Associate People Business Partner (Eden Prairie, MN)

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.

 

The Associate People Business Partner will help shape and execute the People Team and talent strategies, creating a wealth of opportunity for an experienced people team strategic partner to contribute across a broad range of priorities, including culture building, workforce strategy, organization effectiveness, talent agenda, leadership bench strength, and employee experience.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Consulting & Coaching: Partner with leaders to develop and design strategies aligned with business outcomes
• Culture and Employee Experience:  Support the business with a deep understanding of culture, inclusion, diversity, and the drivers impacting a positive employee experience. Plays a key role in helping shape the strategy and action plans that maintain a positive, rewarding, and inclusive environment
• Data and Analytics:  Leverage data and analytics to influence and drive decision making and action. Designs, develops, and deploys solutions through on-going analysis and tying multiple data sets together to recommend action aligned with business strategies
• Organizational Development: Uses a consulting framework to improve the health and effectiveness of the organization through various methods, tools and techniques impacting business results.  Examples including organization design, change enablement and leadership, workforce planning, and leadership coaching
• Talent Management: Understands the organizational talent strategy, talent plans and supply chain of internal and external talent. Drives business talent strategy and plans by applying talent acquisition, workforce planning, total rewards and inclusion and diversity practices to drive talent outcomes
• Business Fluency: Financial understanding and business operations knowledge. Understands how the business unit operates, major categories of cost and how profits are generated. Able to articulate the strategy, customer base and external factors impacting the business

 

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:

• 7+ years of people team (human resources) experience
• Experience working within a matrixed (i.e. shared services delivery model) environment at a large, global, complex organization
• Demonstrated experience applying data and analytics to influence decision making and business outcomes
• Experience developing talent strategies and executing plans aligned with culture and overall employee experience to drive business outcomes
• Experience developing and implementing workforce strategy, aligned with and driving business outcomes
• Experience leading organization design and implementing change
• Intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills
• Proven consulting skills across various types of critical stakeholders
• Demonstrated competence in leading and driving the talent agenda, including developing a solid leadership bench

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience serving in a business partner role representing Human Resources, providing strategic guidance and support to business units
• Demonstrated history of positive employee experience through all aspects of People Team work

 

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 $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

 

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.