Community and State Community Initiatives Director - Ohio Market - Remote

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If you are located in the state of OH, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• In close coordination with the Population Health Director, oversee the plan's strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of population-specific improvement efforts in the context of the MCO's population health initiatives
• Oversee the plan's strategic design, implementation, and evaluation of community engagement and investment efforts in the context of the plan's population health initiatives in close coordination with the Population Health Director
• Lead and manage a team responsible for advancing community health initiatives, including oversight of staff supporting health related social needs workgroups and health outcomes related measurement execution for accreditation
• Serve as the lead for the Sponsorship Committee, overseeing strategy, evaluation, and alignment of sponsorships with community engagement priorities, population health goals, and the organization's business growth objectives. Ensure sponsorship efforts are integrated with broader community engagement strategies and investments to maximize impact and sustainability
• Inform decision-making around best payer practices to ensure optimal outcomes for all populations through provision of applicable and relevant population-specific and community-based research and resources, as well as ensuring member perspectives from all subpopulations are incorporated into the codesign of policy and service provision, including the tailoring of population-specific intervention strategies, and ensuring alignment with NCQA Health Outcomes Accreditation &/or Community-Focused Care accreditation standards and reporting requirements
• Collaborate with the MCO's Chief Information Officer to ensure the MCO collects and meaningfully uses race, ethnicity, and language data to identify opportunities for improvement
• Provide strategic guidance and facilitation to internal workgroups focused on addressing health related social needs, ensuring initiatives are data-informed, and aligned with ODM & NCQA expectations
• Coordinate and collaborate with members, providers, local and state government, community-based organizations, ODM, and other ODM-contracted managed care entities to impact differences in health outcomes at a population level
• Ensure that efforts to address poor health outcomes are codesigned with the targeted sub-populations and their providers, developed collaboratively with other ODM-contracted managed care entities to have a collective impact, and integrated with community engagement strategies and investments. Lessons learned are incorporated into future decision-making
• Designs, implements, and evaluates programs to reduce health disparities. Uses data to drive decision-making and measurement of progress
• Coordinate and collaborate with members, providers, local and state government, community-based organizations, the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM), and other ODM-contracted managed care entities to impact population health at the population level
• Ensure that efforts addressed at improving population health are designed collaboratively with other ODM contracted managed care entities to have a collective impact for the population and that lessons learned are incorporated into future decision-making
• Provides visionary leadership and contributes to the successful advancement of culture, population health and social responsibility principles. Responsible for being a champion of culture, cultivating innovation, and inspiring others
• Builds and deploys strategies and initiatives that identify structural impediments to disparate populations
• Demonstrates organizational agility and understands how the business operates and can identify and interpret business levers. Creates experiences that shape and grow the organizations' culture programs and 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:

• Bachelors Degree
• 5+ years of professional work experience, preferably in public health, social/human services, social work, public policy, health care, education, community development, or justice related fields
• 5+ years of experience interfacing with Senior Leadership team
• Have experience in actively applying or overseeing the application of science-based quality improvement methods to reduce differences in health outcomes
• Demonstrated community and stakeholder engagement experience
• Experience addressing health disparity concerns
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools
• Experience working with and leading cross-functional teams and projects
• Experience utilizing excellent time management, organizational, and prioritization skills and ability to balance multiple priorities
• Experience utilizing solid problem solving and analytical and skills
• Experience utilizing excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Intermediate to advanced level of proficiency with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Visio, Microsoft PowerPoint and SharePoint
• Expert level of proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft TEAMS
• Proven self-directed, independent and track record of problem solving, initiation and leadership for extremely complex, visible and multifaceted topics
• Demonstrated ability leading across organizational silos when presented with highly complex and undefined work
• Reside in Ohio
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, throughout the state of Ohio and limited nationwide travel

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with Medicaid and/or Medicare programs
• Experience working in a matrix environment and influencing all levels of employees; inspiring others to engage, participate and act
• Proven excellent communication skills - including verbal, written, interpersonal, presentation, and facilitation skills - with a proven ability to manage conflict, resolve issues, mitigate risks and influence 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 $110,200 to $188,800 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.