Senior Director VBC Consolidation & Planning - Hybrid in MN

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

8h•Hybrid

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. At Optum, we are transforming health care to help people live healthier lives and to make the health system work better for everyone. As part of UnitedHealth Group, Optum combines data, technology, and clinical expertise to deliver more effective, affordable, and equitable care to millions of people across the country and around the world. Optum Health is a clinician-led, value-based care organization focused on improving patient outcomes, advancing care delivery, and simplifying the health care experience. We partner with physicians, health systems, employers, and communities to design innovative solutions that improve quality, affordability, and access to care. As a strategic leader you will play a central role in strengthening VBC financial governance, supporting external margin commitments, and enabling the broader VBC Strategy & Analytics operating model. The Senior Director of Value-Based Care (VBC) Consolidations & Planning is a critical leadership role responsible for establishing single-point accountability for enterprise VBC financial consolidation, benefit planning, and forecasting across risk models, reporting constructs, and delegated pricing arrangements. This role ensures consistent, decision-ready P&L views for executive leadership and UnitedHealthcare (UHC) partners during plan, forecast, and earnings cycles, as VBC scale and regulatory complexity continue to increase. This position follows a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
12+ years of progressive experience in healthcare finance, FP&A, actuarial finance, or value-based care economics
5+ years leadership experience (direct or indirect reporting relationships)
Deep expertise in value-based care financial models, risk arrangements, and provider economics
Demonstrated experience leading enterprise financial consolidation, planning, and forecasting processes
Solid understanding of Medicare Advantage and delegated pricing dynamics
Demonstrated leadership and hands-on experience, solid leader and motivator with the ability to develop talent within the organization
Ability to drive alignment and accountability across multiple teams and stakeholders
Demonstrated planning, project management and communication skills. Accurately scopes out projects, sets objectives and goals, develops schedules and resource assignments, measures performance against goals, and evaluates results
Ability to deal with ambiguity - can cope with change and comfortably handles risk and uncertainty in a manner consistent with UnitedHealth Group’s core values
Experience within large, matrix organizations with demonstrated business results

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree (MBA, MHA, MPH) or advanced degree / certification
UnitedHealth Group experience
Experience supporting earnings cycles, external reporting, or Board-level communication
Familiarity with CMS and other regulatory frameworks impacting value-based care performance
Prior experience leading large-scale financial remediation or performance improvement initiatives
Ability to work independently and effectively in a results-oriented, fast-paced environment
Ability to synthesize complex information to drive decision-making
Excellent communication skills; ability to independently produce written communication for executive leaders

Responsibilities

Own enterprise-wide VBC financial consolidation, ensuring consistent and accurate P&L views across risk models, reporting constructs, and lines of business
Lead VBC benefit planning and multi-year forecasting in support of plan, forecast, and earnings cycles, including alignment to external margin commitments
Serve as the primary finance partner supporting UnitedHealthcare delegated pricing, ensuring alignment between provider economics, plan assumptions, and enterprise financial targets
Establish and maintain disciplined governance, controls, and standard methodologies for VBC financial reporting, forecasting, and performance measurement
Coordinate financial oversight and execution tracking for more than $2B in VBC remediation initiatives, partnering closely with strategy, operations, actuarial, and clinical leaders
Translate complex regulatory, pricing, and performance dynamics into clear, consistent executive and Board-level financial narratives
Anticipate and proactively mitigate execution risk during high-impact cycles by driving alignment across finance, actuarial, strategy, and operational stakeholders
Support the maturation of the VBC Strategy & Analytics operating model by enabling scalable planning, reporting, and decision-support capabilities