The Assistant Manager oversees a team, drives performance metrics, manages training, ensures data accuracy, and supports operational goals while maintaining compliance with company policies.
Requisition Number: 2354527
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
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.
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Independently handles a team of associates. Formulates business and developmental goals for his team
- Drives the fulfillment of performance metrics
- Accurate and timely documentation of claims data
- Ensure accurate and timely delivery of data to Team Liaison
- Building and maintaining an effective Team environment
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal customers (i.e. Team Liaison, US Team
- Leads/Supervisors, Managers and Directors etc.)
- Coordinate with the Team to identify process improvement opportunities
- Monitor, measure and report Team performance metrics and implement Team incentive programs
- Be able to manage attrition, EWS and shrinkage
- Identifying training needs for the team deliver and facilitate trainings
- Provide updates to management on individual and group training results, therefore facilitating further improvement in training methodology / content / methods
- Partner with leadership to promote department revenue and business objectives
- Analyze and identify error trends and opportunities for defect reduction
- Analyze and develop overall improvement plans (department and individual)
- Administrative responsibilities as assigned Handles sensitive information appropriately (HIPAA) and acts in a fair and honest manner consistent with the company's code of conduct
- Identifies trends and issues and recommend solutions
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years of total experience, with 1+ years in the role of a Team Leader on paper
- 1+ years if experience of international Voice and Chat process
- Sound knowledge of MS Office
- Demonstrated ability to lead a team in an operational environment
- Open to rotational Shifts
- Open to 365 days 24*7 process
- Open to no Indian holiday
- Proven effective communication skills both verbal and written to individuals
- Demonstrated ability to do careful listening, tact and candor, two-way communication, and master a high impact communication style
- Demonstrated ability to be a Self -starter who can manage multiple priorities with minimum direction solutions
- Demonstrated ability to Effectively organize and lead a team of people, in cooperative processes to achieve shared outcomes
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.
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