The Sr. Director People Team, Optum ECS/Risk Operations will help shape and execute the People and talent strategies, creating a wealth of opportunity for an experienced people team strategic partner to contribute across a broad range of priorities, including culture building, workforce strategy, organization effectiveness, talent agenda, leadership bench strength, and employee experience.

• The position is responsible for developing and executing people team strategy in support of Enterprise Clinical Service and Risk Operations
• Build and maintain relationships with People leaders & COE’s; understand business strategies and operating objectives and ensure business plans are in alignment
• Team Leadership: Coaching and development of People Business Partners
• Consulting & Coaching: Partner with leaders to develop and design strategies aligned with business outcomes
• Organizational Development: Uses a consulting framework to improve the health and effectiveness of the organization through various methods, tools and techniques impacting business results. Examples including organization design, change enablement and leadership, workforce planning, effective leadership, and coaching
• Data and Analytics: Leverage analytic skills to drive decision making and action. Designs, develops and deploys solutions through on-going analysis and tying multiple data sets together to recommend action aligned with business strategies
• Talent Management: Develop and implement organizational talent strategy, talent plans and supply chain of internal and external talent. Drives business talent strategy and plans by applying talent acquisition, workforce planning, total rewards and inclusion and diversity practices to drive talent outcomes
• Culture and Employee Experience: Deep understanding of culture, diversity and the drivers impacting a positive employee experience. Partner on building meaningful action plans tied to opportunities. Fosters inclusion, diversity and culture practices to create and maintain a positive, rewarding, and inclusive environment
• Business Fluency: Financial understanding and business operations knowledge. Understands how the business unit operates, major categories of cost and how profits are generated. Able to articulate the strategy, customer base and external factors impacting the business
• Diversity & Inclusion: Integrates, aligns, and embeds Inclusion and Diversity Strategy within the People Strategy and all aspects of People Team Work

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of people team experience
• Experience working within a matrixed (i.e. shared services delivery model) environment at a large, global, complex organization
• Proven consulting skills across various types of critical stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience applying data and analytics to influence decision making and business outcomes
• Experience developing talent strategies and executing plans aligned with the culture and overall employee experience to drive business outcomes
• Demonstrated experience in business fluency and knowledge
• Demonstrated competence in leading and driving the talent agenda, including developing a solid leadership bench
• Experience developing and implementing workforce strategy, aligned with and driving business outcomes
• Experience leading organization design and implementing change

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated history of positive employee experience through all aspects of Human Capital work
• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy