VP, Strategic Projects - Optum Financial

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.

The VP, Strategic Projects is charged with developing and executing Strategic Projects for Optum Financial's Commercial Payments business. This position requires collaboration with leaders across UnitedHealth Group to align on strategy and execution. The initial focus will be on Real-Time Settlement ("RTS") which is an enterprise-wide initiative aiming to revolutionize revenue cycle management - significantly reducing administrative burden and improving the overall healthcare experience for payers, providers, and patients.

We provide our customers with the latest in innovative solutions that are aimed at eliminating friction in the healthcare system and easing how healthcare is financed and paid for. The VP, Strategic Projects will have direct responsibility for the development and deployment of new, innovative, and disruptive products in the marketplace, managing through the product development lifecycle process. You will have direct accountability for the deployment of strategic projects within Optum Financial and will work directly with customers and internal and external partners to deliver on customer commitments. The leader is expected to be a liaison across multiple business segments to deliver on our long-year growth strategy.
The VP, Strategic Projects will be accountable for driving financial management and operationalization efforts across the portfolio of products. You will have indirect accountability for the successful client and cost delivery through matrixed operations team, automation teams and other groups required to deliver upon our aggressive growth objectives. The successful candidate must be passionate about driving innovative and disruptive new products, creating new markets, discovering new business opportunities and is exceptional at working in a fast-paced environment and displays stellar executive presence with C-Suite executives.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Driving disruptive innovation and pushing the organization to act to deliver capabilities that enable growth.
• Serves as an Executive partner to senior leaders across Optum Financial, Optum Insight, UHC, and, external partners, and clients to engage in designing new transformational products/businesses.
• Communicating to Optum and enterprise executives to provide frequent strategy and tactical performance updates.
• Establishes a shared product, solution, or service vision across the enterprise by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution, and ensuring that the product, solution, or service is aligned with Optum's brand, strategic and competitive position, and other related/interfaced product, solution, or service.
• Ideate net-new product and business initiatives that could drive revenue opportunities for Optum Financial.
• Formulate go-to-market strategy and identifies opportunities for new clients, markets, and service offerings.
• Establishes metrics that inform the success of projects.
• Makes authoritative technical and/or professional recommendations that have a significant short-term and long-term impact on the business. Integrates usability studies, research, market analysis, solution validation, and design thinking into product, solution, and service requirements to enhance user satisfaction.
• Managing and growing a P&L and delivering against financial objectives: revenue and IOI targets.
• Provide exceptional people leadership with a focus on engaging, developing, and retaining key executives as well as attracting top talent into the organization.

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 or more years of combined experience and a proven record of launching large-scale product innovations and delivering measurable results
  
• Proven ability to analyze complex market opportunities and develop creative solutions to a wide variety of unique market problems
  
• Demonstrated track record of active collaboration, engagement, oversight, and strategy development of key growth opportunities
  
• Skilled in organizational development, budget and resource development, and strategic planning
  
• Manage team of high-performing leaders supporting a portfolio of ideation and incubation initiatives
  
• Demonstrated visionary thinking and ability to translate business strategies that create or sustain competitive advantage
  
• A demonstrated record of acting as an innovative thought leader and business partner to executives across multiple business units
  
• Has functioned as the organization's authority and established expert to develop solutions based on an understanding of the business environment, competitive landscape, and objectives
  
• Experience motivating, developing, coaching, and guiding people in a matrixed organization through change
  
• Experience managing a team plus indirect staff across multiple geographies
  
• Possess personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to Optum's Vision and Values
  
• Available for limited business travel (approx. 25%)

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA / Master's degree
  
• 10+ years of combined experience in product management, delivering new product delivery and leading strategic go-to-market initiatives of diverse scope in a large matrixed healthcare or software company
  
• Experience supporting Optum Markets (Payers, Employers, Providers, Federal/State government, Emerging Markets)
  
• Experience working across UHG, Optum and UHC lines of businesses
  
• Understanding of Fintech & healthcare landscape
  
• Management consulting experience

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

The salary range for this role is $191,800 to $364,800 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.