Associate Director, Corporate Strategy - Remote

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

UnitedHealth Group (UHG) is a diversified health care company, offering health care coverage and benefits services through UnitedHealthcare, and information and technology-enabled health services and innovation through Optum. We work to improve the health care system and advance the health and well-being of individuals and communities so that they can enjoy better, fuller lives.

The UHG Corporate Strategy team, which reports up through the UHG Chief Strategy and Growth Office, is primarily focused on driving cross-enterprise growth strategy efforts that span the breadth of the UHG portfolio. We work with executive and product leadership to frame the market, identify market opportunities, build strategic plans, develop partnership processes, and drive actionable decisions. Team members have a solid understanding of competitive dynamics in healthcare, customer needs, regulatory impacts, and company capabilities. Team members have solid analytical problem-solving skills and can break down some of the company's most difficult challenges and exciting opportunities into discrete, solvable workstreams or projects, and translating analytical insights into strategic decisions.

The Associate Director, Corporate Strategy owns analyses and discrete workstreams and informs the enterprise strategy. They provide thought leadership, creative problem-solving, market analysis, and project execution that guides growth and operational excellence. The role is an individual contributor that regularly collaborates with other team members and business partners. 

Join UnitedHealth Group (UHG) and you'll get an opportunity to do something extraordinary: make a real difference. We have modest goals: help over 100 million people live healthier lives. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations attract a certain type of person. Immensely talented. Brilliant. Compassionate. Driven. You'll find these people everywhere you turn here. You'll also find a world of career options fueled by your performance and limited only by imagination.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Deliver data-driven insights to support cross-UHG initiatives spanning growth strategy, operational excellence, and client / external party partnerships; work across UnitedHealth Group, Optum, UnitedHealthcare, and external parties
• Analyze industry trends, customer needs, competitive threats, expansion opportunities and internal performance and   translate into strategic implications for the enterprise
• Enable actionable decision-making, corporate prioritization, corporate development, and strategy communication (Executive management, Board, investors, company)
• Independently own/drive internal and external primary and secondary research activities, financial modeling / growth projection analyses, and build and deliver presentations
• Nurture and manage solid relationships with business unit stakeholders, functional leaders and corporate strategy teammates
• Support scoping and owns components of project execution
• Support the corporate planning process and ad hoc projects for executives
  
  

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:

• 3+ years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, strategic finance, healthcare strategy, or a similar analytical business role
• Experience owning discrete analyses or workstreams
• Experience translating data and research into clear recommendations
• Experience managing project workstreams and workplans
• Demonstrated ability to break down problems into structured analyses
• Ability to travel up to 20% (may be required depending on projects)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare industry experience
• Experience working matrixed organization, or working with multiple cross-functional teams
• Experience translating analysis into executive-ready materials
• Demonstrated career successes in working collaboratively
• Proven business acumen, evidence based-analytical and strategic judgment
  

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

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 $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.