Remote Senior Medical Director, AI-Driven Clinical Innovation

UnitedHealth Group; Minnetonka (MN); Remote; USD 292,000 - 439,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase plan

401k contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group, through UnitedHealthcare, seeks a Senior Medical Director of Clinical AI Capability Development to lead clinical input, define AI capability standards, and collaborate with product, tech, and data science teams across the enterprise.

The role requires a physician with leadership experience in health plans, strong data interpretation skills, and the ability to drive standardized processes while preserving creativity. Remote work within the U.S. is supported.

Qualifications

• Masters level degree (or higher) in statistics, epidemiology, health services research or a related field.
• Active/unrestricted State medical licensure.
• Active/unrestricted ABMS/AOBMS board certification.
• 5+ years of experience as a clinician (MD, DO or equivalent).
• 3+ years in health plan administration, health services research, quality assurance, or comparable experience.
• 3+ years as a consultant or leading a team on point for care quality improvement or product development and production.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and efficiently interpret expansive data on audit performance measurement, evaluation reproducibility and quality.
• Deep understanding of health plan medical policies, benefits, formularies and payment integrity policies.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with clinicians, administrators product teams, data scientists and customers.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process standardizations without suppressing creativity.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex conversations with partners, customers and vendors.
• Demonstrated flexibility, agility and the ability to adapt to change while staying organized and maintaining strong relationships.
• Proficient in standard office software packages.

Responsibilities

• Guide & Partner in AI capability development and clinical input.
• Bring a clinical lens to AI portfolio vision, testing specs, audits and performance monitoring.
• Set standards for clinical performance measurement and thresholds.
• Collaborate with enterprise partners driving AI-enabled clinical capabilities.
• Adopt a product lifecycle mindset with collaborators and customers.
• Support adherence to enterprise AI review board processes.
• Oversee AI product support vendors.
• Manage 1–3 reports supporting the role's aims.
• Oversee AI evaluation team quality and efficiency.
• Maintain clear communication of progress with partners and National CMO.

Skills

Clinical leadership

MD/DO clinician

Data literacy

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Master's degree or higher in statistics/epidemiology/health services research

Tools

Office software proficiency

Job description

UnitedHealth Group, through UnitedHealthcare, seeks a Senior Medical Director of Clinical AI Capability Development to lead clinical input, define AI capability standards, and collaborate with product, tech, and data science teams across the enterprise.

The role requires a physician with leadership experience in health plans, strong data interpretation skills, and the ability to drive standardized processes while preserving creativity. Remote work within the U.S. is supported.