Director Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) - 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 start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The primary focus of the Director Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is to drive the development and execution of UHG's Enterprise U.S. OHS capabilities, operating model and team in partnership and alignment with the Enterprise EOHS leadership team. This position will report to the VP, EOHS Domestic Operations within UnitedHealth Group's Corporate Services division. This position will have direct management responsibility for a small team and indirect responsibility for influencing a broad group of stakeholders across UnitedHealth Group.

In collaboration with UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare, and Optum senior leaders, this position will develop the business capabilities, programs, and solutions necessary to support and deliver upon UnitedHealth Group's enterprise OHS vision and strategy.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop recommended UnitedHealth Group OHS strategy, operating model, and organizational structure
• Operationalize agreed upon strategy and operating model through creation of sustainable, efficient, and automated processes and technology and data enablement
• Build and lead a team of high performing individuals who can operationalize the overall strategy and operating model
• Lead OHS knowledge and resource development, implementation, and monitoring
• Lead monitoring and assessments of OHS content, operations, and data reporting completeness and accuracy
• Leverage evidence-based medical services, compliance, regulatory requirements, quality assurance and clinical best practices
• Ensure accurate interpretation of clinical literature and applied understanding to OHS programs and strategy
• Review and interpret policies, accreditation standards, regulations, etc. related to OHS topics
• Lead, inspire, motivate, and train colleagues and team members to achieve established outcomes of OHS strategy
• Communicate OHS risks and exposures to senior leaders across UnitedHealth Group
• Provide subject matter expertise for policies, key initiatives, incidents, exposures
• Utilize data to deliver program key performance indicators achieving overall program objectives
• Manage to departmental budget - SG&A
• Collaborate with the UnitedHealth Group Employee Benefits teams to assist with development and enhancement of employee health and wellness programs
• Collaborate with UnitedHealth Group Medical Affairs team to align, as appropriate, OHS vision and strategy with the Quality and Patient Safety strategy and initiatives

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of proven success in developing and operationalizing strategy, high level tactical planning, and establishing and leading teams responsible for end-to-end (strategy, design, develop, implement, ongoing process improvement) large, complex initiative implementations spanning across multiple functional teams
• 7+ years of experience within a complex matrix organization, healthcare operations or insurance company; proven organizational agility
• Demonstrated experience with occupational health and safety regulatory requirements and best industry practices (local, state, OSHA, HIPPA, CDC, JCAHO, CMS, etc.)
• Demonstrated knowledge of workers' compensation, DOT, OSHA, and other applicable legislative regulations
• Proven experience developing experienced, strategic, high performing teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced health and safety or related degree or certification such as Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Experience leveraging leadership, collaboration and influencing skills across multiple functional groups in a complex matrix organization
• Demonstrated executive presence and experience presenting to executive level leaders
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Proficiency in Microsoft Power Point, Excel, Word, Outlook
• Proven experience managing organizational growth and change
• Ability to travel < 25%

*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, Washington, Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $122,100 to $234,700 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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