Sr. Director, Compensation – Remote

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.   

Mission and Purpose –  This role is focused on:

• Driving complex corporate and business segment projects/initiatives to completion through design, implementation, and maintenance phases. Focus is on providing compensation consulting and analytical support for UHC
  
• This position acts as an internal and external consultant to the organization, developing analytic methodologies and report formats. Responsibilities include assisting with the process of collection, analysis, and reporting of data specific to organization wide in order to assure consistent, timely and accurate payments
  
• Assisting compensation leadership to design and implement complex business segment compensation strategies, policies, programs, and communications within the corporate compensation philosophy framework
  
• Assisting the compensation leadership in the design, implementation, and maintenance of the most complex and state-of-the-art corporate compensation programs and products and representing the business segments in corporate design efforts
  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for compensation project work including design, consulting, implementation, and administration of compensation programs, assemble compensation packages, analytic support of compensation programs
• Gain consensus on compensation philosophy and desired strategy
• Provide recommendations on compensation model and metrics that incents productivity and performance and aligns with the organizational and financial objectives of the business
• Assist leadership with determining desired market position for total cash compensation 
• In collaboration with the business and leaders, develop general compensation design template (with decision making on metrics at local level)
• Act as an internal and external consultant to the organization, responsible for building solid relationships with leaders of each business to ensure effective compensation solutions and strengthen engagement
• Salary survey participation and analysis, and conduct annual review of market data and communicate compensation range information 
• Build solid relationships with leaders of each business to ensure effective compensation solutions and strengthen engagement
• Conduct annual review of market data and communicate range information.  Performs annual compensation reviews and constructs templates for each individual by analyzing information and evaluating results. Provides compensation support through survey participation and analysis, assembling compensation packages, conducting analyses requested by the governing board of the clinic
• Responds to inquiries regarding their total cash compensation, incentive and productivity information, salaries deductions, overtime pay, etc. Compiles, categorizes, calculates, tabulates, audits, and verifies earnings, quality indicators, and productivity information for pay change recommendations
• Liaison for participation in external surveys, provides annual presentation of survey information to leaders
• Ensures appropriate interpretation of pay practices and board of director rules
• Works on the most complex compensation projects.  Independently drives and completes the projects with little to no oversight
• Work with the compensation leadership to proactively identify value added compensation initiatives
• Works directly with Human Capital Partners on complex field-initiated projects, generally with no oversight
• Evaluates new jobs for appropriate title and grade, typically at the manager and director levels
• Remain abreast of best practices and thought in the compensation field

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:

• 8+ years of Compensation, Finance, Business Analytics or other relevant experience 
• Solid history of quickly building relationships, gaining credibility, influencing and partnering with business leaders and human capital peers across the organization
• Proven leadership consulting skills from assessment through implementation
• Demonstrated ability to partner with multiple constituents, manage in a matrix relationship environment, strengthen, and deliver on our Compensation agenda, and drive positive change in a high-performance setting
• Demonstrated ability to measure and evaluate effectiveness of compensation initiatives

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications, such as CCP 
  
• 10+ years of experience, with demonstrated management and high-level project management lead experience
  
• Experience working in a human resources or business function with a strategic business partner and shared service delivery model
  
• Solid business and financial acumen
  
• Proven solid change management skills
  

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $147,300 to $282,800 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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. 

 

 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.     

 

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.