Associate Director Talent Acquisition

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.

Positions in this function are responsible for the strategic sourcing and recruitment alignment and execution to meet the needs of the enterprise. This includes responsibility for diversity, talent acquisition, college recruiting, and market intelligence. This function involves the actual recruiting and selection of candidates. Provides leadership to and is accountable for the performance of managers and/or senior level professional staff. Impact of work is most often at the operational or local business unit or market level

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the company’s hiring needs for every role, and to meet competitive hiring goals and expectations
• Manage the full recruiting lifecycle across a variety of open roles, helping managers find, hire, and retain quality candidates
• Foster high-touch relationships using a database of qualified candidates to choose from when positions become open
• Partner with recruiting team and senior managers to design, refine, and implement innovative recruitment strategies
• Remain active with job boards, social networks, and platforms for finding quality candidates, and create and post job descriptions and announcements
• Build a head count, hiring and resource strategy and plan for all our hiring needs in India
• Partner with our employer brand team to establish a talent brand and diversity, equity and inclusion strategy
• Hire, lead, develop and coach a talented team of recruiters ensuring hiring goals are met
• Maintain responsibility for full cycle recruiting for senior leadership roles
• Launch and Early in Career/Emerging Talent Program
• Weave diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging into every step of our talent attraction, sourcing, hiring and onboarding experience
• Partner with Talent Acquisition Operations to better enable our team by building a scalable infrastructure to improve our systems and processes
• Partner with People Business Partners, Compensation, Finance, Legal and other key stakeholders closely
• Influence senior leaders using data and talent insights
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualification:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• 15+ years of corporate recruitment experience
• Intermediate proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Intermediate proficiency with ATS system
• Proficiency in marketing/sourcing techniques to include internet, college alumni, interactive strategies, and social media
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  

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.