Vice President, Transformation - Optum Health

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 191,000 - 365,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Vice President to lead transformation and integration efforts. This role involves designing operational models, managing stakeholder communications, and driving strategic initiatives across the organization. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in healthcare operations and a proven track record in managing large-scale transformation programs.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

401k contribution

Qualifications

• 8+ years in senior management positions in healthcare operations or consulting.
• Proven track record in large-scale transformation and integration programs.
• Experience in care delivery settings.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead the Transformation Office for business integration.
• Manage stakeholder communications and ensure accountability for milestones.
• Coach leaders to implement tactics for key goals.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Job description

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Vice President will lead Optum Health’s integration and transformation program, unifying and aligning multiple businesses, care delivery regions and capabilities, supporting our One Optum Health goal. This leader will be accountable for accelerating operational integration of key capabilities. The executive will lead corporate planning & strategy – building and supporting execution of the Optum Health strategic plan, priorities and key initiatives.

The role will work with senior leaders of regions and businesses to design the right operating model to achieve both efficiency in operations and effectiveness in service levels, quality and patient and provider experience. The leader will work with the People Team and business leaders on organizational design – driving decisions regarding which components are local, regional, or central/national – and determining the appropriate management processes and governance to facilitate the right level of collaboration across the businesses. This work will determine the appropriate service levels, financial investments and technology required. This role’s responsibility goes beyond integration of capabilities. The role is also responsible for truly transforming performance to enable One Optum Health with the highest efficiency and most streamlined experiences for our patients and providers.

This role is the key leader charged with architecting and leading our strategic priorities, corporate planning and business transformation program. This person will partner with the senior-most regional and business leaders to support the design and execution of corporate planning, strategic initiatives and the business transformation programs. The Vice President will be responsible for influencing cross-functional leaders as well as developing and managing direct and indirect team members supporting the work.

This leader will be a highly motivated, strategic executive-level who is organized and thoughtful, with demonstrated problem-solving and collaboration skills to navigate across a large, matrixed organization, with executive-level written and verbal presentation skills. This individual should have a successful track record of managing large transformation programs and business integration efforts.This position handles and manages confidential material relating to corporate plans, decisions, organizational structure and technology platforms. The Vice President will report to the Optum Health Senior Vice President, Transformation and Corporate Planning and will be accountable to the Optum Health CORE (executive) leadership team.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and lead the Transformation Office to support and execute on business transformation and integration programs
• Develop a platform to shape a collective management agenda and influence/cascade transformation across the organization
• Create the infrastructure and processes to track, measure and respond through detailed program management processes and tools
• Build a strong management process that holds leaders and teams accountable for driving delivery to milestones and value capture
• Manage internal and external stakeholder communications and buy-in
• Coach and partner with regional, business and function leaders to develop and implement tactics to meet key goals and milestones
• Continue to identify opportunities to evolve and improve the transformation office to tackle key value creation opportunities
• Anticipate areas of difficulty/potential unknown risks, contribute to creative solutions and move to action quickly
  
  

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:

• 8+ years of experience in progressively senior management positions in healthcare operations and/or consulting
• 8+ years of experience leading internal consulting teams with 10+ FTEs and matrixed reporting relationships for a healthcare organization or regional operations or general management experience in care delivery
• Proven track record of leading large-scale transformation and integration programs in complex, matrixed organizations
• 8+ years of experience working directly in care delivery settings
• 8+ years of experience leading strategy and business transformation programs including corporate planning, cost reduction and globalization

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

The salary range for this role is $191,800 to $364,800 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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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