Associate Director, Early-Stage Enterprise Strategy and Partnerships - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

17d•$112,700 - $193,200•Remote

About The Position

The UHG Enterprise Strategy and Partnerships team, which reports up through the UHG Chief Strategy and Growth Office, is focused on driving cross-enterprise efforts that span the breadth of the UHG portfolio (UHC and Optum). We work with technology, product, and P&L executive owners to identify market opportunities, create strategic plans, build partnership, and drive company shaping decisions. Team members have solid analytical problem-solving skills and can break down some of the company’s most difficult challenges into discrete, solvable workstreams and projects. This role involves working with UHG’s leaders, innovative startups and other private companies, and the broader investment community to support innovation and transformation across the healthcare landscape. The Associate Director, Early-Stage Enterprise Strategy & Partnerships is an experienced business strategist and relationship builder who provides thought leadership, market analysis, and project execution to guide the development of innovative partnership opportunities and market insights that drive enterprise growth and operational excellence. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Requirements

4+ years of working experience
3+ years of healthcare experience
3+ years of strategy consulting experience, corporate strategy experience, or venture capital experience
Solid problem-solving skillset, including experience structuring ambiguous problems, developing hypotheses, and translating analysis into recommendations and actions
Experience leading small project teams or workstreams
Experience communicating data and strategic frameworks to executive audiences
Experience conducting commercial due diligence in service of investments / M&A or commercial partnerships
Experience with financial analysis and company valuation
Demonstrated ability to travel up to 20%25 (may be required depending on projects)

Nice To Haves

Experience with venture investments or venture-stage businesses
Experience at a health or technology company with exposure to AI-enabled healthcare products
Demonstrated conceptual, analytical, and financial modeling skills
Demonstrated career successes in influencing across levels in a matrixed organization and converting ideas into executed partnerships and transactions

Responsibilities

Deliver data-driven insights to support cross-UHG initiatives spanning growth strategy, operational excellence, and client / external party partnerships; work across Optum, UnitedHealthcare, and external parties
Analyze industry trends, customer needs, competitive threats, expansion opportunities and internal performance to support strategic projects across UHG businesses
Develop and manage relationships with venture capital firms, startups, and other ecosystem partners to uncover emerging market insights and differentiated opportunities for UHG
Lead thematic research and curated executive learning forums to help disseminate market insights within UHG and build conviction on areas of opportunity
Lead the development of external partnership and value creation theses, assisting broadly with deal execution, including deal positioning and valuation, thinking beyond Optum and UHC business units to develop UHG-level enterprise strategy and solutions.
Enable actionable decision-making, corporate prioritization, corporate development, and strategy communication (Executive management, Board, investors, company)
Conduct internal and external primary and secondary research activities, financial modeling / growth projection analyses, and build and deliver presentations
Nurture and develop solid relationships with business unit leaders and corporate strategy teammates
Scoping, initiating, planning, executing, and closing strategy projects
Support the corporate planning process and ad hoc projects for executives