Director of Customer Success

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

1d•$134,600 - $230,800

About The Position

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Director, Procurement Effectiveness - Optum Health will serve as a strategic customer success and governance leader for Enterprise Procurement supporting major Optum Health business partners, clinical stakeholders, and complex care delivery organizations. The role is responsible for (i) improving customer experience, (ii) strengthening stakeholder relationships, (iii) increasing visibility into Procurement work intake, and (iv) ensuring sourcing and supplier-related requests are progressing effectively across complex operating environments. This position will act as a primary relationship and escalation partner for large or complex customer groups, helping translate business needs into actionable Procurement engagement, governance, reporting, and process-improvement priorities. Strategic Purpose of the Role This role exists to create a more consistent, proactive, and customer-centered Procurement experience across Optum Health by: Serving as a single strategic point of coordination for complex Procurement customer activity Improving visibility into procurement requests, supplier verification requests, governance workstreams, and customer escalations Strengthening relationships with clinical, operational, integration, and regional business leaders Identifying process gaps, cycle-time issues, handoff breakdowns, and customer pain points Driving continuous improvement in Procurement service delivery and customer satisfaction

Requirements

7+ years of experience in procurement, sourcing, supply chain, customer success, operations, governance, process improvement, or related business functions
Experience using data, reporting, and business insights to identify process gaps, cycle-time issues, service performance trends, and improvement opportunities
Demonstrated experience managing complex stakeholder relationships across clinical, operational, procurement, legal, compliance, finance, and executive audiences
Proven ability to lead governance routines, operating reviews, escalation processes, or cross-functional workstreams in a matrixed organization
Demonstrated solid communication skills with the ability to translate complex operational issues into clear, executive-ready updates, recommendations, and action plans
Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, clarify ownership, drive accountability, and move complex issues toward resolution

Responsibilities

Serve as a Procurement customer success lead for large, complex, or high-priority Optum Health customer groups, including major CDOs and regional business partners and Acquired Entities
Build and maintain trusted relationships with clinical governance/operations, care delivery operations, integration teams, category management, enterprise procurement, and executive stakeholders
Act as the primary Procurement relationship partner for assigned customer segments, ensuring business needs are understood, translated, prioritized, and connected to the appropriate Procurement resources
Facilitate proactive customer engagement to identify emerging service issues, recurring pain points, and opportunities to improve the Procurement experience
Support leadership escalations by clarifying root cause, business impact, ownership, next steps, and resolution path
Lead or support Procurement governance routines across Optum Health, including executive-level updates, workstream reviews, regional report-outs and engagement, and customer-specific operating reviews
Prepare clear, business-oriented reporting that summarizes request status, bottlenecks, risks, aging items, escalation themes, and recommended interventions
Partner with Procurement leadership to ensure governance discussions are focused on business outcomes, service performance, customer experience, and decision-making needs
Create transparency across multiple workstreams by connecting customer feedback, operational metrics, category activity, and sourcing progress
Ensure major customer forums result in clear ownership, documented actions, and visible follow-through
Own the assessment of Procurement service effectiveness for assigned Optum Health customer groups
Analyze process performance by customer/CDO, category team, category manager, workstream, and request type
Identify recurring breakdowns in material request intake, supplier validation, handoffs, comments, approvals, and cycle-time performance
Develop recommendations to improve turnaround time, customer communication, request quality, intake discipline, supplier transition support, and stakeholder satisfaction
Partner with operational teams to implement improvement actions while maintaining clear distinction between strategic process ownership and tactical execution
Develop and interpret customer-facing metrics related to request volume, cycle time, aging, handoffs, bottlenecks, ownership, and customer experience
Use data to identify where Procurement processes are working well and where customer experience is breaking down
Translate operational data into executive-ready insights and actionable recommendations
Partner with category, operations, and governance teams to create reporting that supports prioritization, accountability, and service improvement
Present findings to Procurement and Optum Health leaders in a concise, financially and operationally relevant manner
Serve as a senior point of coordination for complex customer escalations requiring Procurement leadership attention
Triage escalations by business impact, risk, urgency, stakeholder sensitivity, and required decision authority
Coordinate with category leaders, sourcing teams, operations teams, legal, compliance, clinical stakeholders, and integration partners to move escalated issues toward resolution
Ensure escalations are documented with clear ownership, decision points, dependencies, and customer communication expectations
Identify patterns in escalations and recommend systemic changes to reduce repeat issues