Associate Compensation Director

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Position in this function supports the Optum Insight business in the design, development, implementation and administration of compensation programs related to base salary, annual cash bonus plans, rewards and recognition initiatives, sales compensation, and equity compensation.  Staying ahead of market trends and providing proactive solutions to help drive key business initiatives and priorities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Act as an internal and external consultant to the business, responsible for building solid relationships with leaders of each business to ensure effective compensation solutions and strengthen engagement
• Works directly with People Business Partners on complex field-initiated projects to drive business results, generally with no oversight
• Work with the leadership in Compensation to proactively identify value added compensation initiatives
• Assist in the design of new and/or revised incentive or reward and recognition programs. Ensures programs and plans are competitive, cost effective, drive and reward a high-performance culture and are aligned with UnitedHealth Group's current and future strategic direction
• Work with leadership in Compensation to lead annual common review process, including planning, communications, analysis and management of key process areas
• Works on the most complex compensation projects.  Independently drives and completes the projects with little to no oversight
• Independently leads mergers and acquisition efforts to include due diligence and integration activities
• Evaluates new jobs for appropriate title and grade, typically at the manager and director levels
• Remain abreast of best practices and thought in the compensation field
• Design and deliver training to managers, Business partners and associates
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of compensation experience. Includes business acumen and an understanding of people team practices
• Specific technical expertise in compensation theory and best practices
• Demonstrated experience in leading complex and longer-term projects to completion
• Demonstrated solid history of quickly building relationships and gaining credibility with people team and business sr. management
• Demonstrated solid project management skills, highly organized, with an ability to manage multiple competing priorities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications, such as CCP 
• Experience working in human resources shared service delivery model 
• Experience working in a matrix environment
• Working knowledge of PeopleSoft or comparable ERP System
• Solid technical background with Excel and PowerPoint 
• Proven ability to lead and work effectively within teams and across the organization
• Proven ability to lead and mentor others

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.