Senior Administrative Assistant – Eden Prairie

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.

 

Optum Tech Strategy and Operations team supports and enables cross-functional teams to progress our enterprise-wide transformation Strategy by exceeding the needs of its customers, partners, and employees by delivering strategic and operational solutions that unlock value. This includes the enterprise strategy for AI development and delivery, Optum Tech Learning, and operations in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with broad impact across the enterprise.  

 

As the Senior Administrative Assistant, you will provide comprehensive administrative support to one SLT and one VP. You will manage leaders’ calendars, schedules, and travel itineraries as well as performing common administrative tasks, such as collaborating with other admins to maintain calendars, set up meetings, make travel arrangements, and handle general administrative responsibilities. This position is on-site at the Eden Prairie office.

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee and manage an intricately detailed schedule
• Assist with the management of travel and expenses, including reconciling and submitting reports
• Be the primary interface in making meeting arrangements and ensuring presence at key company meetings/venues
• Assist with creating and editing power presentations, e-mail communications and reports
• Determine priority of matters of attention for the executives, redirect matters to staff to handle, or handle matters personally, as appropriate
• Handle printing and copying 
• Ensure Leaders are prepared for critical meeting – materials, travel, attendance
• Request follow ups and take follow up actions to support project deliverables
• Monitor email and the review/approval system to identify urgent requests

 

Key Skills:

• Collaborate with EA peers and others across UHG to ensure best possible reputation of the leaders being supported
• Detail-oriented with a solid self-starter mentality
• Manage sensitive information with utmost confidentiality
• Work independently while being the consummate team player inside and outside the function
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Adept at managing multiple priorities
• Possess solid emotional intelligence
• Demonstrate tactical and strategic thinking
• Willingness to learn about technology and the organization 
• Other duties and responsibilities, not specifically described, may be assigned from time to time, consistent with the incumbent’s knowledge, skills, and abilities by management

 

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:

• High School diploma/GED
• 2+ years of experience as an administrative professional including managing:
  • multiple tasks/calendars for leadership
  • travel arrangements and creating and submitting expense reports
  • meetings and events
  • office documentation and supplies 
  • confidential and sensitive information per policies
• Ability to work outside of typical working hours when necessary

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality 
• Ability to be reliable and willing to be flexible
• Proven solid written and verbal communication, convey messages with accurately and diplomatically
• Proactive problem solving and anticipation 
• Proven high attention to detail 
• Ability to be supportive, reliable and flexible to provide support outside of daytime working hours
• Ability to commute to the Eden Prairie office

 

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.