Senior Instructional Designer - Phoenix AZ or Overland Park KS - Full-time / Part-time

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OptumRx (a division of UnitedHealth Group) specializes in the delivery, clinical management and affordability of prescription medications and consumer health products. Our goal is to deliver high-quality, integrated services to promote optimal member outcomes, superior savings and outstanding customer service.
 
Primary responsibility will be for the effective design, development, and delivery of training programs and materials.  Responsibilities include conducting needs analysis, as well as designing, developing, and delivering, learning activities and communications that promote overall performance. This individual will also be responsible for evaluating learning outcomes to ensure effectiveness of programs and recommending/ implementing modifications as necessary.
 
The individual should be highly proficient in designing and delivering instructor-led, virtual and self-paced solutions.  The individual will work with SMEs to obtain training content and work across business segments to partner on portfolio and integrated training programs.  
 
As a Senior Instructional Designer, you will be responsible to keep abreast of various design strategies.  You will create original synchronous and asynchronous learning solutions in addition to converting existing instructor-led training programs.  The Instructional Designer will apply innovative and creative strategies including but not limited to web-based tutorials, documented procedures, audio and video vignettes, and simulations using various technology tools. In this role, you may act as a project manager over smaller efforts or be part of a design team with focus on larger efforts that may include a dedicated project manager.

Primary Responsibilities:


Applies a systems approach to curriculum design, re-design and development

Participates in the planning, development, and evaluation of learning programs from new hire training materials supporting ongoing learning and professional development of our operations learner audiences

Define learning objectives

Creates or converts existing instructor-led curriculum into an online learning format

Required Qualifications:


BA/BS degree (training or related field a plus); high school diploma with applicable experience will be considered

5+ years' experience working in an instructional design role, developing instructor-led and web-based training in a corporate environment

Experience with WebEx or similar online meeting tools 

5+ years' experience conducting in-person training and/or seminar/workshop topics and Web-based training in a corporate environment is a plus

Intermediate or better experience using Microsoft Office Suite programs to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Experience with Storyline, Articulate or Captivate, or comparable learning tools

Travel up to 25%
 
Preferred Qualifications:


Effective relationship building and relationship maintenance across business groups

Takes initiative, adapts readily to change, drives to solutions, quick learner

Effective organizational skills and decision-making abilities

Excellent leadership skills

Excellent listening, written, and verbal communication, presentation and facilitation skills

Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills

Able to achieve results in a highly matrix environment through influencing and leadership

Excellent project management, time management, organizational, and prioritization skills and ability to balance multiple priorities.

Demonstrate a willingness to experiment, innovate, and explore the potential in new approaches.
UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow.
Already Fortune 6, 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.Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)


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.

Keywords: training, Excel, Storyline, Phoenix, AZ, Arizona, Overland Park, KS, Kansas
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