Business Partner, Optum Technology - Remote

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.

The People Business Partner is a senior-level strategic advisor responsible for shaping and executing people strategies that enable business performance, workforce transformation, leadership effectiveness, culture, and employee experience. Supporting leaders across Optum Technology, this role partners with senior leaders to translate business and technology priorities into forward‑looking workforce strategies that blend human capability, digital enablement, and AI‑driven insights. Operating at technology speed with a tech mindset and a people‑first lens, you will engage and lead complex, cross‑functional projects designed to build skills and capabilities for today and tomorrow.

In this enterprise‑impacting role, you will function as a leadership coach and trusted advisor to help anticipate emerging workforce needs, address capability gaps, strengthen leadership pipelines, and drive measurable outcomes aligned to enterprise priorities. Additionally, the People Business Partner brings a digital mindset to every aspect of the role, applying generative AI and emerging technologies to workforce decisions, guiding AI adoption and role redesign, and using advanced analytics to drive data‑informed talent strategies.

To be successful, you must thrive in rapid pivots, navigate ambiguity with confidence, and scale solutions ahead of demand within a complex, matrixed environment.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

• Strategic Partnership and Business Impact:
  Partner as a senior‑level strategic advisor with senior leaders across Optum Technology to translate business priorities into forward‑looking workforce and people strategies, holding leaders accountable through transparent, 'say = do' partnership.
• Workforce Strategy and Organization Effectiveness:
  Develop forward‑looking workforce strategies by assessing the current state of talent, performing skill gap analyses, and evaluating AI automation impacts to blend human capability with digital enablement and AI‑driven insights.
• Enterprise AI Leadership and Adoption:
  Integrate enterprise‑approved AI tools into talent strategies, set AI‑focused development goals, and align organizational hiring with AI competencies to actively remove barriers and accelerate technology adoption.
• Ethical AI and Compliance:
  Champion the ethical use of AI across the workforce lifecycle, embedding transparency, fairness, and accountability throughout the entire AI lifecycle.
• Data‑Driven Insights:
  Translate complex data sets, trends, and advanced analytics into clear, actionable talent and business insights to solve complex organizational challenges and drive measurable outcomes.
• Operating Model and Global Planning:
  Lead complex organization design, operating model decisions, and global workforce planning initiatives to ensure solutions are scalable, inclusive by design, and aligned to enterprise priorities.
• Transformation and Change Leadership:
  Lead complex transformation and change management initiatives with enterprise impact, driving adoption through clear planning, accountability, and resilience to change while mitigating business disruption.
• Talent Strategy and Leadership Effectiveness:
  Identify and address critical workforce capability gaps to strengthen the leadership bench, build succession pipelines, and ensure equitable, forward‑looking talent decisions.
• Executive…