Ethos
Product Performance Actuary
Remote US · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$266kDetected 50 days ago
SQLSnowflakedbtData ScienceStatisticsForecastingExcelValuationCommunicationActuarial ScienceUnderwriting
About the role
- You will serve as the company's expert on mortality, translating complex insights into strategies that improve our product competitiveness and financial integrity.
- We're seeking someone with a strong foundation in life insurance mortality modeling who brings deep actuarial expertise and enjoys tackling open-ended problems.
- You're energized by the chance to apply AI and emerging techniques to problems insurance companies have solved the same way for decades, and you know how to align actuarial rigor with product velocity across finance, product, and underwriting teams.
Responsibilities
- Own mortality-related assumptions and other actuarial inputs across product development, forecasting, and financial reporting.
- Lead the development and maintenance of expected mortality models, assumption frameworks, and experience studies.
- Serve as the Ethos mortality subject matter expert, advising senior leaders internally and engaging with key partners externally, translating technical work into actionable business recommendations.
- Design and complete protective value studies to quantify the mortality lift of underwriting requirements.
Nice to have
- experienced ASA candidates considered.
Skills
- FSA or near-FSA designation preferred; experienced ASA candidates considered.
- 5+ years of experience in life insurance actuarial roles with exposure to both mortality and underwriting models.
- Proven ability to translate third-party data, post-issue audits, and other leading indicators into expected mortality outcomes.
- Experience with assumption setting for life insurance pricing, forecasting, or valuation across a broad range of products.
- Track record of partnering with finance, product, and underwriting teams-aligning actuarial rigor with business velocity.
- Familiarity with modern data tools and pipelines (SQL, dbt, Snowflake, etc.).
- Strong statistical modeling skills in R or Python.
- Proficiency with Excel and actuarial modeling tools.
- Excellent communication skills, able to translate technical work for non-actuarial audiences.
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- The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000 -$266,000.
Compensation
- The US national base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000 -$266,000.
Benefits
- Ethos is a leading life insurance technology company on a mission to protect families by democratizing access to life insurance and empowering agents at scale.
- With its robust three-sided technology platform, Ethos is transforming the life insurance experience for consumers, agents, and carriers alike.
- Ethos is redefining how life insurance is bought, sold, and underwritten.
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