Senior Medical Director, Population Health - Remote

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Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Salary: $292,300 - $438,500/year

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Medical & Clinical Operations Company:
United Health Group 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 in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum Health Solutions is on a mission to shape the future of population health through clinically differentiated, value-based solutions that improve health outcomes, enhance experiences, and deliver meaningful affordability. We are seeking a Senior Medical Director, Population Health, who will help transform how healthcare is delivered by advancing population health strategies, clinical innovation, and evidence-based care models. This leader will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop and scale solutions that improve patient outcomes, enhance healthcare experiences, and reduce the total cost of care.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

Clinical Sciences Institute and Centers of Excellence:
Lead the multidisciplinary CSI team responsible for establishing, monitoring, and managing clinical criteria for COE network inclusion and for developing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Help identify opportunities to strengthen and expand the COE portfolio

Care model design:
Provide clinical expertise to the design and refinement of population health and care-management programs, including clinical criteria, safety considerations, measures of success, and how programs fit with care delivered in real-world clinical settings

Population health:
Use clinical, claims, utilization, and other available data to help product teams identify and prioritize populations where targeted interventions may improve care and outcomes

Products, partnerships, and innovation:
Provide clinical and analytic expertise to the evaluation and development of products, services, and partnerships, including their clinical effectiveness, safety, quality, and feasibility within the healthcare delivery system. Partner with the Optum Health Solutions Innovation team to help determine how new offerings should be developed, tested, refined, and implemented

Clinical leadership:
Represent the clinical perspective with clients, providers, health systems, executive leaders, and other stakeholders, and develop and support clinical talent across direct and matrixed teams

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:

MD or DO with an active, unrestricted medical license and current ABMS or AOBS board certification5+ years of clinical leadership experience, including managing teams and/or leading in a matrixed environment3+ years of clinical practice experience post-residency and a solid understanding of how health care is delivered in real-world clinical settings3+ years of experience in population health, care management, clinical program development, product strategy or evaluation, or…