Associate General Counsel - Eden Prairie, MN

Bring us your experience, your head for strategy, your strength with relationships and your eye for opportunity. In return we offer an unmatched place to grow and develop your career among a richly diverse group of businesses driven by the power and stability of a leading health care organization. Come help us heal and strengthen the health care system as you do your life's best work.(sm)

Associate General Counsel in Optum's customer contracting team is primarily responsible for drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and finalizing software, services and consulting contracts with clients. This role will interact with internal business units, external customers, vendors and strategic partners to provide timely updates and counsel on various legal and contractual issues. Experience advising companies in negotiation and drafting of technology and services agreements in the healthcare industry is preferred.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Advising internal clients on product or contract-related legal issues


• Maintain commercial agreements in corporate contract management system


• Continuous process improvement of contract templates

Required Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate (JD) degree


• 3+ years of experience with reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial technology and services contracts


• Strong verbal and written communication skills


• Ability to communicate effectively


• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint


• Strong customer service and interpersonal communication skills


• Ability to evaluate and determine appropriate legal course of action to meet business unit needs


• Ability to build and maintain rapport with superiors, peers, subordinates, and external company contacts

Optum is part of the family of companies that makes UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the US health care system.

Optum is one of the largest and fastest growing health information and services companies. We specialize in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services that enable better decisions and results. We integrate workflow solutions that deliver data in real-time, and create actionable insights - processing health information that relates directly to and affects one in four patients in the U.S, one in every three Medicaid dollars and one in every five emergency room visits. And we do it all with every action focused on our shared values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation & Performance.

What can YOU do with the right information? At Optum, the possibilities and the impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at Optum, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: 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.