The Role
Respond to customer chat and secure email inquiries about health benefits, using company tools and conversational written communication. Provide product information, interpret customer messages, maintain digital-channel familiarity, meet service goals, and work rotating 24/7 shifts while complying with company policies.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2345144
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.
Positions in this function are responsible for providing expertise and customer service support to members, customers, and/or providers. Direct Chat-based customer interaction to respond and resolve a wide variety of inquiries.
Primary Responsibilities:
Soft Skills:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
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.
Positions in this function are responsible for providing expertise and customer service support to members, customers, and/or providers. Direct Chat-based customer interaction to respond and resolve a wide variety of inquiries.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Take chat messages per day from customers who have questions about their health benefits
- Support secure email inquiries
- Use personality and our tools to help customers through the health care benefits available to them
- Communicate online in a conversational manner that promotes dialogue and establishes rapport. Associates must avoid poor grammar, misstatements, or lengthy explanation. Online writing necessitates that associate have an aptitude for knowing when to apply the "dos and don'ts" of online communication
- Type at a reasonable pace, typing speed of 30-35 words a minute (WPM)
- Provide product information, use service engagement skills, and efficiently use service resources
- Technology comfort and know-how: Associate must be adept at using the Associate Workspace, other technology, and automation tools
- App, Website, and SMS savvy: Consumers who accept an engagement will have high expectations of the associate's knowledge. Associate will need to maintain a high level of familiarity with the digital property the consumer is using
- Read between the lines." Visitors don't necessarily have good writing skills and advocates may have to interpret what the visitor is really asking by responding with a clarifying question or statement
- Adapt to continual change as the department fine-tunes the messaging program
- Maintain a healthy brand-to-consumer relationship that benefits the consumer. Communicate with consumers primarily through messaging. Unlike other forms of communication, messaging grants both you and the consumer time flexibility, and keeps you connected even after the immediate question has been answered. The result is superior customer service experience for the consumer, and a superior professional experience for you - where you can personalize your interactions and have a meaningful impact on our business
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Soft Skills:
- General knowledge of computers and business operations
- Solid keyboard skills and experience using helpdesk, ordering or CRM software
- Success in highly automated environment
- Dynamic and engaging written communication style
- Excellent interpersonal and business communications skills - verbal and written
- Proven ability to communicate articulately and credibly
- Demonstrated ability to achieve service goals
- Demonstrated self-motivation
Required Qualifications:
- Graduate Degree: BBA /BCA / BA / B. Com / BSc (excluding BTech / B.E / B Pharma)
- Experience Range: Freshers are considered - Up to 18 Months of preferred international BPO experience Chat / Voice process
- Proven attention to detail & quality focused
- Proven good analytical & comprehension skills
- Demonstrates proficiency in both verbal and written communication
- Willing to work in a 24/7 rotational environment, including night shifts, weekends, and holidays as required
Preferred Qualifications:
- Customer service experience
- Sales or account management experience
- Health Care/Insurance environment (familiarity with medical terminology, health plan documents, or benefit plan design)
- Knowledge of social work, behavioral health, disease prevention, health promotion and behavior change (working with vulnerable populations)
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.
Skills Required
- Graduate degree: BBA, BCA, BA, B.Com, or BSc (excluding BTech/B.E/B Pharma)
- Typing speed of 30-35 words per minute (WPM)
- Freshers considered; up to 18 months preferred international BPO Chat/Voice experience
- Proven attention to detail and quality focus
- Good analytical and comprehension skills
- Proficiency in verbal and written communication
- Willingness to work in a 24/7 rotational environment including nights, weekends, and holidays
- Adept with Associate Workspace, other technology, and automation tools
- Solid keyboard skills and experience using helpdesk, ordering, or CRM software
- Familiarity with apps, websites, and SMS customer channels
- Customer service experience
- Sales or account management experience
- Familiarity with health care/insurance environment or medical terminology
- Knowledge of social work, behavioral health, disease prevention, health promotion, or behavior change
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple plan types with employer HSA contributions, in‑network preventive care at 100%, and included 24/7 virtual visits, alongside dental and vision options. This breadth allows predictable copay choices or tax‑advantaged HSA designs to fit different usage needs.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with employer match eligibility and full vesting over time plus an Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a discount. Together these elements support long‑term savings and ownership.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include six weeks paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, adoption assistance, and subsidized Bright Horizons back‑up care. Emotional well‑being resources like a premium Calm subscription and a 24/7 EAP complement these supports.
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The Company
What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, 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 support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
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