Associate Director, Talent Acquisition – Optum Health, Northeast – 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.   

  

The Associate Director, Talent Acquisition will be responsible for advising management teams and driving the talent acquisition strategy and execution for our Optum Health Northeast Talent Acquisition Team supporting provider and non-provider roles across the clinical space. This position is accountable for leading a team that will deliver world-class recruitment execution in a high-priority growth market from process design through performance measurements / metrics of internal recruiting teams. This role is responsible for delivering on the talent agenda by developing and implementing sourcing and assessment strategies that deliver business outcomes in the form of quality of hires. This role is also accountable to building solid and influential relationships with critical stakeholders across the East Market and the Optum Health National TA team.   

 

Day-to-day duties include functional staffing project management / oversight, management of recruitment teams including allocation of workload and productivity / recruiter yield modeling and monitoring, as well as handling escalated business and functional execution of projects and issues. This role will act as a strategic advisor to the Optum HealthNortheast  recruiting teams and business leaders related to the strategy, innovation and collaboration required to achieve desired business outcomes.

 

If you resides in the NE or has the ability to relocate, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. Preferred locations: MA, CT, RI, NH

 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Leads the Optum Health Talent Acquisition Northeast market provider and non-provider recruitment function. Continues to build a world-class talent acquisition team focusing on the implementation of a fully business dedicated model
• Fosters the development and innovation of new TA approaches for increased recruitment results. Translates talent/skills profiles into a search strategy to proactively delivery talent to executive leaders 
• Applies a data-driven approach to help influence business decisions, create programs and leverage systems
• Partners with senior level executives to ensure alignment of TA team to meet the needs of the business
• Influences and leads TA priorities to address business and operational changes
• Cultivates the growth of Net Promoter Score by ensuring effective use of resources, candidate care and communication with hiring managers  
• Provide expertise in market insights, talent landscape, and an understanding of talent needs to assist in developing company growth plans and forecast
• Identifies and resolves Talent Acquisition operational issues using policies and processes
• Ownership of critical TA priorities
• Support integration work in partnership with TA, Business and People Teams
• Day to day management of RPO directing strategy and adherence to process (SLA/Metrics)

 

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: 

• 5+ years of end-to-end recruitment experience 
• 3+ years leading Talent Acquisition teams that leverage local and national level recruiting strategies for a broad range of positions and with varying levels of senior leadership
• Experience within Clinician/Physician Talent Acquisition 
• Experience in the sourcing, development and cultivation of talent pipelines 
• Demonstrated experience influencing key stakeholders regarding Talent Acquisition strategies communication 
• Demonstrated experience being consultative and collaborative, including the ability to effectively resolve conflict, negotiate, and influence significant change with executive level leaders
• Resides in the NE or has the ability to relocate

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading a recruiting team that facilitates internal mobility through partnership with People Team leaders 
• Experience using Taleo or similar applicant tracking system
• Resides in one of the preferred locations or MA, CT, RI, NH

 

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

 

The salary range for this role is $106,800 to $194,200 annually based on full-time employment. 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.   

 

 

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.