VP, Provider Product Strategy & Integrated GTM, Optum Insight

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. 

Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), is a leading information, technology enabled health services, and software business dedicated to helping make the health system work better for everyone. We work with governments, employers, partners, and providers to care for over 146 million people and share a vision of a value-based system of care that provides compassionate and equitable care. With more than 190,000 people worldwide, Optum delivers intelligent, integrated solutions that help to modernize the health system and improve overall population health.

At Optum Insight (OI), we champion continuous innovation to provide software, network, and data analytics, technology-enabled services, advisory, and revenue cycle-management offerings to help make health care work better for everyone.

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

POSITION SUMMARY:

The VP, Provider Product Strategy & Integrated GTM, is charged with managing OI‘s provider product and innovation portfolio and coordinating investments and innovation across market teams. We provide our provider customers with the latest in innovative solutions that are aimed at eliminating friction in the healthcare system. This senior executive will work across Optum and UHG.

The senior executive is expected to be a liaison across all UHG, Optum business segments, OI Provider Markets, OI Operations, Finance and Optum Tech to maximize growth, optimize investments and maintain product lifecycle. There are four critical areas of oversight for this leader.

Product strategic management

• Strategically overseeing all products in the provider business portfolio.
  
• Defining integrated strategies & ensuring alignment with the provider market’s overall strategy. 
  
• Defining strategies & integrated provider roadmaps to prioritizing products effectively.
  
• Work closely with OI Portfolio function to drive portfolio decisions regarding product lifecycle changes.
  
• Conducting strategic planning for the portfolio.
  
• Identifying market opportunities and developing new product ideas.
  
• Collaborating with product managers to align strategies and roadmaps with market goals.

Commercialization strategies

• Manage a portfolio of external client community efforts (e.g., customer advisory boards, university collaboration).
  
• Lead market and product collaboration via experts and deal support.

Transformation strategies

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather & prioritize client requirements.
  
• Coordinated GTM efforts across OI provider product organization.

Additional responsibilities

• Serves as an Executive partner to senior leaders across OI Provider to engage in product strategies.
  
• Driving disruptive innovation and pushing the organization to act to deliver capabilities that enable growth.
  
• Establishes a shared product, solution, or service vision for the provider business by building consensus on priorities leading to product execution, and ensuring that the product, solution, or service is aligned with Optum Insight’s strategic and competitive position, and other
• related/interfaced product, solution, or service.
  
• Provide exceptional people leadership with a focus on engaging, developing, and retaining key executives as well as attracting top talent into the organization.

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:

• 15 or more years of combined experience and a proven record of launching large-scale product innovations and delivering measurable results. 
  
• Proven ability to analyze complex market opportunities and develop creative solutions to a wide variety of unique market problems. 
  
• Demonstrated track record of active collaboration, engagement, oversight, and strategy development of key growth opportunities.
  
• Skilled in organizational development, budget and resource development, and strategic planning. 
  
• Experience managing a team of high-performing leaders supporting a portfolio of ideation and incubation initiatives.
  
• Demonstrated visionary thinking and ability to translate business strategies that create or sustain competitive advantage.
  
• A demonstrated record of acting as an innovative thought leader and business partner to executives across multiple business units.
  
• Experience motivating, developing, coaching, and guiding people in a matrixed organization through change.
  
• Experience managing a team plus indirect staff across multiple geographies.
  
• Possess personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to Optum’s Vision and Values.
  
• Available for limited business travel (approx. 25%).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Business Administration preferred.
  
• 15+ years of combined experience in strategy & financial planning and leading strategic go-to-market initiatives of diverse scope in a large matrixed healthcare services, strategy consulting or software company.
  
• Experience supporting Provider Markets.

*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.