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The Corporate Development Diligence and Integration Manager is part of a key team of professionals that leads Optum's acquisition diligence and integration efforts in Southern California. This individual must be highly motivated, organized, process-oriented, self-directed and be able to be self-managed and independent. This role manages Optum's due diligence efforts during the acquisition process for medical practices, as well as integration planning, requiring intense project management of multiple transactions simultaneously. This individual will be responsible for coordinating the interaction and involvement of our national business stakeholders and diligence leads (e.g., operations, finance, accounting, IT, HR), and our market leadership teams. This individual has a successful track record of managing the implementation of major strategic initiatives and a solid understanding of healthcare business needs. This position will oversee the efforts of PMs and Coordinators on the Corporate Development team. This position handles and manages confidential material relating to corporate decisions, structure and significance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the day-to-day project management of multiple physician practice acquisitions simultaneously across the Los Angeles area

• Manage the entire diligence and integration process, engaging internal and external stakeholders and local and national teams on a regular basis to resolve outstanding items necessary for a smooth transition keeping with acquisition timeline

• Independently communicate with Sellers and Key Stakeholders, including executive leadership, on behalf of the business needs and transaction team throughout the acquisition process

• Facilitate clear and action-oriented communication between team members, internal/external stakeholders

• Set project related deadlines, assigns responsibilities, monitors and tracks status of all key diligence and integration activities and provide reporting to transaction leads and market executives

• Rely on extensive experience to plan and accomplish goals by working closely with operations and departmental leadership to complete the acquisition process

• Continuously review acquisition and integration processes, recommending areas for improvement and efficiency gains

• Serve as a primary contact to the seller and disseminate information to the cross-functional diligence and integration teams

• Manage the Virtual Data Room utilized in the diligence process

• Act as liaison, problem solver, and facilitator for all aspects of projects

• Lead vital ad-hoc projects related to corporate development

• Develop and improve the performance of yourself and those you work with

• Supervision and oversight of project coordinators and other diligence and integration support staff as necessary

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Health Administration, Business Administration, or related field

• Minimum 7 years of project management, medical group operations, consulting, or related experience

• Experience working in a large, complex corporate environment with multiple internal stakeholders

• Familiar with healthcare concepts and practices as it relates to providers and healthcare clinics

• Familiar with legal processes and contracts

• Ability to travel throughout the Los Angeles area for deal kick-off, diligence and integration meetings

• You will be asked to perform this role in an office setting or other company location, however, may be required to work from home temporarily due to space limitations

• Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree

• Certification in Project Management

• Experience with Mergers & Acquisitions and business integration

• Exhibit executive presence and strong organizational acumen

• Highly competent communicator adept at synthesizing complex ideas and providing concise, executive level summaries that accurately reflect analyses

• Ability to negotiate diplomatically and effectively in various business environments to manage expectations related to projects

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Job Keywords: Diligence And Integration Manager, Project Management, Healthcare, Consulting, Complex Corporate Environment, El Segundo, California, CA