Enterprise AI & Workforce Transformation Leader

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stock purchase plan

401(k) contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a visionary enterprise leader to shape the future of workforce strategy, AI modernization, and organizational capability at Fortune 3 scale.

This Senior Director will build the frameworks, insights, and enterprise rhythms needed to align workforce supply, demand, skills, and organizational capability with evolving business priorities, AI disruption, labor market dynamics, and the future of work.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of leadership experience in workforce strategy, strategic workforce planning, organizational reimagination, consulting, HR strategy, or enterprise strategy.
• Experience building enterprise frameworks, operating models, and strategic planning capabilities.
• Solid understanding of AI, automation, workforce modernization, and the future of work.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide workforce planning or workforce reimagination initiatives within large, matrixed organizations.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and drive alignment across complex organizations.
• Proven exceptional strategic thinking, executive communication, and enterprise storytelling capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise workforce strategy by translating business priorities, AI modernization, and external market trends into forward‑looking workforce capability, organizational design, and talent strategies.
• Partner with People Business Partners (PBPs) and Strategic Workforce Planning leaders to deliver macro‑level workforce insights, scenario planning, benchmarking, and workforce intelligence while enabling PBPs to operationalize workforce planning within their business areas.
• Develop enterprise frameworks, tools, and strategic workforce narratives that help leaders understand workforce shifts, future skill needs, workforce risks, and evolving labor market dynamics.
• Identify critical skills, leadership archetypes, and evolving role requirements while shaping build, buy, borrow, reskill, and automation strategies in partnership with PBPs, Talent Acquisition, Talent, and Learning teams.
• Integrate workforce analytics, business strategy, healthcare and technology trends, talent data, and AI insights into actionable recommendations and executive workforce briefings.
• Lead enterprise AI workforce modernization efforts, including work deconstruction, workflow redesign, workforce transition planning, and human + AI operating models that elevate productivity and human contribution.
• Establish practical frameworks and guidance that help leaders and PBPs rethink how work gets done in an AI‑enabled environment and advance a skills‑powered organization.
• Serve as an enterprise integrator across workforce strategy, AI modernization, People strategy, and business priorities to drive enterprise alignment, scalable adoption, and organizational readiness.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing team of both human talent and AI agents to scale workforce intelligence, strategic insight generation, and enterprise workforce enablement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

AI fluency

Change leadership

Collaborative leadership

Influence at c-suite level

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a visionary enterprise leader to shape the future of workforce strategy, AI modernization, and organizational capability at Fortune 3 scale.

This Senior Director will build the frameworks, insights, and enterprise rhythms needed to align workforce supply, demand, skills, and organizational capability with evolving business priorities, AI disruption, labor market dynamics, and the future of work.