Advisory Services Consultant, Consultant Development Program

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description
- Advisory Services Consultant, Consultant Development Program
- Multiple Locations (2385444)

Advisory Services Consultant, Consultant Development Program
- Multiple Locations - 2385444

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. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Begin your career at United Health Group and help make health care work better for everyone. Through our Early Careers programs, you'll gain meaningful experience, tackle real business challenges, and contribute to work that impacts millions of lives.

Across United Healthcare and Optum, we're united by a common purpose: improving the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve. You'll work alongside talented colleagues, develop new skills, and be supported by a culture of innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning.

No matter where your journey starts, you'll have the opportunity to grow, make an impact, and help shape the future of health care.

** The full-time position located in Eden Prairie, MN, Nashville, TN or Washington, DC will be available starting in 2027**

** United Health Group is not able to offer visa sponsorship now or in the future for position**

** Relocation is not offered for the Consultant Development Program**

The Consultant Development Program (CDP) is an Early Careers program that launches early-careers professionals into real consulting work, solving problems and shaping outcomes for health care clients from day one. CDP sits within Optum Advisory, giving participants the opportunity to work with a diverse range of health care clients and business challenges. As a CDP participant, you'll join a cohort spanning multiple tracks, all united by a shared focus on serving our clients and making the health system work better for everyone.

You’ll complete structured consulting and healthcare training, receive mentorship from experienced leaders, and gain experience across multiple client engagements while developing capabilities in strategic problem solving, data-driven decision making, client relationship management, change management, AI-enabled consulting, and healthcare industry expertise. Program completion includes alignment into an Optum Advisory practice and typically takes 1.5–2.5 years to complete. Through real client delivery, structured learning, mentorship, healthcare industry specialization, and AI-enabled experiences, CDP builds a strong foundation for a long‑term career in consulting.

Primary Responsibilities:

Working directly with our internal and external clients to help determine needs and solve complex business problems by performing the following types of activities:

• Enable strategic business transformation through the application of technology, AI, process improvement and innovation to our client’s most complex problems
• Apply AI tools to solve business problems within client and functional domains, including research, analysis, reporting and automation; build and optimize prompts for these activities
• Conduct research & stakeholder interviews that may include collecting, analyzing, trending and presenting data and recommendations to clients
• Navigate client facing interactions, presentations and…