No industry is moving faster than health care. And no organization is better positioned to lead health care forward. We need attention to every detail with an eye for the points no one has considered. The rewards for performance are significant. You'll help improve the health of millions. And you'll do your life's best work.(sm)

The Manager of Sales Operations will support Sales and help to address a growing need for analytics, modeling, and forecasting strength. This position will produce insightful analysis to support fact-based decision making. By understanding business KPI's and drivers and forecasting financial implications of decisions, this role will provide strategic counsel and leader-facing support, while enhancing key partnerships. Responsibilities include analyzing complex problems and recommending solutions to remove barriers for the sales and account management teams. Communicating opportunities to internal stakeholders and providing recommendations based on knowledge of customers and competitors.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Assist Sales and Account Management teams to meet sales and service level targets
• Analyze and report sales data to senior leadership and markets
• Face to face and telephonic participation in business planning and sales meetings and activities with Health Plans and Leadership teams
• Build relationships with leaders within the Health Plans, regional VP’s, sales communication teams, Inside Sales Leadership, Pricing and Underwriting leadership
• Responsible for managing sales initiative requests from the markets and working in collaboration with Operations to vet out and prioritize as appropriate
• Continually improving our market position and innovation through collaboration and prioritization of solutions through product development, sales strategies and tactics and value-added programs.
• Plan and Execute communication strategy for Health Plans and brokers for new programs and initiatives
• Manage and work with Account Management team to drive sales, consistency between markets including best practices
  

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 or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of professional experience directly supporting a sales and growth organization
• 5+ years of direct-to-consumer sales or distribution experience
• 5+ years of project management experience
• Advanced understanding of the internal processes and systems supporting Insurance Solutions sales
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, organize, and complete work to meet established objectives
• Demonstrated success in a sales environment with a proven track record of meeting goals
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading projects with multiple stakeholders
• Innovative mindset, with focus on continuously improving processes
• Proficient communication skills to present to client and executive leadership
• Solid organization and communication skills, verbal, written, and interpersonal, ability to present to large groups and executives
  

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment

Careers at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine. Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives. You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go. Go further. This is your life's best work.(sm)

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.