Director, Actuarial Services

OUR MISSION

Imagine building a better healthcare journey for patients with cancer, where individuals and their loved ones feel seen, supported, and heard by their care team – both in and out of the clinic. Where fast access to high-quality care is the norm, not the exception. Where patients have access to a care navigator to guide them through their diagnosis and trusted support all along the way.

At Thyme Care, we share a passion for transforming the cancer care experience – not just for patients but also for their caregivers and loved ones, as well as those delivering and paying for their care. Today, Thyme Care is known predominantly as a cancer care navigation company enabling value-based cancer care; in the next few years, we will become a nationally recognized technology-driven and provider-centric care delivery model, reshaping the landscape of cancer care access, delivery, and experience. Our commitment runs deep—we're not satisfied with the status quo but determined to redefine it.

To make this happen, we’re building a diverse team of problem solvers and critical thinkers to drive innovation and shape the future of healthcare. If you share our vision and want to be part of something truly meaningful, we want to hear from you. Together, we can revolutionize cancer care and make a difference that lasts a lifetime.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a Director, Actuarial Services within Thyme Care, you will help lead the development, implementation, and oversight of actuarial models and financial frameworks that support our value-based care partnerships. You will take ownership of end-to-end actuarial functions, including reserving, forecasting, contract reconciliations, and other performance-related actuarial support. Working cross-functionally, you will evaluate contract performance and provide strategic guidance for a portfolio of partners, including risk-based entities, regional plans, and national plans. This is a high-profile position that will regularly collaborate with the C-suite and help advance financial structures through actuarial studies and industry expertise. The responsibilities of the Director, Actuarial Services will include:

• Lead the development and reporting for a portfolio of Thyme Care partner’s total cost of care savings performance estimates, ensuring the accuracy of the underlying data and methodological consistency with risk-based contracts and actuarial standards.
• Lead annual financial reconciliations for a portfolio of Thyme Care partner’s value-based contracts, coordinating internal data resources to execute reconciliations and directly interface with actuarial counterparts at existing partners to validate results.
• Provide guidance on the fidelity of performance estimates, identify/quantify financial risks and opportunities, and advise the Finance team on revenue recognition decisions tied to projected shared savings.
• Help identify and evaluate areas of potential underperformance, providing interpretation of results and partnering with health economics and clinical teams to find root causes of emerging issues.
• Execute actuarial analyses and develop models that allow Thyme Care to quantify the financial and risk trade-offs between different contract features in value-based arrangements.
• Support the development and maintenance of financial models that map the organization’s clinical and operational activities to outcomes that drive Thyme Care’s financial performance.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Actuarial Sciences, Economics, Math or other quantitative discipline
• Associateship or Fellowship from the Society of Actuaries (ASA or FSA)
• 8+ years of actuarial experience in health care and/or medical economics
• 2+ years of experience mentoring junior staff members
• Understanding of Medicare Advantage health plan data (Claims, MMR, MAO-04, etc.)
• Experience using SQL or another coding language to pull and transform data in a structured manner from large healthcare claims databases
• Proficiency in writing clean, efficient code and maintaining strong data management practices
• Experience working across organizations, building rapport with data teams as well as downstream consumers

Preferred:

• 3+ years of experience in value-based care arrangements and contracting, with a focus on reserving and forecasting for shared savings programs, shared risk programs, and/or global capitation
• Strong communication skills and demonstrated the ability to articulate the “Here’s What”, the “So What”, and the “Now What” to executive audiences or external parties
• A strong understanding of financial and clinical metrics used in healthcare and strong working knowledge of industry standards for presenting data
• Experience developing financial models and/or forecasts in Excel that evaluate the cost of care impact of different clinical interventions
• Familiarity with BI Tools like Looker, Tableau, or Power BI
• Understanding of pharmacy benefits and/or Medicare Part D

WHAT LEADS TO SUCCESS

Act with our members in mind: Thyme Care’s mission, and particularly our member experience, matters deeply to you.

Critical eye for detail: Not only do you maintain high standards for data accuracy, presentation and documentation, you have a natural ability to detect data anomalies and identify when outputs look suspicious and warrant further investigation.

Move with purpose: You’re biased to action. You know how to identify and prioritize your initiative’s needs; and you do what it takes to ensure that urgent and important needs are acted on immediately.

Comfort with ambiguity: You have a proven track record of success within scaling businesses, fast-paced environments, and startups. You understand that rapid changes to the business, strategy, organization, and priorities are par for the course.

Expertise: You have a solid understanding of healthcare data and financial concepts; and you can use analytic methods to drive tactical decisions and strategic plans. You’re an expert in right sizing solutions and tailoring your communication to your audience.

OUR VALUES

At Thyme Care, our core values guide us in everything we do: Act with our members in mind, Move with purpose, and Seek diverse perspectives. They anchor our business decisions, including how we grow, the products we make, and the paths we choose—or don’t choose.

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Thyme Care. Individual pay decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to other Thyme Care employees. The base salary for this role is $190,000 to $210,000. The salary range could be lower or higher than this if the role is hired at another level.

We recognize a history of inequality in healthcare. We’re here to challenge the status quo and create a culture of inclusion through the care we give and the company we build. We embrace and celebrate a diversity of perspectives in reflection of our members and the members we serve. We are an equal-opportunity employer.