Job Description

Great sales are the result of strong purpose, conviction and pride - pride in your ability and your product. UnitedHealth Group offers a portfolio of products that are greatly improving the life of others. Bring along your passion and do your life's best work.(sm)

This position will be on the Optum Medical Benefit Management (MBM) team and lead the development of new solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Accountable for MSK End to End value story
* Define and launch road to risk for MSK
* Accountable for external payer pipeline and current clients
* MSK new product development
* Build and launch solutions such as pain management, implants, arthritis management
* Work closely with beta client to define the solution
* Lead a large cross functional team including technology, operations, reporting, legal on the development of the new solution
* Responsible for beta client management
* Develop sales and marketing plan for new solution
* Responsible for processes including Accelerate, issue resolution, exceptions, and release planning
* Scorecards and analytics to monitor product performance and impact
* Works cross functionally/ cross enterprise to drive the product discipline and operating rhythm

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:

* Bachelor's degree
* 7+ Years of experience product development/management
* Experience in leading complicated, cross-functional projects
* Experience in Agile development processes
* Experience in complex, matrix organizations; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network

Preferred Qualifications:

* MBA or Master's degree
* Ability to manage projects simultaneously and achieve goals
* Strong demonstrated ability to lead business initiatives to a successful result
* Experience working in MSK, Oncology, Cardiology and/or other highly complex clinical areas
* Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
* Demonstrated leadership ability with cross-functional teams and consensus builder
* Ability to effectively deal with levels of ambiguity - can effectively cope with change, can shift gears comfortably, can decide and act without having the total picture, comfortably handles risk and uncertainty
* Good negotiation, problem solving, planning and decision-making skills
* Team building and culture building experience
* Effective formal presentation and facilitation skills in a variety of settings
* Ability to work independently and in a team environment in a positive and supportive manner
* Strong analytical abilities, organization and project/process management skills. Business process experience is desirable
* Healthcare Industry experience

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system 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)

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.

Job Keywords: product development, management, MSK