Senior Director, Health Care Strategy & Growth - Remote

Optum; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Career development opportunities

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Optum, a global health services leader, seeks an Advisory Sr. Director, Strategy and Growth to lead consulting engagements for payer and provider clients. You will organize resources, grow staff, and drive growth initiatives while delivering research-driven strategy, operations, and analytics.

You’ll remotely manage engagements across the U.S., with in-office requirements in select markets. You’ll guide proposal development, client leadership, and cross-functional teams to deliver value-based

Qualifications

• 10+ years of health care consulting experience with emphasis on commercial payer/provider consulting
• 7+ years in management or strategy consulting
• Experience designing and delivering market research initiatives for contracting and network models
• Experience with Medicaid Managed Care market development
• Experience with payer-side population health techniques
• Expertise in contracting and operating models across Medicare, commercial, Medicaid
• Proven sales experience with ability to secure $2–$5M in annual sales
• Willingness/ability to travel domestically up to 60–80%

Responsibilities

• Support business development and sales across payers and providers, focusing on proposals and selling into commercial markets
• Provide day-to-day project leadership with client stakeholders
• Oversee managers, senior consultants and analysts across workstreams
• Be an industry expert in value-based contracting, strategy, and network design
• Mentor and develop managers and senior consultants
• Provide thought leadership to the practice and Optum Advisory teams

Skills

Business development

Strategic leadership

Consultative selling

Project leadership

Mentorship

Value-based contracting

Client management

Sales growth

Job description

Optum, a global health services leader, seeks an Advisory Sr. Director, Strategy and Growth to lead consulting engagements for payer and provider clients. You will organize resources, grow staff, and drive growth initiatives while delivering research-driven strategy, operations, and analytics.

You’ll remotely manage engagements across the U.S., with in-office requirements in select markets. You’ll guide proposal development, client leadership, and cross-functional teams to deliver value-based