Director C&S Product, Transportation – Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

 

The Director of Ancillary Product, Transportation is responsible for creating and executing a comprehensive transportation strategy for the migration of a market-by-market approach to a national solution. This strategy will also include a point of view on integration with the M&R ancillary team for the dual eligible special needs plans. This strategy needs to meet the expectations of our members and state customers but by delighting and driving competitive differentiation.  The vision is that our strategy is continuously refined using our robust data, customer feedback and enterprise capabilities.  This leader will also be responsible for partnering with enterprise procurement on negotiation and ongoing management of external partners.

 

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

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Continuously monitor external market / competitive landscape including understanding proposal trends, industry news/updates, and state trends
• Build a performance process that includes reviewing and responding to utilization, consumer experience, and vendor performance
• Work closely with the local markets to build a national vendor strategy with a migration timeline
• Partner closely with the consumer experience team to build an integrated experience
• Own vendor management including establishing requirements, negotiating contracts, and monitoring performance
• Work with marketing and distribution teams to create and maintain sales content
• Craft and maintain language for proposal ingestion ensuring best-in-class language and proof points are available
• Refine the transportation strategy by actively incorporating data and insights into our go-forward strategic plan
• Work closely with Medicare & Retirement on aligning ancillary benefit strategies for dual special needs population (DSNP) members

 

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:

• 7+ years of experience product development/management and/or Medicaid expertise
• Healthcare Industry experience
• Experience in leading complicated, cross-functional projects
• Experience in complex, matrix organizations; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network
• Demonstrated leadership ability with cross-functional teams and consensus builder
• Demonstrated good negotiation, problem solving, planning and decision-making skills; accurately scopes out projects, sets objectives and goals, develops schedules and resource assignments, measures performance against goals, and evaluates results
• Ability to manage projects simultaneously and achieve goals; uses resources effectively and efficiently
• Solid analytical skills; demonstrates ability to use data to drive action

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medicaid expertise and knowledge of health plan management (network, operations, clinical)

 

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

 

The salary range for this role is $124,500 to $239,400 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 al 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. 

 

 

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.