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 Director of Commercial Actuarial Practice is a consulting role accountable for selling, managing and delivering high value services to payer customers within Optum's Advisory Services. The Director will be responsible for innovating services to meet payers emerging needs. In addition, the Director will work across the actuarial team to assure best practices are followed to assure high standards of delivery as the actuarial team works with non-actuarial subject matter experts across the organization.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing actuarially sound services to meet client needs in the areas of risk adjustment, population health, product strategy, total cost of care and other areas of interest to payers
• Delivering consulting projects on time and within budget
• Provide peer review to other team members, and work with actuarial team to execute best practices in project delivery
• Contribute to all aspects of the sales process including lead generation, pursuit, pricing and closure at an individual and team level

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:

• Undergraduate degree
• Actuarial credentials of ASA or FSA
• 7+ years of healthcare experience
• 3 + years of consulting experience
• Experience in leading customer engagements within consulting environment
• Proven adept at working with large databases that have several million members
• Proven comfortable in working in SAS, R, and/or Python and can teach others best practices

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven ability to mentor team members
• Proven to work well within team environment
• Proven active within the various actuarial organizations

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

The salary range for this role is $124,500 to $239,400 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.