Actuarial Analyst

Actuarial Analyst

Salary: $145.5K - $167.2K Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: Remote

Position Overview

Virta Health is dedicated to transforming type 2 diabetes and weight-loss care. Recognizing the limitations of current treatment approaches, Virta offers a novel solution that helps individuals reverse their metabolic conditions through a combination of technological innovation, personalized nutrition, and a reinvented virtual care delivery model. Having secured over $350 million in funding from leading investors, Virta partners with major health plans, employers, and government organizations to empower their members and employees toward better health. Join our mission to reverse diabetes and obesity for one billion people.

The Advanced Analytics & AI team operates at the nexus of health data, technology, and impact. This team is responsible for developing new data products, advancing AI capabilities, and ensuring data clarity, accuracy, and actionability across the organization. By providing insights that guide clinical decisions and developing predictive models for strategic business planning, the team collaborates closely with engineering, product, commercial, and clinical departments to achieve data-driven outcomes at scale.

As an Actuarial Analyst on the Advanced Analytics & AI team, you will:

• Embrace a non-traditional actuarial role within a mission-driven healthcare technology company. This position is ideal for early-career actuaries seeking to expand their skill set by integrating actuarial principles with data science tools to influence critical business decisions.
• Enjoy the freedom of a remote-first environment, enabling you to make a significant industry impact from any location, with minimal to no travel required.
• Engage in daily collaboration with various teams, driving cross-functional impact. Participate in client calls to translate analyses into actionable strategies that extend beyond the company.
• Contribute to a company where your work directly improves people's lives and makes a tangible difference in the community.

Responsibilities

• Quantify Program Impact: Conduct actuarial and claims analyses to measure program value and identify new growth opportunities for clients and product teams.
• Own Customer Reporting: Deliver standardized financial and clinical outcome reports to customers, ensuring data accuracy and timely delivery.
• Elevate Analytics Stack: Automate workflows, enhance documentation, and promote best practices across tools such as Google Sheets/Excel, Looker, BigQuery, and dbt.
• Co-engineer Predictive Models: Collaborate daily with senior actuaries and data scientists to build, validate, and refine financial models that support strategic decision-making.
• Drive Cross-Functional Impact: Partner with the Commercial team and the broader Advanced Analytics & AI team on projects to streamline processes and scale insights.
• Serve as Analytics "Help Desk": Address incoming stakeholder and client inquiries related to data and models.
• Client-Facing SME: Within six months, present findings and answer actuarial and analytics questions on client calls, extending your influence externally.

90-Day Plan

Within your first 90 days at Virta, you are expected to:

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of Virta Health's product offerings and associated performance guarantees.
• Conduct a deep dive into existing reporting templates and data pipelines.
• Shadow the Staff Actuary to grasp modeling assumptions.
• Take ownership of producing specific standardized customer reports.
• Lead a claims analysis from end-to-end, presenting findings to internal stakeholders.
• Document learnings and contribute to the team's knowledge base.
• Begin shadowing client calls to prepare for external-facing responsibilities.

Requirements

• Quantitative/Analytical Skills: Demonstrated ability in quantitative analysis, including comfort with data.
• Technical Skills:
  • 2+ years of analytical experience.
  • Extensive use of Excel.
  • Proficiency in SQL and Python is a bonus.
• Time Management: Ability to manage time effectively and balance multiple priorities.
• Communication: Skill in explaining and presenting technical solutions to various audiences.

Company Information

Virta Health is on a mission to transform type 2 diabetes and weight-loss care. We are a mission-driven healthcare technology company that has raised over $350 million from top-tier investors. We partner with leading health plans, employers, and government organizations to help people reverse their metabolic condition. Our innovations in technology, personalized nutrition, and virtual care delivery are reinventing how chronic conditions are managed.