Director, Technology

UnitedHealth Group•Minnetonka, MN

1d•$134,600 - $230,800

About The Position

The Director, UHCT Capital & Benefits Governance & Workforce Strategy serves as the single accountable owner for UHCT capital management, workforce strategy, and benefits financial integrity, operating at the intersection of finance, workforce planning, and executive decision support. It translates inputs from CDM, TRAITS, Finance, and hiring plans into a clear, defensible enterprise position, reconciling differences across systems and aligning tradeoffs among funding, timing, and capacity. Representing UHCT in governance forums, the role documents approvals, offsets, and capacity implications before escalation. With an enterprise view across capital and AI investments, this leader connects decisions across domains, surfaces risks early, and ensures staffing, capital allocation, and benefits performance are aligned to support timely, high-quality decisions across UHCT and Optum Technology.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in strategy, finance, workforce planning, or technology operations
Experience working with senior leadership (CIO/CTO level) to influence decisions
Proven experience operating in highly matrixed, enterprise environments
Solid financial acumen with experience in capital planning, forecasting, and reconciliation
Demonstrated ability to translate complex data into executive-level insights and narratives
Demonstrated exceptional analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

Own the enterprise view of total capital and spend, including forecast, run rate, and expected year-end outcomes
Establish and maintain a clear, CIO-aligned opinion on capital deployment, including prioritization and tradeoffs
Partner with CIO leadership and finance to ensure capital allocation aligns to strategic priorities and delivery capacity
Track and manage AI MBR-approved investments, ensuring clear visibility to incremental demand, identified offsets against underruns, and alignment between approved investment and staffing plans
Partner closely with Finance to align on expected underruns, track newly approved initiatives, and maintain a continuous forward-looking capital outlook
Own reconciliation across CDM, TRAITS, and Finance-reported benefit financials, ensuring a single, trusted view of the numbers
Identify, investigate, and resolve discrepancies across systems, establishing clear reconciliations and auditability
Develop a month-over-month understanding of benefits performance, including drivers of change and emerging risks
Translate financials into an executive-level narrative, moving beyond reporting to explain why numbers are changing, highlight implications to the business, and provide a forward-looking perspective
Align closely with Finance to ensure consistency, accuracy, and credibility in all reported metrics and messaging
Serve as the single accountable owner representing UHCT in workforce governance forums, ensuring alignment to funding, strategy, and delivery priorities
Own end-to-end requisition governance, including intake, validation, justification, and executive-ready materials
Develop and articulate a holistic workforce “position”, integrating data, leadership input, and delivery realities
Act as trusted advisor to CIOs, providing insight on tradeoffs, risks, and workforce implications of business decisions
Own the financial and workforce narrative for executive reporting (e.g., MBR, QBR, month-end close)
Provide decision-ready insights to CIOs and senior leaders, including risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations
Serve as the connective layer between data, finance, and delivery, ensuring leaders have a clear, unified view of performance