Associate General Counsel - Remote - Remote Eligible

Associate General Counsel

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

If you ask us how we're contributing to the transformation of health care, we'd tell you in every way - every day. After all, the lives of millions are at stake and we're leading the way with everything we've got. As an Associate General Counsel, you will be an individual contributor in our Legal, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance group. You'll help support our self-funded customers in meeting their regulatory requirements. This is the challenge of a lifetime. Join us by applying today.

This position is responsible for supporting self-funded customers by performing a mental health parity analysis. In addition, the position will support outside law firms and consultants who are performing mental health parity analysis for our mutual customers. This role will have a high level of interaction with internal clients and business areas, as well as external customers and their consultants and attorneys.

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Counseling on mental health parity related inquiries and assisting with parity related analysis
• Working together with clinical services, Optum Behavioral Health, and other departments to prepare mental health parity analyses
• Communicating with internal business areas, as well as external customers and their consultants and attorneys
• Managing recurring projects on varying timelines with the flexibility to take on additional work as needed
• Maintaining and communicating sensitive or confidential information in accordance with internal policies and procedures
• Drafting, revising, and proofreading documents

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:

• Juris Doctorate degree
• 2+ years of legal experience
• Relevant legal experience in health law, commercial healthcare insurance, and/or healthcare provider legal support
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (MS Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point)
• Proven solid verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience working in health care and/or health insurance
• 2+ years of experience with mental health parity compliance
• Experience responding to inquiries from a variety of stakeholders (external customers, executives and regulators)
• Experience with regulatory agencies, providers, and/or clinical delivery
• Experience with self-funded customers
• Proven success in collaborating across a matrixed business and legal environment
• Demonstrated understanding of business problems related to assigned legal projects and ability to evaluate and determine appropriate legal course of action to meet business unit needs
• Demonstrated exceptional attention to detail
• Demonstrated solid work ethic
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, results-oriented workplace
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and work effectively under time constraints
• Comfortable taking ownership and accountability for projects
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain rapport with superiors, peers, subordinates, and external company contacts
• Demonstrated high degree of personal integrity
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary for this role will range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.