Salary: $245k - $275k
Experience: 12+ Years

Role Summary

Role type

Life portfolio risk and strategy leader

Closer to a capital and risk strategy role than a reserving cycle role—the emphasis is forward-looking portfolio decisions, capital, reinsurance, and trade-offs rather than periodic reporting.

Executive Life actuarial leadership role in Pacific Life’s Consumer Markets Division, based in Newport Beach, California, Omaha, or Charlotte. You’ll own the performance, risk profile, capital strategy, and long-term direction of a broad Life Insurance Inforce portfolio, translating mortality, persistency, profitability, and scenario analysis into executive decisions.

Requirements

Strongly preferred

12+ years of progressive actuarial experience within the life insurance industry
Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, or related quantitative field
FSA designation (strongly preferred); ASA with substantial leadership experience considered
Deep understanding of Life insurance products and inforce dynamics (mortality, persistency, policyholder behavior)
Strong actuarial foundation with ability to connect experience analysis to business outcomes
Proven ability to drive decisions
Executive-level communication skills with ability to simplify complex topics
Highly consultative, with confidence to challenge assumptions and influence outcomes

Nice to have

MBA or advanced business degree

Skills & Domain

DomainLife insurance inforce managementMortality and persistency analysisNon-Guaranteed element analysisStress testing and scenario analysisReinsurance strategy for life blocks

Role Summary

Role type

Life portfolio risk and strategy leader

Closer to a capital and risk strategy role than a reserving cycle role—the emphasis is forward-looking portfolio decisions, capital, reinsurance, and trade-offs rather than periodic reporting.

Requirements

Strongly preferred

12+ years of progressive actuarial experience within the life insurance industry
Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, Economics, or related quantitative field
FSA designation (strongly preferred); ASA with substantial leadership experience considered
Deep understanding of Life insurance products and inforce dynamics (mortality, persistency, policyholder behavior)
Strong actuarial foundation with ability to connect experience analysis to business outcomes
Proven ability to drive decisions
Executive-level communication skills with ability to simplify complex topics
Highly consultative, with confidence to challenge assumptions and influence outcomes

Nice to have

MBA or advanced business degree

Skills & Domain

DomainLife insurance inforce managementMortality and persistency analysisNon-Guaranteed element analysisStress testing and scenario analysisReinsurance strategy for life blocks

Role Summary

Role type

Requirements

Strongly preferred

Nice to have

Skills & Domain

Role Summary

Role type

Requirements

Strongly preferred

Nice to have

Skills & Domain

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