Surest Senior Director, Benefit Innovation - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Minnetonka, MN

8d•$159,300 - $273,200•Remote

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 The Senior Director of Benefit Innovation is a senior leadership role responsible for enhancing the performance and expanding the capabilities of Surest plan designs. This role brings together rigorous performance monitoring, creative problem solving, deep benefit design expertise, and cross enterprise leadership to develop, define, and continuously refine current and future plan design capabilities. This leader owns portfolio level product decisions across fully insured, level funded, and next generation ASO offerings. The role serves as a strategic connector across Surest and UnitedHealthcare product leadership translating performance signals and market dynamics into clear decisions, priorities, and ultimately differentiated, scalable innovation. 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

10+ years of experience in health benefits consulting, or health design/product strategy
5+ years of demonstrated financial & actuarial experience, including monitoring health plan performance and pricing the cost of medical plan design modifications
3+ years of experience with advanced financial storytelling, presenting to senior leaders and successful stakeholder influence skills
Proven experience communicating with and influencing executive leadership, distilling complex inputs into clear decisions and driving outcomes across a matrixed enterprise.
Proven deep expertise in health plan performance and financial forecasting and employer sponsored healthcare purchasing
Willing and able to travel 10%25 +/- depending on business need

Nice To Haves

3+ years supporting alternative health plan designs or evaluating alternative health plan benefit designs
3+ years of experience managing a team of direct reports
Experience leading or scaling innovative, non traditional health plans or network based designs
Experience operating within product based or portfolio driven operating models
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI to move from vision to solution

Responsibilities

Own portfolio level performance strategy for Surest fully insured products, leading ongoing monitoring, calibration, and optimization of plan designs
Provide decisive leadership on benefit adjustments as financial performance and market conditions evolve
Set strategic direction for next generation Surest offerings, partnering with UHC product leaders to develop, launch, and scale initiatives that drive member behavior change and improve plan performance
Partner closely with Sales to ensure the Surest fully insured and level funded plan portfolios continue to evolve—remaining clearly differentiated, competitively positioned, and scaled to drive growth and retention
Translate benefit design, ontology, network, and platform changes into clear enterprise level implications for performance, investment priorities, and roadmap direction
Lead cross functional partnership with actuarial, analytics, clinical, operations, and technology leaders to identify performance and execution risks and drive aligned action
Regularly present product performance and strategy updates to senior leadership, monitoring financial outcomes, tracking initiative progress, and identifying growth opportunities