Director, Advisory Services - Strategy & Growth Consulting - Remote

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: San Jose
Posted on: March 18, 2023

Job Description:

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that is improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation is not about another gadget; it is about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There is no room for error. If you are looking for a better place to use your passion and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It's an opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

The Director, Strategy & Growth is the overall project lead across high-complexity, multi-workstream engagements and oversees managers of individual workstreams. Overall responsibility is to own, coordinate, and harmonize the overall approach. The Director serves as principal point of day to day contact with client and establishes optimal communication cadence with C-Suite executives. This role ensures workstream managers are coordinated and output is consistent and aligned. The Director focuses on engagement economics and directs team to follow the practices needed to ensure both quality and profitability.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

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• Overall project lead across high-complexity, multi-workstream engagements with ability to accurately diagnose the issues the client has identified (as well as underlying issues) and determine the appropriate solutions that will lead the client to create strategic direction
  
• Build consensus among senior client stakeholders who play a critical role in the client's ability to successfully implement the identified solutions -
  
• Oversees managers and team members of individual workstreams with responsibility to own, coordinate, and harmonize the overall approach
  
• Industry expert in one or more areas and uses engagements to advance own knowledge (e.g., enterprise strategy, value-based care, population health, consumer, digital, revenue diversification, partnerships)
  
• Principal point of day-to-day contact for client executive and establishes optimal communication cadence with C-Suite executives
  
• Critical role in developing project team members and direct reports to expand their skills
  
• Accountable for budget and timelines of project across all workstreams
  
• Focuses on project economics and directs team to follow practices needed to ensure both quality and profitability including close monitoring of actual vs. expected team utilization
  
• Effectively and appropriately apply both deductive and inductive thinking
  
• Provide subject matter expertise to other Optum Advisory Services and Optum/UnitedHealth Group Company business units as it relates to strategy development
  
• Provide support to other Optum Advisory Services and Optum/UnitedHealth Group Company business units when strategy expertise is required in addressing client issues
  
• Communicate effectively and accurately in writing and verbally to prospects, clients, and other staff
  
• Demonstrate strong relationship management skills and ability to handle challenging interpersonal situations
  
• Contribute to business development efforts - both add-ons work as well as new business
  
  
  
  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: -
  
  
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  • Relevant Advanced Degree (MBA/MPH/MHA, etc.) with 5+ years consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree with 10+ years consulting experience
    
  • 5+ years of experience in management consulting
    
  • 5+ years of experience in strategy consulting
    
  • Healthcare experience (payer/provider)
    
  • Proven business development experience and success generating at least $1.5M+ annually in new sales
    
  • Experience with project management, developing and presenting deliverables to C-suite executives, and analytics
    
  • Experience leading strategy work and/or strategic initiatives -
    
  • Client relationship management experience
    
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite - Word, PowerPoint, Excel
    
  • Ability to travel domestically up to 50%
    
  • Demonstrated familiarity with variety of problem-solving approaches
    
  • Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
    
    
    Preferred Qualifications:
    
    
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    • Graduate level degree in business or healthcare
      
    • 5+ years of professional experience preferably in healthcare -
      
    • Experience in healthcare consulting
      
    • Experience managing projects that achieved budget and timeline goals
      
    • Experience working in and successfully navigating a matrixed environment
      
    • Experience mentoring junior level staff and leading direct reports
      
    • Analytical reasoning and solution-focus problem solving
      
    • Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional teams
      
    • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
      
    • Ability to drill down to the root cause of issues and be creative in problem solving
      
    • Proven written and verbal communication skills
      
      
      
      To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment
      
      Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
      
      Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $113,500 to $218,100. The salary range for Connecticut / Nevada residents is $113,500 to $218,100. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. 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.
      
      *All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
      
      
      Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
      
      UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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