Optum Medical Benefit Management (MBM) addresses the need to manage costly, complex, highly-visible disease states that can be treated at multiple sites of care and have wide variation in outcomes. Musculoskeletal (MSK) is one of many top disease states driving high spend and the MBM MSK product suite is an important set of products/solutions designed to reduce unnecessary costs while delivering quality outcomes and lowering total cost of care.
This MSK Product Leader will be dedicated to lead new product development and management; roadmap build, execution and innovation of solution delivery critical to enabling MBM’s growth. Establishing both internal and external relationships will be critical in driving viable program designs, relevant market value positioning and executable sales. This role will be a key leader across a matrixed organization, where influence will be necessary to meet operational requirements and expected product performance.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Define and lead MSK new product development, including the building and managing of the product roadmap, aligned to the MBM MSK product vision
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Identify solutions and programs that resonate for the MBM condition spend categories, delivering high-value and offering differentiated and compelling impacts
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Effectively identify and frame product opportunities, translating a vision into processes and requirements
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Manage profitable product performance at both client and market level, changing course or enhancing program design to ensure market needs are met
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Forecast revenue and savings opportunities associated with product initiatives; drive internal capital resources to support capability development needs
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Partner with functional area stakeholders to enable successful development and delivery of creative program solutions
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Navigate and influence multiple cross-functional teams in a complex, matrix work environment
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Manage cross-segment projects and initiatives that require problem solving, relationship building, influencing and analyzing
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Present product/capability concepts, impacts and value positioning to internal and external stakeholders
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Work closely with the sales team to develop and support sales strategy and product value messaging
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Key resource for MBM leadership on market trends, customer needs and product presentations
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:
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Bachelor’s degree
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8+ Years of experience product development/management
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Experience in leading complicated, cross-functional projects
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Strong demonstrated ability to lead business initiatives to a successful result
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Experience in complex, matrix organizations; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and the informal network
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Demonstrated leadership ability with cross-functional teams and consensus builder.
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Ability to effectively deal with levels of ambiguity—can effectively cope with change, can shift gears comfortably, can decide and act without having the total picture, comfortably handles risk and uncertainty
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Good negotiation, problem solving, planning and decision-making skills. Accurately scopes out projects, sets objectives and goals, develops schedules and resource assignments, measures performance against goals, and evaluates results
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Excellent follow through, attention to detail, and time management skills
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Team building and culture building experience
Preferred Qualifications:
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MBA or Master’s degree
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Healthcare Industry experience
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Ability to manage projects simultaneously and achieve goals. Uses resources effectively and efficiently
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Experience working in MSK and/or other highly complex clinical areas
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Experience in Agile development processes is a plus
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Effective formal presentation and facilitation skills in a variety of settings
Careers with Optum. Here’s the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world’s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life’s best work.SM
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.
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