Senior Director VBC Consolidation & Planning - Hybrid in MN

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.

At Optum, we are transforming health care to help people live healthier lives and to make the health system work better for everyone. As part of UnitedHealth Group, Optum combines data, technology, and clinical expertise to deliver more effective, affordable, and equitable care to millions of people across the country and around the world.

Optum Health is a clinician-led, value-based care organization focused on improving patient outcomes, advancing care delivery, and simplifying the health care experience. We partner with physicians, health systems, employers, and communities to design innovative solutions that improve quality, affordability, and access to care.

As a strategic leader you will play a central role in strengthening VBC financial governance, supporting external margin commitments, and enabling the broader VBC Strategy & Analytics operating model.

The Senior Director of Value-Based Care (VBC) Consolidations & Planning is a critical leadership role responsible for establishing single-point accountability for enterprise VBC financial consolidation, benefit planning, and forecasting across risk models, reporting constructs, and delegated pricing arrangements. This role ensures consistent, decision-ready P&L views for executive leadership and UnitedHealthcare (UHC) partners during plan, forecast, and earnings cycles, as VBC scale and regulatory complexity continue to increase.

This position follows a hybrid schedule withfour in-office days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own enterprise-wide VBC financial consolidation, ensuring consistent and accurate P&L views across risk models, reporting constructs, and lines of business
• Lead VBC benefit planning and multi-year forecasting in support of plan, forecast, and earnings cycles, including alignment to external margin commitments
• Serve as the primary finance partner supporting UnitedHealthcare delegated pricing, ensuring alignment between provider economics, plan assumptions, and enterprise financial targets
• Establish and maintain disciplined governance, controls, and standard methodologies for VBC financial reporting, forecasting, and performance measurement
• Coordinate financial oversight and execution tracking for more than $2B in VBC remediation initiatives, partnering closely with strategy, operations, actuarial, and clinical leaders
• Translate complex regulatory, pricing, and performance dynamics into clear, consistent executive and Board-level financial narratives
• Anticipate and proactively mitigate execution risk during high-impact cycles by driving alignment across finance, actuarial, strategy, and operational stakeholders
• Support the maturation of the VBC Strategy & Analytics operating model by enabling scalable planning, reporting, and decision-support capabilities

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:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 12+ years of progressive experience in healthcare finance, FP&A, actuarial finance, or value-based care economics
• 5+ years leadership experience (direct or indirect reporting relationships)
• Deep expertise in value-based care financial models, risk arrangements, and provider economics
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise financial consolidation, planning, and forecasting processes
• Solid understanding of Medicare Advantage and delegated pricing dynamics
• Demonstrated leadership and hands-on experience, solid leader and motivator with the ability to develop talent within the organization
• Ability to drive alignment and accountability across multiple teams and stakeholders
• Demonstrated planning, project management and communication skills. Accurately scopes out projects, sets objectives and goals, develops schedules and resource assignments, measures performance against goals, and evaluates results
• Ability to deal with ambiguity - can cope with change and comfortably handles risk and uncertainty in a manner consistent with UnitedHealth Group's core values
• Experience within large, matrix organizations with demonstrated business results

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree (MBA, MHA, MPH) or advanced degree / certification
• UnitedHealth Group experience
• Experience supporting earnings cycles, external reporting, or Board-level communication
• Familiarity with CMS and other regulatory frameworks impacting value-based care performance
• Prior experience leading large-scale financial remediation or performance improvement initiatives
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a results-oriented, fast-paced environment
• Ability to synthesize complex information to drive decision-making
• Excellent communication skills; ability to independently produce written communication for executive leaders

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $159,300 to $273,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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