Associate Director, AI Transformation and Strategy - Remote
Posted 2025-08-23
Remote, USA
Full Time
Immediate Start
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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 <strong style="font-weight: bold;">Caring. Connecting. Growing together.</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The AI Transformation and Strategy team, led by our Chief AI Transformation and Strategy Officer, owns the development of our enterprise AI strategy and modernization agenda. Our small but highly empowered team drives high-impact AI initiatives to deliver significant value to our business and those we serve.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As the Associate Director of AI Transformation and Strategy, you'll support our Senior Director, AI Transformation and Strategy. You'll help the team advance our mission by developing exec-level content, project managing major initiatives, and delivering high impact strategic analyses. You’ll also collaborate with internal business and technology stakeholders to develop AI/ML strategies for key opportunities across UnitedHealth Group businesses, including UnitedHealthcare, Optum Financial, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Primary Responsibilities:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Enterprise Strategy<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with internal business and technology stakeholders to define and execute an AI strategy that aligns with UnitedHealth Group’s business goals, regulatory requirements, and healthcare industry trends</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Conduct research on market trends, the competitive landscape, and emerging AI technologies to identify opportunities for improved healthcare quality and outcomes, commercialization, and greater operational efficiency</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Generate written analyses, primarily in the form of slide decks and memos, to make the business case, quantify value, evaluate options, and present strategic recommendations for the use and development of AI within UHG</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support strategic investment decisions and execution strategies for AI initiatives, ensuring alignment with UHG’s business and quality objectives</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Encourage a culture of AI literacy across the organization, enabling business leaders to leverage AI for strategic decision-making</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure consistency in internal and external communications used to describe AI applications at UHG</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Corporate Development and Partnerships<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support AI-related corporate development strategy, including identifying and evaluating acquisition and partnership targets </span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Facilitate strategic partnerships with AI technology providers, startups, research institutions, and industry partners</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Create integration plans for acquired AI technologies, ensuring seamless alignment with existing platforms and business units</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Implementation and Execution<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Drive stakeholder alignment across business, operations, and technology to ensure AI engagements are set up to deliver measurable outcomes, receive cross-functional support, and minimize business disruption</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Define and track KPIs of AI implementations to monitor progress, measure success, and project manage delivery</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Product Strategy<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with UHG’s AI, product, and engineering teams to define the vision, roadmap, and execution strategy for AI-powered products and solutions within UHG</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure best practices leveraged for AI use case identification, model development, and output validation to maintain compliance with healthcare regulations (HIPAA, CMS, etc.)</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop frameworks for measuring AI value and ROI, ensuring alignment with business KPIs, quality standards, and key timelines</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Reinforce responsible AI practices, including bias mitigation, transparency, and fairness in all AI builds and implementations</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><br><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></span></p><br><br><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Required Qualifications:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5+ years of professional experience </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience in strategy, including the development of strategic recommendations for large organizations and/or complex use cases</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience working in healthcare and/or on healthcare projects</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience in project management, including 2+ years of leading high impact initiatives</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience supporting senior leaders, including the creation of rigorous analyses and executive-level slide decks and memos</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience collaborating directly with executives and/or senior stakeholders</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Proven to be a self-starter who is excited to take on open-ended projects and run with time-sensitive, high priority asks</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Proven excellent oral and written communication skills </span></span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience in consulting </span></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with AI/ML products and strategy</span></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Working knowledge of UnitedHealthcare, Optum and/or UHG businesses</span></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Demonstrated expertise in healthcare, especially in provider or payor space</span></span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>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.</em></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.</em></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.</em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The AI Transformation and Strategy team, led by our Chief AI Transformation and Strategy Officer, owns the development of our enterprise AI strategy and modernization agenda. Our small but highly empowered team drives high-impact AI initiatives to deliver significant value to our business and those we serve.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As the Associate Director of AI Transformation and Strategy, you'll support our Senior Director, AI Transformation and Strategy. You'll help the team advance our mission by developing exec-level content, project managing major initiatives, and delivering high impact strategic analyses. You’ll also collaborate with internal business and technology stakeholders to develop AI/ML strategies for key opportunities across UnitedHealth Group businesses, including UnitedHealthcare, Optum Financial, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Primary Responsibilities:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Enterprise Strategy<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with internal business and technology stakeholders to define and execute an AI strategy that aligns with UnitedHealth Group’s business goals, regulatory requirements, and healthcare industry trends</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Conduct research on market trends, the competitive landscape, and emerging AI technologies to identify opportunities for improved healthcare quality and outcomes, commercialization, and greater operational efficiency</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Generate written analyses, primarily in the form of slide decks and memos, to make the business case, quantify value, evaluate options, and present strategic recommendations for the use and development of AI within UHG</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support strategic investment decisions and execution strategies for AI initiatives, ensuring alignment with UHG’s business and quality objectives</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Encourage a culture of AI literacy across the organization, enabling business leaders to leverage AI for strategic decision-making</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure consistency in internal and external communications used to describe AI applications at UHG</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Corporate Development and Partnerships<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Support AI-related corporate development strategy, including identifying and evaluating acquisition and partnership targets </span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Facilitate strategic partnerships with AI technology providers, startups, research institutions, and industry partners</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Create integration plans for acquired AI technologies, ensuring seamless alignment with existing platforms and business units</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Implementation and Execution<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Drive stakeholder alignment across business, operations, and technology to ensure AI engagements are set up to deliver measurable outcomes, receive cross-functional support, and minimize business disruption</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Define and track KPIs of AI implementations to monitor progress, measure success, and project manage delivery</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Product Strategy<o:p></o:p></b></span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with UHG’s AI, product, and engineering teams to define the vision, roadmap, and execution strategy for AI-powered products and solutions within UHG</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure best practices leveraged for AI use case identification, model development, and output validation to maintain compliance with healthcare regulations (HIPAA, CMS, etc.)</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop frameworks for measuring AI value and ROI, ensuring alignment with business KPIs, quality standards, and key timelines</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Reinforce responsible AI practices, including bias mitigation, transparency, and fairness in all AI builds and implementations</span></span><o:p></o:p></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><br><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></span></p><br><br><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Required Qualifications:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5+ years of professional experience </span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience in strategy, including the development of strategic recommendations for large organizations and/or complex use cases</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience working in healthcare and/or on healthcare projects</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience in project management, including 2+ years of leading high impact initiatives</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience supporting senior leaders, including the creation of rigorous analyses and executive-level slide decks and memos</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience collaborating directly with executives and/or senior stakeholders</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Proven to be a self-starter who is excited to take on open-ended projects and run with time-sensitive, high priority asks</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Proven excellent oral and written communication skills </span></span></li>
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<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience in consulting </span></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Experience with AI/ML products and strategy</span></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Working knowledge of UnitedHealthcare, Optum and/or UHG businesses</span></span></li>
<li style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Demonstrated expertise in healthcare, especially in provider or payor space</span></span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>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.</em></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.</em></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.</em></span></span></p>