Chief Actuary

Role Overview

• Provide visionary leadership for and management of the actuary team, including forming close partnerships with the six main teams (Strategy Payer Partners, Finance, Performance, Policy, Aledade+, and the other parts of Analytics) to support other duties.
• Lead Aledade’s Forecasting efforts, including working with Finance, Performance, Policy and other Analytics teams. Actuary team will lead the “future years forecasting” (with support from Performance and Finance). Actuary team will support Performance (and Finance) teams for the “within year” forecast.
• Lead the Reserving strategy and operations, including actuarial renegotiations with health plans, as needed, including performing the analysis underlying these negotiations. Recommend to CFO the least costly way to meet these reserve requirements, given health plan requirements and the financial forecast.
• Lead the analytics to support the company’s Contracting function, as described above. Will support the Strategic Payer Partnership team, which leads payer contracting. Under the overall guidance of the Strategic Payer Partnership team, the chief actuary will model different potential contract terms, advise the Strategic Payer Partnership team on overall negotiations, and lead actuarial negotiations with health plans. Once a contract is signed, the chief actuary and their team will lead actuarial negotiations with health plans during the reconciliation process.
• Lead the Benchmarking / market intelligence function, including translating market trends into actionable business insights.
• Create the Medical Economics Unit, including thinking carefully about how to use existing resources in Finance, Analytics, and Aledade+ to support the goals of the Medical Economics Unit. Two examples: (i) Understanding and projecting the impact of new prescription drug classes on Medicare Advantage spending. (ii) Imagine Aledade is scaling a pilot across its full population, the chief actuary will be responsible for projecting the pilot results across Aledade’s patient population. Finally, the Medical Economics Unit could play a key role in explaining Aledade’s performance to investors.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an actuarial leader in a healthcare setting, with a proven record of leading and motivating actuarial teams and 15+ years of relevant education + work experience.
• Deep familiarity with government healthcare programs and policies, particularly Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act.
• Exceptional ability to communicate (oral, written) complex actuarial concepts and engage with various stakeholders, including health plan partners, other leaders at Aledade, and potential investors.
• Experience leading negotiations for multi-million dollar contracts.
• A strong record of collaboration at the executive level with other leaders, including working with colleagues on complicated, multi-group initiatives.
• Strong quantitative skills, including experience with statistical analysis and predictive modeling in healthcare contexts. Deep experience with Excel, Tableau, and other similar tools.
• Fellowship-Level Certification from the Society of Actuaries, or other similar credential.
• Experience leading actuarial or similar function at an organization that is “at risk” for the cost of medical care, such as an “at risk” provider system, payer, or contractor.

Tech Stack

• Tableau

Benefits

• Flexible work schedules and the ability to work remotely are available for many roles
• Health, dental and vision insurance paid up to 80% for employees, dependents and domestic partners
• Robust time-off plan (21 days of PTO in your first year)
• Two paid volunteer days and 11 paid holidays
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents
• Six weeks paid sabbatical after six years of service
• Educational Assistant Program and Clinical Employee Reimbursement Program
• 401(k) with up to 4% match
• Stock options
• And much more!