Vice President, Behavioral Health Underwriting - Minnetonka, MN - Full-time / Part-time

For those who believe in the power of data to help write the next chapter in the history of health care, here's your opportunity. An elite group of peers, variety of product lines, and rewards for delivering on our mission ensures you will always be challenged at UnitedHealth Group to do your life's best work.(sm)

The Vice President, Underwriting Behavioral Health is responsible for leading an underwriting team in support of achieving business goals and objectives for behavioral health, EAP and other related products within Optum Specialty Network. You will partner with product leaders to develop business strategies, benefit designs, procedures and protocols, and financial risk management strategies. You will also will support development of new products going to market. As the Vice President, you will build and maintain collaborative working relationships with business partners.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership to and is accountable for the performance and results through multiple layers of management and senior level professional staff


• Develops, translates and executes strategies


• Guides others to resolve highly complex business problems that affect underwriting, finance, account management, actuarial, healthcare economics and other business functions


• Drives programs that impact the EAP and behavioral market


• Develop a process for risk assessment, mitigation and reporting for the behavioral health products


• Establish review processes to ensure that Underwriting teams are appropriately reporting case-level projections in a consistent and accurate manner


• The successful candidate will possess strong client-facing skills and executive presence

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Math, Finance, Actuarial Science or related degree


• 10+ years of underwriting or Actuarial experience in health care, preferably managed care environment


• 5+ years of management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated expertise and health care experience in developing program rates and pricing methodologies


• FSA or ASA

UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow. Already Fortune 14, we are totally focused on innovation and change. We work a little harder. We aim a little higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And at the end of the day, we're doing a lot of good. Through our family of businesses and a lot of inspired individuals, we're building a high-performance health care system that works better for more people in more ways than ever. Now we're looking to reinforce our team with people who are decisive, brilliant - and built for speed. Come to UnitedHealth Group, and share your ideas and your passion for doing more. We have roles that will fit your skills and knowledge. We have diverse opportunities that will fit your dreams.

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