Actuarial Analyst

Virta Health is on a mission to transform type 2 diabetes and weight-loss care. Current treatment approaches aren’t working—over half of US adults have either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, and obesity rates are at an all-time high. Virta is changing this by helping people reverse their metabolic condition through innovations in technology, personalized nutrition, and virtual care delivery reinvented from the ground up. We have raised over $350 million from top-tier investors, and partner with the largest health plans, employers, and government organizations to help their employees and members restore their health and take back their lives. Join us on our mission to reverse diabetes and obesity in one billion people.

The Advanced Analytics & AI team sits at the intersection of health data, technology, and impact. We’re accountable for pioneering new data products, advancing our use of AI, and ensuring data is clear, correct, and actionable across the company. From surfacing insights that power clinical decisions to enabling predictive models that shape strategic business bets, we partner closely with engineering, product, commercial, and clinical teams to unlock data-driven outcomes at scale.

As an actuarial analyst on the Advanced Analytics & AI, you will:

• Step into a non-traditional actuarial role at a mission-driven healthcare technology company. This role is perfect for early-career actuaries eager to broaden their toolkit and leverage actuarial rigor with data science tools to shape high-stakes business decisions.

• Work from anywhere and enjoy remote-first freedom to make an industry-wide impact from anywhere, with virtually no required travel.

• Collaborate daily with other teams and make cross-functional impact; join client calls to translate your analyses into action beyond the company’s walls.

• Join a company where your work contributes to tangible improvements in people’s lives, making a real difference in the community.

Responsibilities

• Quantify program impact - Perform actuarial and claims analyses that quantify program value and uncover new growth opportunities for both clients and product teams.

• Own customer reporting - Deliver standardized financial and clinical outcome reporting for our customers, ensuring data accuracy and timely delivery

• Elevate our analytics stack - Automate workflows, enhance documentation, and champion best practices across Google Sheets/Excel, Looker, BigQuery, and dbt

• Co-engineer predictive models - Collaborate daily with senior actuary and data scientists to build, validate, and iterate financial models that power strategic decisions

• Drive cross-functional impact - Partner with Commercial and the broader Advanced Analytics & AI team on projects that streamline processes and scale insights

• Be the analytics “help desk” - Handle incoming stakeholder and client inquiries regarding data and models

• Step up as a client-facing SME - Within 6 months, join customer calls to present findings and answer actuarial and analytics questions, extending your influence beyond internal teams

90 Day Plan

Within your first 90 days at Virta, we expect you will do the following:

• Learn about Virta Health’s different product offerings and the associated performance guarantees

• Deep-dive into existing reporting templates and data pipelines

• Shadow the Staff Actuary to understand modeling assumptions

• Own production of certain standardized customer reports

• Lead a claims analysis end-to-end, presenting findings to internal stakeholders

• Document learnings and add to team knowledge base

• Begin shadowing client calls to prepare for external-facing responsibilities

Must-Haves

• Quantitative/Analytical skills including comfort with data

• Technical skills: 2+ years of analytical experience with extensive use of Excel (bonus: SQL, Python)

• Time management and being able to balance multiple priorities

• Comfort explaining and presenting technical solutions to nontechnical stakeholders

• Completion of 4+ preliminary actuarial exams and pursuing ASA/ACAS designation

• Bachelor’s degree

Nice-To-Haves

• Advanced programming skills (SQL / Python / etc.)

• Experience working with standard healthcare data formats (e.g., medical/pharmacy claims, eligibility files)

• Experience in building BI dashboards using tools such as Looker or Tableau

Values-driven culture

Virta’s company values drive our culture, so you’ll do well if:

• You put people first and take care of yourself, your peers, and our patients equally

• You have a strong sense of ownership and take initiative while empowering others to do the same

• You prioritize positive impact over busy work

• You have no ego and understand that everyone has something to bring to the table regardless of experience

• You appreciate transparency and promote trust and empowerment through open access of information

• You are evidence-based and prioritize data and science over seniority or dogma

• You take risks and rapidly iterate

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Virta has a location based compensation structure. Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. For this role, the compensation range is $145,491 - $167,231. Information about Virta’s benefits is on our Careers page at: https://www.virtahealth.com/careers.

As part of your duties at Virta, you may come in contact with sensitive patient information that is governed by HIPAA. Throughout your career at Virta, you will be expected to follow Virta's security and privacy procedures to ensure our patients' information remains strictly confidential. Security and privacy training will be provided.

As a remote-first company, our team is spread across various locations with office hubs in Denver and San Francisco.
Clinical roles: We currently do not hire in the following states: AK, HI, RI
Corporate roles: We currently do not hire in the following states: AK, AR, DE, HI, ME, MS, NM, OK, SD, VT, WI.

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