Quantitative Derivatives Specialist - Market Risk Strategy

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Date: Jun 18, 2026

Primary Location: Radnor, PA, US

Company: Lincoln Financial

Alternate Locations: Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania)

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid : Employee will work 3 days a week in a Lincoln office

Relocation assistance: is not available for this opportunity.

Requisition #: 76204

The Role at a Glance

We’re excited to add a Specialist, Quantitative Derivatives, to the Market Risk Strategy Team.

This team is responsible for the hedging and market risk management strategy, product risk management strategy, and fund risk management analytics and strategy. The position will be heavily involved in developing market risk strategies that use capital markets, actuarial and computational tools and models to hedge and manage capital market risk exposures to the underlying businesses and investments. The role will also work with, and leverage the work of, other MRM asset and liability teams and other product and finance teams across the company closely and play a vital role in optimizing our hedging programs, and managing the inforce business and developing new products to support company’s sustainable growth.

What you'll be doing

Contribute to the overall strategic design in the development and implementation of hedging strategies and solutions to manage embedded market risks within Lincoln’s annuity and life insurance products.

Contribute to continued enhancements of our market risk management and hedge solutions in practice and theory, on asset/liability risk modeling, hedge strategies, risk analytics, and performance attribution reporting.

Maintains knowledge on current and emerging developments/trends for assigned area(s) or responsibility, assess the impact, and collaborates with senior management to incorporate new trends and developments in current and future solutions.

Hedge Strategy:
Perform integrated asset/liability hedge strategy analysis, developing tools and leveraging the MRM risk modeling and derivatives trading teams for support of asset/liability projections and modeling support. Improve strategy to maintain its optimality as the book, markets, market experience evolves. Reduce hedge costs by looking for synergies across products/businesses and optimize the hedge targets without taking undue risks. Develop hedge strategy that optimizes the value of the in-force and supports sustainable growth.

Fund Strategy and Analytics:
Perform the funds analytics function that actively measures and reports fund performance, underlying the variable products, and its impact on key financial metrics, making hedge strategy recommendations and working with Funds Management as needed. Provide MRM advisory oversight of the onboarding of new funds and changes to the risk management platform while adhering to best practices in financial engineering.

Product Strategy:
Provide MRM advisory oversight of product market risk review while adhering to support sustainable growth. Developing tools and leveraging models and tools from other teams. Be an active part of product design such that market risks can be internally sourced/recycled/offset. Be a partner to the lines of businesses in ideating and developing next generation of products and market risk solutions.

What we’re looking for

Must Haves

•4 Year/Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative field or equivalent work experience.
•1 - 2+ Years of work experience, with one year+ of experience programming or modeling for financial instruments with Python/C++ applications. Graduate training or exceptional programming skills may substitute some work experience requirement.
•Attention to details and a quick learner

Nice to have

•Investment, actuarial, or risk management credential
•Ph.D or Master’s degree in Applied Math, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Quantitative Finance, Computer Science, with strong programming background strongly preferred
Experience
•Annuity valuation and product pricing experience strongly preferred, with working knowledge of annuity products & marketplace, statutory capital, GAAP accounting of VA, FIA and RILA annuities, hedging strategies and mutual funds
•Recent annuity hedging program experience strongly preferred, with working knowledge of quantitative finance, stochastic simulation, and financial derivatives.
•Hands -on modeling experience of complex financial projections, such as actuarial pricing projections and FP&A
•Prior experience in rating agency or investment banks performing life insurance industry analysis
•Prior experience for fund analysis or portfolio analysis for VA products
•Prior experience in capital management or financial analysis function
•Prior experience on hands-on computational modeling and data analysis using Python/SQL/C++

Application Deadline

Applications for this position will be accepted through August 31st, 2026 subject to earlier closure due to applicant volume.

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future.

What’s in it for you:

Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
PTO/parental leave
Competitive 401K and employee benefits
Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
Tuition assistance program
Work arrangements that work for you
Effective productivity/technology tools and training

The pay range for this position is $61,501 - $112,000 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln’s total rewards package for employees. In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual. Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln’s standard benefits package.

About The Company

Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) helps people to confidently plan for their version of a successful future. We focus on identifying a clear path to financial security, with products including annuities, life insurance, group protection, and retirement plan services.

With our 120-year track record of expertise and integrity, millions of customers trust our solutions and service to help put their goals in reach.

Lincoln Financial Distributors, a broker-dealer, is the wholesale distribution organization of Lincoln Financial. Lincoln Financial is the marketing name for Lincoln Financial Corporation and its affiliates including The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN, and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York, Syracuse, NY. Lincoln Financial affiliates, their distributors, and their respective employees, representatives and/or insurance agents do not provide tax, accounting or legal advice.

Lincoln is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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If you are interested in a career at Lincoln, we encourage you to review our current openings and apply on our website. Lincoln values the privacy and security of every applicant and urges all applicants to diligently protect their sensitive personal information from scams targeting job seekers. These scams can take many forms including fake employment applications, bogus interviews and falsified offer letters.

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Additional Information

This position may be subject to Lincoln’s Political Contribution Policy. An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincoln’s current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Lincoln Financial are considered property of Lincoln Financial and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

Lincoln Financial ("Lincoln" or "the Company") is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or disability. Opportunities throughout Lincoln are available to employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. If you are a person with a disability that impedes your ability to express your interest for a position through our online application process, or require TTY/TDD assistance, contact us by calling 260-455-2558.

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