Remote Director of Brain & Behavior Clinical Programs

Texas Health Institute; Minnetonka (MN); Remote; USD 135,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Clinical Program Director of Brain and Behavior to ideate, design, and develop innovative specialty clinical programs focused on neurological and behavioral health. This role leads a small team, collaborates with analytics, and drives affordability, quality, and member/provider experience improvements.

Remote in the U.S. with responsibilities spanning data-driven strategy, stakeholder collaboration, and program implementation to scale nationwide.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in healthcare administration, public health, social services, nursing or related field, or MBA with clinical background.
• 5+ years in a leadership or management role in healthcare.
• Demonstrated ability to design, scale, or operationalize enterprise-level clinical programs or value-based care models across multiple markets or lines of business.
• Deep clinical understanding of brain and neurodegenerative conditions.

Responsibilities

• Ideate, design, and develop enterprise-level Brain and Behavior clinical programs.
• Leverage analytics and AI/LLMs to enhance program design and insights.
• Build financial models to assess operational readiness and impact at scale.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure national scalability and sustainability.
• Provide leadership to a small team of program managers and collaborate with analytics teams.

Skills

Leadership

Healthcare analytics

Program management

Clinical strategy

Education

Master’s or PhD in healthcare/related field

MBA with clinical background

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

UnitedHealth Group seeks a Clinical Program Director of Brain and Behavior to ideate, design, and develop innovative specialty clinical programs focused on neurological and behavioral health. This role leads a small team, collaborates with analytics, and drives affordability, quality, and member/provider experience improvements.

Remote in the U.S. with responsibilities spanning data-driven strategy, stakeholder collaboration, and program implementation to scale nationwide.