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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Senior Manager Pricing Product leads strategic pricing products with enterprise impact. Acts as a trusted advisor and strategic partnership to Optum leadership. Responsible for the pricing product management strategy, execution/delivery methodology, and realizing business benefits across the Industry and Network Relations Portfolio. This role is accountable for creating/evolving and executing strategic pricing product improvements and enhancements, visibility into operational execution, and overseeing the needed analytics to drive improved results for our clients and consumers.

The position can be a remote position, but flexibility in location exists for the stellar candidate who is willing to travel approximately 10 % of the time.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams of SMEs in the improvement, development, and management of highly complex pricing products and strategies and ultimate sale and operationalization of these enterprise-level strategies
• The Industry and Network Relations organization is responsible for over $1.5B of retail margin and over $20B of annual gross rebates. These initiatives will ensure the organization is forward-thinking and innovative in pricing solutions to continue to drive value to retain and win business and hit Optum financial targets
• Provide strategic guidance for new pricing strategies that impact not only Industry and Network Relations, but the broader Optum organization
• Develop and execute business cases of systems and process enhancements needed for new pricing strategies
• Translate new pricing strategies actionable plans and oversee execution and adoption of the plan
• Ability to accomplish work through others
• Ability to report out to leadership in a meaningful way
• Direct cross-functional teams while fostering relationships with matrix stakeholders, ensuring commitment and support to solve complex business opportunities
• Translates highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences
• Works closely with the company’s executive leaders to identify new pricing opportunities and provide a strategic road map of programs for implementation across the organization
• Innovative thinking within process and system design
• This role requires significant cross-organizational partnership and the ability to influence change across OptumRx teams

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field
• 7+ years of direct product management and/or product development experience including exposure to at least three (3) of the following areas:
  • PBM pricing
  • Healthcare pricing
  • Process Improvement/transformation
  • Performing business/financial analysis
  • External consulting/auditing/risk analysis
  • Healthcare and managed care experience
  • Customer journey/experience
  • Organizational change management
  • IT solution/architecture
• 2+ years of project management experience, including multi-phase, large-scale change projects
• Experience successfully building, scaling and continuously evolving products
• Experience developing strategic plans and accomplishing work thru others
• Proven track record of managing large scale, complex projects and collaborating effectively cross-functionally
• Proven strategic thinking and planning skills, combined with ability to create and execute corresponding operational plans
• Proven ability to create structure, clarity and effective project plans, when faced with ambiguity and complexity
• Proven ability to develop effective partnerships and networks, collaborating and influencing broadly and at multiple levels in the organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• PBM experience
• Healthcare experience
• Experience creating PowerPoint presentations for leadership & internal/external clients
• Experience presenting products to clients and consultants

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $101,200 to $184,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.