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Ohio - Columbus, One Nationwide Plaza, United States of America
Onsite
Senior Technical Director - Nationwide Financial Actuarial - Remote
Actuarial Technology Strategy | Data Strategy | Snowflake | Databricks | AI | Insurance | Financial Services
If you are a strategic leader who enjoys modernizing data, tools, and applications while helping teams work smarter and faster, this is a unique opportunity to shape the future of actuarial technology at Nationwide Financial.
This role is ideal for a leader who can combine leadership depth, business acumen, technical acumen, and change leadership to drive a broader actuarial technology strategy across data, tooling, and applications.
What you will do
This role will have a strong focus on strategic leadership across actuarial data, actuarial systems, and enterprise technology partnership.
You will help define and drive the NF data strategy, guide the evolution of actuarial tools and applications, and influence the future direction of the team’s technology roadmap.
You will play a key role in major data platform modernization work, including helping the organization drive technology transformations while partnering with IT and actuarial stakeholders to drive adoption and long-term execution.
You will also help shape how the organization thinks about emerging technology, including AI, in support of actuarial analysis, modeling, data, and decision support.
This role is not just about technical expertise. It is about setting direction, establishing priorities, leading through others, and helping the team execute at a higher strategic level.
What success looks like
Successful candidates will bring the ability to:
Set clear priorities and strategic direction for a technical team supporting the Actuarial organization
Lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving actuarial, data, systems, and IT partners
Advance enterprise data platform and actuarial technology modernization efforts, including Snowflake and Databricks-related work
Translate complex technical and actuarial topics into practical business recommendations
Influence stakeholders, drive change, and improve execution across teams
Ideal background
We are especially interested in candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas:
Financial Services technology
Financial modeling
Data strategy
Insurance or financial services technology
Data platform modernization
Snowflake, SQL, or Databricks environments
Cross-functional partnership with IT
Strategic planning, business model innovation, and operational excellence
Why this role stands out
This is a chance to step into a highly visible actuarial leadership role where you will influence data strategy, technology strategy, team direction, and business outcomes across Nationwide Financial.
If you are energized by leadership, data modernization, enterprise technology partnership, and building the future of Nationwide’s tools and applications, this role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact. This role can be staffed remote.
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Job Description Summary
Our Nationwide Financial 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
Key Responsibilities:
Works with various pricing teams to develop solutions that enhance returns and/or mitigate risk. Support may occur through a variety of means including building/running models, peer reviews, reasonable checks and various types of analysis. Assists with evaluation of a product design to inform business and risk management leadership of the expected profitability and most significant risks associated with new product concepts. Provides expert knowledge of pricing assumption-setting, model building, actuarial analysis, product mechanics and embedded policy owner options, valuation and non-forfeiture law.
Provides analysis and development of pricing guidelines, evaluation of profitability targets, risk measures, and other pricing metrics (such as capital usage). Coordinates Product Risk Committee (PRC) meetings, distributes minutes, and is highly involved in writing of decision memos, activity reports and other PRC-related communications. Updates Nationwide Financial Risk Committee on PRC-related activity.
Plays an important role in educating and motivating cross functional teams to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Teams may consist of members from actuarial, finance, systems, legal, accounting policy, investments and/or other areas.
Educates risk management leadership on complex product designs, pricing techniques, etc. The role also requires the ability to communicate and influence leadership to expedite the product approval process. Participates in training of less experienced actuaries.
Performs investment pool analysis to determine appropriate investment strategies. Involved in determining the framework used modeling and decision making. Advises business unit leaders, investment leaders and risk management on the impact of various strategies.
Provides corporate review of reinsurance treaties via quarterly review of Risk Transfer Questionnaires. Performs various analysis (i.e. counter-party analysis) and acts as a central hub for reinsurance questions. May be involved with risk management leadership on innovative reinsurance concepts and redundant reserve transactions.
Creates and administers various reports to assist senior management and ensure compliance with various guidelines. Examples include return on total capital report and default rick change analysis. Performs other ad hoc requests.
May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Reporting Relationships: Reports to Actuarial Leader. This is typically an individual contributor role.
Typical Skills and Experiences:
Education: Undergraduate degree in actuarial science, mathematics, statistics or similar background requiring modeling, programming or quantitative analysis.
License/Certification/Designation: Achievement of Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries. Has membership in the Society of Actuaries and American Academy of Actuaries.
Experience: At least eight years Actuarial experience and Actuarial Council approval.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Demonstrates the highest level of technical actuarial expertise in life insurance product mechanics and embedded options, pricing models, life pricing assumptions, valuation and non-forfeiture laws, tax code 7702, state life insurance regulations. The role will require leadership, influence and communication skills. An ability to bring to bear past actuarial experience to apply to new product concepts and requirements, such as Principles Based Reserves, is required.
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.
Job Conditions:
Overtime Eligibility: Not Eligible (Exempt)
Working Conditions: Normal office environment. Some travel may be required.
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 08/14/2026. 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:
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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 Sr Technical Director, Actuary - NF : $149,000.00-$279,000.00The expected starting salary range for Sr Technical Director, Actuary - NF : $149,000.00 - $249,000.00