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Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
Director, Corporate Strategy - Remote
Location
New York
Posted
122 days ago
Salary
$112.7K - $193.2K / year
Seniority
Mid Level
Job Description
Director, Corporate Strategy - Remote
Optum
Requisition Number: 2349703 Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. UnitedHealth Group (UHG) is a diversified health care company, offering health care coverage and benefits services through UnitedHealthcare, and information and technology-enabled health services and innovation through Optum. We work to improve the health care system and advance the health and well-being of individuals and communities so that they can enjoy better, fuller lives. The UHG Corporate Strategy team, which reports up through the UHG Chief Strategy and Growth Office, is primarily focused on driving cross-enterprise growth strategy efforts that span the breadth of the UHG portfolio. We work with executive and product leadership to frame the market, identify market opportunities, build strategic plans, develop partnership processes, and drive actionable decisions. Team members have a solid understanding of competitive dynamics in healthcare, customer needs, regulatory impacts, and company capabilities. Team members have solid analytical problem-solving skills and can break down some of the company's most difficult challenges and exciting opportunities into discrete, solvable workstreams and projects. The Director, Corporate Strategy is an experienced business strategist who provides thought leadership, market analysis and project execution to guide enterprise growth and operational excellence. Join UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and you'll get an opportunity to do something extraordinary: make a real difference. We have modest goals: help over 100 million people live healthier lives. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations attract a certain type of person. Immensely talented. Brilliant. Compassionate. Driven. You'll find these people everywhere you turn here. You'll also find a world of career options fueled by your performance and limited only by imagination. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week. Primary Responsibilities: - Deliver data-driven insights to support cross-UHG initiatives spanning growth strategy, operational excellence, and client / external party partnerships; work across Optum, UnitedHealthcare, and external parties - Analyze industry trends, customer needs, competitive threats, expansion opportunities and internal performance to support strategic projects - Enable actionable decision-making, corporate prioritization, corporate development, and strategy communication (Executive management, Board, investors, company) - Conduct internal and external primary and secondary research activities, financial modeling / growth projection analyses, and build and deliver presentations - Nurture and develop solid relationships with business unit leaders and corporate strategy teammates - Scoping, initiating, planning, executing, and closing strategy projects - Support the corporate planning process and ad hoc projects for executives You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications: - 3+ years of healthcare experience - 3+ years of strategy consulting experience and/or corporate strategy experience - 3+ years of conceptual, analytical, and financial modeling experience - 3+ years of experience leading project teams or workstreams - 3+ years of experience communicating data and strategic frameworks to executive audiences - Ability to travel up to 20% (may be required depending on projects) Preferred Qualifications: - Demonstrated career successes in working collaboratively - Demonstrated career successes in influencing across levels in a matrixed organization - Proven effective and proven business acumen *All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission. UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Benefits
- 401(K), Dental insurance, Disability insurance, Employee stock purchase plan, Family medical leave, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Generous parental leave, Generous PTO, Health insurance, Job training & conferences, Life insurance, Charitable contribution matching, Paid holidays, Paid sick days, Performance bonus, Tuition reimbursement, Vision insurance, Mental health benefits, Personal development training, Bereavement leave benefits
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