Optum Leadership: MHA Residency Opportunity

**Now Accepting Applications for Class of 2023**

You have real-world experience and are close to achieving an advanced degree. Congrats! Now, if you want to jump-start your career in a values-based, culturally driven community with a global footprint, look no further.

Join UnitedHealth Group and you’ll get an opportunity to do something extraordinary: make a real difference. We have modest goals: Help 75 million people live healthier lives. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations attract a certain type of person. Crazy talented. Brilliant. Compassionate. Driven. You’ll find these people everywhere you turn here. You’ll also find a world of career options fueled by your performance and limited only by imagination. Start here. And start doing your life’s best work.SM

California Residency Program (MHA)

Business: Optum CA care delivery organizations (CDOs) composed of HealthCare Partners, Apple Care HealthCare, Monarch HealthCare, and NAMM
Project examples:

• Driving market-wide initiatives such as Patient Experience or Palliative Care.
• Leading functional support work such as Business Development or Network Strategy.

During your MHA Residency experience, you will:

• Complete 1000 hours of life-changing analytical work (June – March)
• Lead high-priority work that supports your respective program track
• Gain exposure to and knowledge of the healthcare industry (including care delivery), Optum businesses, functions, strategies, and senior leaders
• Develop relationships and networks
• Receive hands-on training and support
• Leverage business acumen and work experience to drive transformation
• Learn from and present to executives
• Contribute to fun and engaging cohorts
• Lay the groundwork for a meaningful and impactful career at Optum

Required qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree
• Currently pursuing an MHA with a target graduation year of 2023
• Minimum one year of previous professional work experience
• Eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization (F-1 students with practical training and candidates requiring H-1Bs, TNs, etc. will not be considered)
• UnitedHealth Group requires all new hires and employees to report their COVID-19 vaccination status
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance.

Preferred qualifications:

• Outstanding academic achievement
• Consulting and/or healthcare experience and/or involvement with consulting/healthcare clubs
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and communication skills at all levels
• Practiced project management and navigating competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to articulate and solve complex problems through strategic, analytical and creating thinking
• Adaptable and comfortable in ambiguity and high-impact situations
• High emotional intelligence and capacity to GSD (get stuff done)
• Champion of change and customer orientation
• Learning/growth oriented
• Aligned to UHG’s values of Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation and Performance

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.