Senior Director, Dei - Remote

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to startCaring. Connecting. Growing together.

This role will report to the Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This role assumes responsibility for developing, leading, and executing DEI integration strategies including external enterprise partnerships that further advance and embed DEI into the business, people and ESG strategies, organizational culture, and marketplace. This role will also own responsibilities for creating strategies and implementation frameworks for DEI business solutions identified through strategic initiatives and special projects such as DEI Research and Innovation Labs. This role will partner closely with the following leadership teams: Global DEI Office Leadership, Centralized DEI Talent Acquisition (TA), Talent Marketing, Talent Offices, Data Analytics, The Office of Sustainability, Leadership Advisory Councils and Employee Resource Groups (ERG).

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• DEI Integration Strategies and Operations
  • Oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the leadership of the Vice President, DEI
  • Collaborate cross functionally with business leaders to ideate, develop, and implement DEI strategic priorities as well as programs, and improve upon existing strategic initiatives
  • Project lead broad activities ranging from highly strategic to tactical
  • Drive global DEI principles and best practices throughout the enterprise and People
  • Ensures consistent and timely communication and flow of information between the Global DEI Office and applicable internal stakeholders
• Diverse Sourcing and Strategic Partnerships
  • Lead strategy and execution for TA and non-TA related diverse sourcing and strategic partnerships (e.g., development programs, external leadership conferences, memberships, brand recognition and ESG integration)
  • Negotiate new partnerships with potential partners and renegotiate existing partnerships to establish and/or continue mutually beneficial relationships
  • Monitoring market trends and competitor activities to identify potential opportunities
  • Establish key performance indicators and success measures
  • Provide oversight and relationship management for key external relationships, providing direction and support to internal cross-functional partners to ensure partnership awareness, opportunities, and consistent enterprise branding
  • Serve as an extended lead team member of the Centralized DEI TA team, leading strategy for TA activations for enterprise partnerships
  • Own high-impact external partner relationships, ensuring ongoing governance and sustainability of the partnership
  • Serve as a DEI thought partner to the People Team, Sustainability and business segment leaders for potential local partnership strategies, business integration and external engagement planning
  • Prepare board, executive, and enterprise-wide partnership updates, presentations, and communications
• People Leadership, Program Management & Business Planning
  • Lead a team of Associate Director, DEI Relationship Managers who serve as subject matter experts in developing and fostering strategic DEI partnership relationships, both internally and externally, that align to enterprise DEI and business areas of focus, talent, and employee groups
  • Allocate resources critical integration strategies, programs activations, events, and meetings, leveraging RMs, PMs and Global DEI Office analyst(s)
  • Ensure governance and communication tactics are coordinated with cross-functional partners
  • Oversee strategic, operational, and financial planning (operating budgets) as well as key program management in support of the Global DEI Office
  • Lead improvements to current processes, team/organizational structures, and coordinate organizational procedures for optimized efficiency and productivity

***25% Travel required for role***

Years of post-high school education can be substituted/is equivalent to years of experience.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in business or human resources
• 5+ years of experience defining and deploying DEI related strategies for an enterprise at both company and employee levels
• 5+ years of experience of formal people leadership (developing and managing teams)
• 5+ years of experience in managing external high-level partnerships and sponsorships that support ESG, DEI and/or people strategies
• 5+ years of experience defining and deploying operational plans with defined measures of success
• 5+ years of Talent Acquisition experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Currently a Sr. Director or equivalent
• Experience leading and implementing DEI strategies and operational plans
• Talent acquisition and/or talent management experience
• Demonstrated ability to move seamlessly between strategy and execution
• Demonstrated ability of leading a team and delivering upon complex large-scale, projects (project management), delivering quality work against deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to autonomously operate in dynamic, fast paced, matrixed organizations
• Demonstrated consultation skills with the ability to work cross functionally, managing horizontally and vertically
• Demonstrated analytical skills with the ability to develop insights from data to influence and drive decision making
• Demonstrated ability to oversee large budgets and lead business planning
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively through written, verbal and design skills

• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $147,300 to $282,800 annually. 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.

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.