Assistant General Counsel - Remote

Lensa; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 106,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled legal professional to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will leverage your extensive legal expertise to provide guidance in financial services and healthcare, ensuring compliance with regulations and managing contracts effectively. The position offers the flexibility to work remotely, allowing you to tackle challenging projects while contributing to meaningful health outcomes. If you are passionate about making a difference and advancing health equity, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal experience in financial services and health insurance.
• Strong understanding of US legal requirements and contract drafting.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across legal and business environments to address legal needs.
• Evaluate legal courses of action for business unit requirements.

Skills

Juris Doctorate

Legal Experience

Contract Management

Health Insurance Knowledge

Regulatory Compliance

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Education

Juris Doctorate degree

Job description

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Lensa is the leading career site for job seekers at every stage of their career. Our client, UnitedHealth Group, is seeking professionals. Apply via Lensa today!

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.

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

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

• Juris Doctorate degree
• 5+ years of legal experience; prior financial services legal experience required, with a solid understanding of health insurance and/or managed care industry preferred
• Experience with regulatory agencies in the financial services and/or healthcare industries
• Experience with contract management and commercial contract drafting
• Knowledge of US and state legal requirements, with a focus on financial services and preferably, health care, regulatory requirements
• Proven success in collaborating across a matrixed business and legal environment
• Demonstrated understanding of business problems related to assigned legal projects
• Demonstrated to be well-developed written and verbal communications skills
• Demonstrated excellent presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and determine appropriate legal course of action to meet business unit needs
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain rapport with superiors, peers, subordinates, and external company contacts
• Driver’s License and access to a reliable transportation
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with bank/fintech partnerships
• Experience with health benefit accounts
• Experience with commercial B2B and/or B2B2C payment products
• Understanding of health care benefit coverage and medical policy development
• 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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