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 People Business Consultant will help shape and execute the people and talent strategies for our Optum Care Delivery Organization, creating a wealth of opportunity for an experienced people team strategic partner to contribute across a broad range of priorities, including culture building, workforce strategy, organization effectiveness, talent agenda, leadership bench strength, and employee experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Consulting & Coaching: Partner with leaders to develop and design strategies aligned with business outcomes

• Organizational Development: Uses a consulting framework to improve the health and effectiveness of the organization through various methods, tools and techniques impacting business results. Examples including organization design, leading through change, change management, workforce planning, effective leadership, and coaching

• Data and Analytics: Leverages data and analytic skills to drive decision making and action. Designs, develops and deploys solutions through on-going analysis and tying multiple data sets together to recommend action aligned with business strategies

• Talent Management: Understands the organizational talent strategy, talent plans and supply chain of internal and external talent. Drives business talent strategy and plans by applying talent acquisition, workforce planning, total rewards and inclusion and diversity practices to drive talent outcomes. Partner with COE’s especially with Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Legal and Employee Relations

• Culture and Employee Experience: Deep understanding of culture, diversity and the drivers impacting a positive employee experience. Fosters inclusion, diversity and culture practices to create and maintain a positive, rewarding, and inclusive environment

• Business Fluency: Financial understanding and business operations knowledge. Understands how the business unit operates, major categories of cost and how profits are generated. Able to articulate the strategy, customer base and external factors impacting the business

• Diversity & Inclusion: Integrates, aligns, and embeds Inclusion and Diversity Strategy within the People Strategy and all aspects of People Team Work

• Acquisitions and Growth: Applies all People Team processes and policies for all new business acquisitions

• Employee Relations: Experience with conducting investigations, ER for Clinical population, ability to provide a bridge between the local business and Employee Relations team

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:

• 3+ years of people team/human resources experience

• Proven consulting skills across various types of critical stakeholders

• Demonstrated experience applying data and analytics to influence decision making and business outcomes

• Experience implementing talent strategies and executing plans aligned with the culture and overall employee experience to drive business outcomes

• Demonstrated experience in business fluency and knowledge

• Demonstrated competence in understanding the talent agenda, including developing a solid leadership bench

• Demonstrated understanding of developing and implementing workforce strategy, aligned with and driving business outcomes

• Ability to support/travel to clinics in Riverside County

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of human capital experience

• 3+ years of healthcare experience

• Experience working within a matrixed (i.e. shared services delivery model) environment at a large, global, complex organization

• Multi-Unit experience

• Demonstrated history of positive employee experience through all aspects of Human Capital work

• Experience leading organization design and implementing change

California Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $88,000 to $173,200 annually. 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.

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.