Associate People Business Partner

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.

This role is responsible for driving large scale and complex programs/ projects across various People Team functional areas leveraging expertise in the area of Project/Program Management, Change Management, Organizational Design and Analytics

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead programs and projects with broad scope and impact (including and not limited to) people strategy transformative efforts, M&A integrations, organization design, talent mobility, change management etc.
• Directs the design, planning, and implementation of large scale/ complex people intervention
• Drive to ensure that projects are completed on time and within scope/cost
• Engage and present to the Leadership Teams/Steering Committees on status of varied project/s
• Builds exceptional relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, communicating effectively with all levels

• Works cross-functionally, partnering with the business, people COEs and People Business Partners and any other key stakeholder to deliver programs effectively



• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Master's/Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• Experience in HR
• Experience in HR Consulting running medium to large sized programs, solid competency in Change Management, Organization Design and HR Analytics
• Experience in running medium to large sized programs with multiple stakeholders
• Experience of working in Highly Matrixed Environment
• Exposure to technologies like PeopleSoft, SAP, etc.
• Proven strategic thinker possessing the consulting capability
• Proven solid analytical ability of mind and proven ability to work with data and extract strategic insights from large data sets
• Solid history of quickly gaining credibility and partnering with business leaders
• Proven ability to leads others toward accomplishment, collaborative project team efforts and achievement of important project goals
• Proven excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proven excellent time management, organizational, and prioritization skills and ability to balance multiple/conflicting priorities
• Proven self-driven and motivated to own and deliver creative and inspired initiatives on time and of high quality
• Proven outstanding relationship building skills with a natural ability to build meaningful partnerships with colleagues and stakeholders, communicating effectively with all levels
• Proven effective leader, self-directed, proactive, and action-oriented with a solid degree of initiative and vision
• Proven executive presence and superior listening ability
• Demonstrated ability to influence and build solid relationships with leaders (at all levels) and people business partners across a matrixed organization

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.