Executive Director, Community and State - Hybrid in New Jersey

UnitedHealth GroupEast Brunswick, NJ
Hybrid

About The Position

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Positions in this function include those responsible for planning and directing all aspects of a division's operational policies, objectives, and initiatives. Included day to day site operations, management leadership internal and external to organization, accountable for financial and non-financial results (budgets and actuals). Develops policies and procedures for operational processes in order to ensure optimization and compliance with established standards and regulations. May manage the P&L of a business or part of a business unit. Manage daily operations of multiple levels of staff and multiple functions/departments across one or more business units. Project management and implementation, staff management. This position is responsible for the management of multiple significant clinical programs and services for multiple populations within a state (CHIP, LTSS,DSNP, etc). This role is focused on the delivery of clinical programs and services including quality, improving affordability, and overall clinical effectiveness they typically report to the Health Plan CEO. This position follows a hybrid schedule with Three in-office days per week.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of healthcare leadership experience
  • Deep operational experience that includes metrics based management, headcount and resource planning and growth focus
  • Depth of care management experience, ideally with MLTSS
  • Demonstrated people management experience driving strong employee experience
  • Ability to establish and maintain a strong working relationship with state partners
  • Ability to work collaboratively
  • All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
  • Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Responsibilities

  • Develops and executes strategies for a function or discipline that span a large business unit or multiple markets/sites
  • Directs others to resolve business problems that affect multiple functions or disciplines
  • Product, service or process decisions are most likely to impact multiple functions and/or customer accounts
  • Manage daily operations of multiple levels of staff and multiple functions/departments across one or more business units.
  • Project management and implementation, staff management.

Benefits

  • a comprehensive benefits package
  • incentive and recognition programs
  • equity stock purchase
  • 401k contribution

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Executive

Education Level

No Education Listed

Number of Employees

5,001-10,000 employees

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