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.
Design at UnitedHealth Group is ready for its next phase of growth. We need Executive Design leadership that can support and sustain enduring design teams that will work as partners to our business and product development teams across all channels. We need talented Design leaders to ensure that we are best serving our membership in the spaces that matter the most. If you are committed to creating and leading a Design team, having meaningful work in one of the most important domains and helping elevate human-centered design please reach out. The enterprise Design Group at UnitedHealth Group is inspired to recruit talent from diverse backgrounds for every level and discipline. We appreciate that we will better serve our Membership when we grow a team that better represents everyone.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• As a people leader you will
  • Lead a team of UX professionals (UI, UX, and Interaction designer) supporting 2 major areas of enterprise capabilities including design system and common components/capabilities
  • Provide oversight and leadership to a team (may include employees, contract personnel and/or vendor partners and their resources)
  • Effectively manage team work load and ensure knowledge sharing and cross-training of team members to effectively support the business and execute on team/function deliverables
  • Develop and maintain a high-performing team through effective hiring, coaching and performance management
  • Manage the resource workload, ensuring capacity to project work ratios are in balance
  • Manage multiple design teams within Enterprise Capabilities
  • Onboard business partners into Design best practices and ensure executive sponsorships
• As a strategist you will
  • Work at the intersection of business strategy and experience design to champion holistic experiences
  • Partner with senior leaders, engineering and product teams to ensure successful and high quality experiences
  • Lead design strategy discussions at the highest levels of the enterprise
  • Support critical communications and decision related to the Design organization
  • Influence and partner cross-functional partners, including product, engineering, strategy, data and analytics to achieve outcomes
  • Facilitate design thinking moments for sponsors and product partners
  • Understand and partner across Omnichannel teams to ensure communication and experience consistency
  • Bring a bias to the teams for Enterprise solutions that support common experience needs

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:

• Portfolio link on your resume is required. The portfolio must showcase work that you did and/or managed. It must be work that was delivered/executed
• 7+ years of experience in design or related field
• Experience with people leadership, including hiring, leading and coaching direct reports
• Experience with a variety of UX research methodologies and their appropriate application
• Experience with creating and presenting compelling presentations to clearly convey complex concepts
• Experience managing or supporting organizational finances
• Broad knowledge of UX research, Information Architecture, design, and interaction design with deep knowledge in at least one area
• Broad knowledge of Design disciplines
• Proven exceptional written and verbal communication and presentation skills, including the ability to clearly articulate and educate on UX best practices, industry standards, best practices and emerging trends
• Proven highly motivated and influential leader with ability to take initiative, set priorities and perform tasks with minimal guidance
• Proven expertise in managing priorities, strategies, relationships
• Proven ability to interpret product requirements documents from a user-centered perspective
• Proven executive level presentation skills, ability to speak organization wide on Design and Design impact
• 25% travel required for one who doesn't reside in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher
• Experience leveraging enterprise Design Systems
• Healthcare domain experience
• Vendor management

Total Compensation. As part of your total compensation package, which includes base, bonus opportunity, PTO and holiday pay, you will also receive these benefits at these rates, not to mention a remote work opportunity and healthy work/life balance.
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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 $142,300 to $273,200. 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.