Deputy GC

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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life's best work.(sm)

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide OptumRx business leaders with effective advice and counsel on regulatory and transactional matters, as well as business strategies, with a focus on the operation of OptumRx’s different pharmacies

Operate in a strategic and pro-active manner to assist our internal business clients in managing their relationships with industry stakeholders, regulators, and network partners while managing the legal and regulatory risk related to the operation of pharmacies

Solid conflict management skills, as well as comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty

Skills that will be utilized to advise business leaders on potential liability and exposure and resolving disputes

Solid organizational agility to effectively navigate cross-functionally across key business and legal stakeholders to help drive business solutions and results

Function as part of a high performing, collegial team

As a member of the OptumRx legal team, close collaboration with colleagues is expected, as well as a willingness to adapt to the changing legal support requirements of our growing business

Provide ongoing education and training on best practices related to relationships with the supply chain

Participate in occasional business travel

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:

Juris Doctorate degree

Licensed to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction

15+ years of legal experience in health care regulatory and/or transactional practices

Extensive experience working within the pharmacy cares services industry, including pharmacy operations, licensing, payer contracting, Medicaid/Medicare, Boards of Pharmacy, PBMs, drug enforcement agencies, the Food & Drug Administration, and related government actors

Supervisory Experience

Experience appearing before regulatory boards

Solid technical and functional skills, including legal research, legal analysis and drafting contracts, policies, procedures and/or other business documents, within the context of relevant regulatory frameworks

Solid business acumen, prioritize ongoing education in the relevant business practices and trends

Skilled in reading and understanding individuals and interpersonal agility to support building and maintaining rapport, trust and respect among superiors, peers, subordinates and external company contacts

Ability to motivate and engage people to excel and work together collaboratively to drive results

Solid verbal and written communication skills, presentation creation and delivery skills

Solid customer service and interpersonal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

Background as a healthcare professional (e.g. pharmacist, nurse, etc.)

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

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

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.

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.

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