Vice President, People Team Tri-State – NY, NJ or CT

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

Reporting to the Optum Health’s East Region People Team, the Tri-State VP People Leader serves as a key leader to help create the Optum Health Tri-State deliver a wide range of people priorities, including culture building, workforce strategy, organization effectiveness, talent agenda, leadership bench strength, and employee experience.

This role is expected to be located at one of our offices within the Tri-State region of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Team & Function Leadership: Coaching and development of team and broader People Team community
• Consulting & Coaching: Partner with People team leaders to develop and design strategies aligned with business outcomes; serve as trusted advisor to Human Capital leadership team including C-suite
• 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, effective leadership, and coaching.
• Data and Analytics:  Leverages data and analytic skills to 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.
• Talent Management: Understands the organizational talent strategy, talent plans and supply chain of internal and external talent.  Drives talent strategy and plans by applying talent acquisition, workforce planning, total rewards and inclusion and diversity practices to drive talent outcomes.
• Culture and Employee Experience:  Deep understanding of culture and the drivers impacting a positive employee experience. Fosters practices to create and maintain a positive, rewarding, and inclusive environment.  Works to drive cultural changes and shifts to meet the evolution of our business
• Business Fluency: General understanding of business unit operations across the enterprise in order to influence effective Human Capital organization design and strategies; ensures operational rigor of key People Team initiatives.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Integrates, aligns, and embeds diversity, equity and inclusion strategies within all aspects of People Team Work
• M&A/Integrations: Evaluate and design strategies and implement plans for People Team professionals, to ensure realization of M&A and integration value
• Change Champion: Advocate and support the evolution of the People Team function, driving the transformation of the operating model and influencing changes in the way human capital solutions are designed and delivered to the businesses

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: 

• 10+ years’ experience in Strategy, Human Resources, or HR Centers of Excellence 
• 8+ years’ experience influencing senior level leaders on their decisions and approach
• 8+ years’ experience demonstrated analytical capabilities within talent management
• 8+ years’ experience demonstrating critical thinking, project, process, and change management
• Experience with a large, complex organization
• Strong influence, communication (written and oral) skills, and emotional intelligence
• Strong consultative skills with the ability to partner with executive business leaders and advise them on people matters to achieve business outcomes
• Ability to serve as change champion while assisting driving the business transformation of our businesses

Preferred Qualifications:   

• Process or design thinking experience
• Organizational savvy with ability to sort through complexities and synthesize information rapidly
• Passionate about experimenting with new ways of working to shift the talent approach and bring to life enterprise talent principles
• Prior HR/People Team experience working within healthcare delivery organizations

*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, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $188,000 to $357,600 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 employers 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