Associate Director Six Sigma (AI Strategy)

UnitedHealth Group; Gurugram District; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Optum within UnitedHealth Group seeks an experienced IC to shape AI strategy across business units, partnering with stakeholders and co-leading large innovation forums from ideation to implementation. The role offers high visibility and accelerated learning in a global health tech environment.

Candidates should bring 10+ years of experience, a Bachelor's degree, and an MBA or PM certification, with a proven ability to drive change, manage programs, and communicate effectively with leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline required.
• MBA or Project Management Certification and top-tier institute preferred.
• 10+ years of work experience in related roles.
• Experience in projects involving AI, ML, NLP, AI strategy and related technologies.
• Experience in managing innovation forums and cross-stakeholder initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead change, manage programs and align with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Overall AI strategy development across business units and stakeholder management.
• Execution readiness for identified AI initiatives.
• Process improvement and reimagination with AI.
• Collaboration across operations, transformation, data, AI and technology teams.
• Adherence to company policies and change management directives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Program management

Change management

Communication skills

Presentation skills

AI strategy

Innovation forums

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or Project Management Certification

Job description

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.

We are looking for individuals who have experience in building AI strategy for organization and business units and can program manage large innovation forums for the enterprise. This will be a IC role where the individual will work across stakeholders and help design the AI strategy and also co-lead innovation forums from ideation to implementation of ideas across enterprise. This will be a high visibility role with accelerated learning.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Overall AI strategy development across buisness units, stakeholder management, CXO alignment, strategic thinking, program management of large innovation forums, hands on experience of deploying and conceptualising right metrics for AI scale
• Execution readiness for identified AI first initiatives
• Process improvement and reimagination of current processes with AI
• Collaboration across operations, transformation, data, AI and technology teams
• 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 Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline
• Project Management certification / Master's of Business Administration - top tier institute
• 10+ years of work experience
• Experience in projects involving emerging technologies (automation, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intellgience, etc)
• Experience in managing innovation forums
• Experience in a AI strategy build
• Extensive experience in working with stakeholders across leadership levelsng employment
• Extensive work experience in working in a collaborative environment
• Program management - Experience in managing transformation roadmaps - AI/ML/ Gen Ai program management experience / Exposure to deploying latest tech / automations to solve business problems
• Demonstrated experience in change management
• Proven excellent communication & presentation 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.