Manager Finance Affordability and Operations - Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and optimized. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. As a manager you will be charged with helping to implement and drive the affordability strategy for the nation's largest Medicare Advantage plan. The Medicare and Retirement (M&R) Affordability and Value team is responsible for executing our line of business affordability agenda in partnership with key collaboration partners across clinical, payment integrity and network. Our team supports the full lifecycle of value including analytics and ideation, design and sourcing, implementation, ongoing governance, and continuous improvement. Our team supports the foundational cadence of running the business including the business planning cycle, monthly and quarterly business review and follow up, performance scorecard development and publishing on behalf of the markets, and generalized support for programs as capacity is needed. As a manager of Payment Integrity and Affordability for M&R, you will report to the Director of Payment Integrity M&R Affordability and Value. You will be a key contributor to the Payment Integrity strategy and execution, identifying and implementing new affordability strategies and governing existing partnerships. This includes driving to annual affordability targets and governing greater than $100M in program spend annually. You will be responsible for improving the consumer and provider experience and ensuring the potential impact of affordability initiatives are understood and evaluated from a Stars risk perspective. This role requires cross functional coordination with healthcare economics, actuarial, finance, UHN, Stars team and the UHC and Optum Payment Integrity partners. This role requires the ability to build trusting relationships and to drive business goals with sister departments in UHC and Optum. Driving business strategies and processes throughout and across our matrix organization is a critical function of this position. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Business Planning and Regular Reporting Facilitates execution of M&R's Payment Integrity affordability strategy to targets in conjunction with key payment integrity partners, providing insight and recommendations and ensuring alignment Tracks progress against M&R's Payment Integrity value plans, identifies any deviations to support remediation plans; provides reports and analysis as required Supports the Preparation of Affordability outlook executive summaries for Payment Integrity for Govt Programs Affordability EVP for use in monthly forums with UHC C-Suite Leadership (CEOs, CFOs, CMOs) Communicates effectively to leadership - written and verbal, internal and external Supports Strategic portfolio management Supports the development and ongoing maintenance of the Medical & Clinical Operations Business Strategy document Demonstrates effectiveness and efficiency in project planning, task-management, risk mitigation, and program execution Analytics and Ideation: Maintains a cadence of regularly reviewing internal and external data and trends to identify areas of risk and/or opportunity, in partnership with HCE and others Partners with UHC Payment Integrity, HCE and M&R Finance to analyze year-over-year gross and incremental affordability performance, Program ROI summaries and data visualizations for use in C-Suite level updates Manage relationships with key ideation partners, including UHC Ns Optum Payment Integrity