Associate People Business Partner, OptumRx - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

19h•Remote

About The Position

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. The Associate People Business Partner supports OptumRx PBM Growth and Retention and will help shape and execute the People Team and talent strategies, creating a wealth of opportunity for an experienced people team strategic partner to contribute across a broad range of priorities, including culture building, workforce strategy, organization effectiveness, talent agenda, leadership bench strength, and employee experience. 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. 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.

Requirements

7+ years of people team (human resources) experience, with 5+ years of independently supporting client groups in a People Business Parter or Generalist capacity
Experience working within a matrixed (i.e. shared services delivery model) environment at a large, global, complex organization
Experience directly supporting Sr. leaders
Experience developing and implementing workforce strategy, aligned with and driving business outcomes
Experience leading organization design and implementing change
Demonstrated experience applying data and analytics to influence decision making and business outcomes
Intermediate to advanced MS Excel skills
Proven consulting skills across various types of critical stakeholders
Demonstrated competence in leading and driving the talent agenda, including developing a solid leadership bench

Nice To Haves

3+ years of experience serving in a business partner role representing Human Resources, providing strategic guidance and support to business units
Demonstrated history of positive employee experience through all aspects of People Team work
Demonstrated ability to support teams with meaningful global populations
Demonstrated ability to support Sales/Acct Management teams

Responsibilities

Consulting & Coaching: Partner with leaders to develop and design strategies aligned with business outcomes
Culture and Employee Experience: Support the business with a deep understanding of culture, inclusion, diversity, and the drivers impacting a positive employee experience. Plays a key role in helping shape the strategy and action plans that maintain a positive, rewarding, and inclusive environment
Data and Analytics: Leverage data and analytics to influence and drive decision making and action. Designs, develops, and deploys solutions through on-going analysis and tying multiple data sets together to recommend action aligned with business strategies
Organizational Development: Uses a consulting framework to improve the health and effectiveness of the organization through various methods, tools and techniques impacting business results. Examples including organization design, change enablement and leadership, workforce planning, and leadership coaching
Talent Management: Understands the organizational talent strategy, talent plans and supply chain of internal and external talent. Drives business talent strategy and plans by applying talent acquisition, workforce planning, total rewards and inclusion and diversity practices to drive talent outcomes
Business Fluency: Financial understanding and business operations knowledge. Understands how the business unit operates, major categories of cost and how profits are generated. Able to articulate the strategy, customer base and external factors impacting the business