Optum Careers, Benefits, Review

Our diverse organization shares one common goal: to greatly improve the lives and health of others. You will work with a high-energy and passionate team that recognizes each person for their unique experience and contributions. We recognize your work and reward you for it with growth and programs that support your needs. Join us and you’ll be part of a culture that prioritizes Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

 A Better Way To Think   We are unified in our goal to build a health care system that works better for all those we serve. Every day, we are: fostering an environment that encourages creativity and risk-taking; constantly learning while being curious and unafraid to fail; respectfully challenging the status-quo; and setting ambitious goals, while providing the resources to achieve them.

• What We Offer

  A Better Way To Care   We constantly strive to deliver high-quality, superior results, that make a difference. Putting the customer first, and honoring the diversity of talents and insights of our colleagues, we are always searching for better ways to care, for the people, organizations and communities we serve.

• Social Responsibility

A Better Way To Succeed   We expect a high level of performance from ourselves and our partners. Our goal is nothing short of transforming health care. We take it, and building the team of really bright people that make it happen, seriously. We empower each other - value our diversity; celebrate and reward our success; learn from our mistakes; and create relationships that transform peoples' lives.

• Career Areas

  We Express Our UnitedHealth Group Culture By: Living our Values, through our Behaviors.

• Integrity - We honor our commitments and never compromise on ethics by speaking the truth and delivering on our promises.
• Compassion - We walk in the shoes of the people we serve by actively listening, feeling genuine empathy and being an advocate for those we serve. 
• Relationships - We build trust through collaboration by helping others achieve their goals and approaching all people with respect, humility, confidence and energy.
• Innovation - We invent the future while learning from the past through encouraging and investing in new ideas as well as being practical and purposeful in those we serve. 
• Performance - We demonstrate excellence in everything we do by being accountable and responsible.

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• We provide medical benefits to people residing in all 50 states in the United States and more than 130 other countries.
• 340,000 people worldwide power UnitedHealth Group with their entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to quality.
• UnitedHealth Group’s workforce includes 85,000 physicians and nurses focused on helping people live healthier lives.

Marcus, Client Services Account Manager at Optum, shares how our culture of diversity and inclusion at Optum has supported his career journey.

How does a diverse work environment at UnitedHealth Group help people be more successful?

At UnitedHealth Group, we value the distinctive talents and perspectives each employee brings to our workplace. As a diverse, global company, we have the capability to solve the world’s most complex health care problems while representing the communities we serve.

Here are some of our milestones in advancing equity and inclusion:

• The Disability Equality Index® (DEI) has named UnitedHealth Group one of the best places to work for disability inclusion in 2022.
• Prospanica recognized UnitedHealth Group with the 2021 Brillante Award for Corporate Excellence. The award is given to organizations that make outstanding contributions to the Hispanic community.
• UnitedHealth Group received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index 2022, earning the distinction of one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality.”
• The Civic 50, a Points of Light initiative, recognized UnitedHealth Group as one of the 50 most community-minded organizations. UnitedHealth Group has received this honor every year since the initiative began in 2012.
• We established an Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board made up of members of our senior executive team, who meet quarterly to hold us accountable for making progress.
• We are advancing diversity through partnerships with local chapters of many national organizations such as The National Black MBA Association, Prospanica, Reaching Out MBA, as well as the AARP, U.S. Military, and a variety of organizations that support college students.
• We have created enterprise-wide Employee Resource Groups to foster a more inclusive, diverse workplace. These connected communities focus on the diverse experiences and backgrounds that make each of us one of a kind.

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UnitedHealthcare and Optum are part of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise, dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health care system work better for everyone. UnitedHealthcare is the health insurance arm of the company, providing health care coverage for millions of people. Optum is the health care technology and clinical section of the business, providing services such as care delivery, pharmacy benefit management, data analytics, consulting and technology solutions.

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