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The National Director of Dental & Vision Market Solutions is responsible for formulating coordinated business strategies and operational plans to ensure the sales, growth, and profitability of UnitedHealthcare's Dental & Vision Business across all segments and markets. This individual also provides guidance to the broader organization on market & industry trends, feedback on products and pricing and represents the Dental & Vision organization as a subject matter expert in market facing and client facing meetings. The National director will lead a team focused on driving growth with our local and national market sales and account management teams. This position is the go-to for all things Dental & Vision, e.g., sales strategy, sales positioning, competitive positioning. Additionally, the national director is responsible for leading the regional MSL representatives in developing and deploying the business strategy for their assigned markets and regions. As the director, you'll identify obstacles to sales success and then work strategically and creatively to eliminate them. The ability to interface with leadership in shared service functions and other functional areas as appropriate, such as marketing, product, finance and operations are critical to our success. The position reports directly to the Chief Growth Officer, UHC Specialty Benefits and is an individual contributor with a high degree of motivating and influencing across UHC commercial sales and distribution leadership.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop key internal and external relationships to facilitate results. Understand and create a strategy based on analysis and reporting of sales and market trends, including sales plan execution, competitive intelligence and new product requirements
• Drive the development of market sales strategies and value proposition formulation
• Lead as an expert in our national account space
• Possesses expert consultative and communication skills
• Demonstrates excellent grasp of UHC Dental & Vision products as well as competitor products
• Ability to operate in a matrix environment with other UnitedHealth leaders to drive results
• Leadership and coaching of team
• Provides representation of the commercial Dental & Vision product in a leadership capacity
• Are comfortable driving high stakes meetings with senior leaders
• Interface with leadership in shared service functions and other functional areas as appropriate such as marketing, operations, product, finance & actuary
• Manage and engage with select National specialty distribution partners
• Coordination with other business segments including HP local markets and national accounts
• Participate as appropriate in new sales activities and renewals Collaborate with the product organization and other functional organizations in the development and enhancement of current products, services and customer offerings
• Assist the regional specialty leaders in achieving consistent activity disciplines to maximize new business development and ensure consistent pipeline growth

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:

• 8+ years of experience in the Dental and Vision industry
• Cross-functional experience in dealing with customers, products, brokers, pricing and competition
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Proven negotiation skills: the ability to gain acceptance from others of a plan or idea and achieve a mutually beneficial outcome. National Director, Dental & Vision Market Solutions
• Proven ability to successfully execute in a matrix and shared services environment. Key characteristics include influencing executive leadership, maintaining solid professional networks and leveraging relationships across diverse functional teams or businesses
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, solid financial acumen with experience in measurement, data analysis and interpretation
• Ability to travel 25% nationally for business purposes

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington residents is $122,100 to $234,700 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.