Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships

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Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships

The Senior Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships will lead the development and execution of UnitedHealth Group’s strategic partnership initiatives and engagement with key external policy and advocacy stakeholders.

As a senior leader within UnitedHealth Group’s External Affairs function, the role requires a dynamic and visionary executive with a proven track record in forging and managing high-impact partnerships and strategic initiatives. Located in Washington, D.C., the role reports to the Executive Vice President of Public Policy and works closely with colleagues within External Affairs (including the Government Affairs and Public Policy team) and across the enterprise to advance UnitedHealth Group’s mission to help people live healthier lives and help the health system work better for everyone.

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Vision

• Develop and implement a strategic vision for UnitedHealth Group’s partnership and external stakeholder ecosystem, aligning with overall business objectives.

Partnership Strategy

• Serve as the primary advocate of UnitedHealth Group’s priorities to a wide range of advocacy groups, bipartisan and nonpartisan public policy organizations, and think tanks.
• Develop alliances and partnerships around strategic and business objectives with a broad group of external stakeholders, coalitions, and organizations.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Identify, analyze, prioritize, and regularly communicate the business and reputational implications for UnitedHealth Group of policy views held by internal stakeholders to external stakeholders and organizations (and vice versa).
• Partner with internal stakeholders to define strategic engagement plan priorities to ensure comprehensive and coordinated engagement, particularly with external policy and advocacy organizations that may have overlapping stakeholders at UnitedHealth Group.

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

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience working with or in a wide range of advocacy groups, bipartisan and nonpartisan public policy organizations, and think tanks.
• 15+ years of experience in government affairs, alliance development, policy, or public affairs.
• 15+ years of experience in roles with direct management and/or matrix leadership.
• Solid relationship-building skills and ability to communicate proactively and effectively with diverse stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
• Solid existing relationships with public policy advocacy groups, think tanks, and other organizations that influence public policy at the federal, state, and/or local levels.
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships and influence internal and external stakeholders.
• Good negotiation, problem-solving, planning, and decision-making skills. Accurately scopes out projects, sets objectives and goals, develops schedules and resource assignments, measures performance against goals, and evaluates results.
• Proven ability to build relationships cross-functionally and lead toward common goals.
• Ability to effectively deal with ambiguity—can effectively cope with change, can shift gears comfortably, can decide and act without having the total picture, and comfortably handles risk and uncertainty in a collaborative manner.
• Demonstrated leadership and hands-on experience; strong leader and motivator with the ability to mentor talent within the organization; able to provide work direction; able to attract and retain top talent.
• Proven ability to create and lead engagement strategies to achieve public policy goals, preferably for a business.
• Experience developing strategic partnerships at federal, state, and/or local levels; designing and driving policy campaigns and advocating policy goals to government officials and/or leaders of organizations influencing public policy.
• Experience advising business leadership on public policy developments and implications.
• Visionary and strategic thinker.

Salary and Benefits for Washington, D.C. Residents

The salary range for Washington, D.C. residents is $350,000 to $450,000 per year. Pay is based on several factors, including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications. 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.

Commitment to Equity and Diversity

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, 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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.

Drug-Free Workplace

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

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