, 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off, 401(k) with company match, company-paid pension plan, business casual attire, and more. To learn more about the benefits we offer, click here.
Nationwide is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels challenged, appreciated, respected and engaged. Nationwide prohibits discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any characteristic (or classification) protected by applicable law.
This position could be filled within any of the lower 48 U.S. states.#actuarialSmoke-Free Iowa Statement: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, its affiliates and subsidiaries comply with the Iowa Smokefree Air Act. Smoking is prohibited in all enclosed areas on or around company premises as well as company issued vehicles. The company offers designated smoking areas in which smoking is permitted at each individual location. The Act prohibits retaliation for reporting complaints or violations. For more information on the Iowa Smokefree Air Act, individuals may contact the Smokefree Air Act Helpline at 888-944-2247.NOTE TO EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES:
We value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. Nationwide does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. All resumes submitted by employment agencies directly to any Nationwide employee or hiring manager in any form without a signed Nationwide Client Services Agreement on file and search engagement for that position will be deemed unsolicited in nature. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is subsequently hired as a result of the referral or through other means.
Nationwide pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement within the actual starting salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. If a Sales job, Sales Incentives, based on performance goals are possible in addition to this range. Note on Compensation for Part-Time Roles: Please be aware that the salary ranges listed below reflect full-time compensation. Actual compensation may be prorated based on the number of hours worked relative to a full-time schedule.The national salary range for Financial Technical Director - Actuarial : $122,000.00-$214,000.00The expected starting salary range for Financial Technical Director - Actuarial : $122,000.00 - $182,000.00
