About the position
The Senior Product and Benefits Director will play a critical role in developing strategies to successfully position risk products within Optum Health value based care arrangements including benefit design and planning, sales distribution relationships, identifying best practices, and AEP/OEP/SEP payer performance. Must be available within the hours of 7AM -6PM Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities
• Lead end to end benefit strategy for all payers across Medicare Advtange plans
• Create solid relationships with payer product teams to align membership strategies with enterprise financial performance targets
• Analyze benefit performance/ROI and develop investment recommendations
• Partner with Health Care Economics and Actuarial teams to ensure MACVAT data is completed and correct prior to socialization with key regional partners
• Conduct in-depth analysis and strategic summary of AEP results
• Identify key benefit battle ground states and areas of greatest risk and opportunity along with key market insights
• Ensure cross functional collaboration with finance and HCE to quantify benefit decision impact
• Partner with local growth and marketing teams on broker/partnership strategy and execution, to unify capabilities where possible and create a cohesive approach
• Develop and socialize specific AEP strategies with leadership and provide market feedback
• Develop executive materials for overall benefit strategies and approach
• Collaborate with care delivery and optum at home to build risk programs that strengthen overall market positioning and advance Optum’s value prop to further differentiate for consumers and partners
Requirements
• Experience with Medicare Advantage and/or Value Based Care models and health plans
• Experience driving initiatives in a heavily matrixed environment which requires the ability to influence and hold accountable
Nice-to-haves
• Proven ability to achieve superior results in a performance-oriented environment
• Proven ability to work with all levels of management across all functions and business partners
• Demonstrated problem solving, analysis, and resolution at strategic and functional levels
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and a rapidly changing business environment
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel up to 20%25
Benefits
• a comprehensive benefits package
• incentive and recognition programs
• equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution