Principal Recruiter - Medical Director Recruitment - Telecommute

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

The Recruiter III will support top leaders and will manage all aspects of the recruiting life-cycle for medical director, physician and advance practice clinician roles. This teammate will conduct nationwide networking and pipelining to ensure the continual flow of proactive prospects.

Our Recruiter III's are Talent Advisors who oversee the end-to-end recruitment process and are accountable for talent sourcing and selection, consulting with Hiring Managers and Human Capital Partners throughout the hiring process, providing detailed assessments for candidates, developing and managing talent pipelines and managing the offer and hiring process.

Our emphasis on a proactive and efficient recruiting process, creative sourcing strategies, overall quality and productivity ensures that we are much more than just a recruiting team…. we are true business partners, consulting with our internal customers to ensure the perfect match of talent.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing

• Is familiar with a wide variety of sourcing channels
• Applies intricate knowledge of the talent market to sourcing strategy
• Collaborates with sourcing to capitalize on short and long-term marketing campaigns by function. Shares information with regard to outcomes in candidate flow (quantity and quality), market reactions and feedback with regard to overall awareness to local/national branding
• Leads strategic discovery sessions with Hiring Managers in order to build understanding of position requirements, department goals, and organization business plan based on service level agreements
• Demonstrates diversity awareness and utilize sourcing techniques that reach diverse population
• Collaborates with internal talent partner groups for market intelligence, competitor landscape, and industry analytics as part of sourcing and consulting strategy

Business Engagement

• Demonstrates consistent enthusiasm for and commitment to business partnerships
• Builds rapport with hiring managers and other business partners on hiring needs and processes
• Becomes an expert on the leaders' talent and business strategy and utilizes this understanding to develop a compelling story to share with candidates
• Negotiates effectively with hiring managers on difficult decisions, including persuading business leaders to reconsider high-fit but non-obvious candidates
• Executes on core recruitment processes as defined by the Service Level Agreement for the role, including managing the process, selection, offer, negotiation, closing and all administrative components

Candidate Experience

• Customer service champion with singular focus on providing outstanding candidate care
• Builds, maintains, and uses his or her own personal network of prospects across multiple roles, created in part by developing relationships with pre-qualified leads
• Develops relationships with prospects and candidates as a talent advisor, matching their needs with the best opportunities
• Emphasizing network fit in hiring process design and candidate recommendations
• Consulting with candidates, hiring managers and Human Capital (including Centers of Expertise) to craft appropriate offers, applying knowledge of our compensation philosophies and incentives to close every offer using advanced negotiation tactics

Process Excellence

• Applies the organization's talent methodologies, best practices and processes consistently
• Demonstrates ability to solve complex problems and develop innovative and strategic solutions
• Provides executive level summary on progress towards goals, effectively raises awareness around roadblocks and balances priorities effectively
• Builds and shares market/business intelligence regarding talent acquisition function
• Able to analyze, interpret and apply a data-driven approach to influence business decisions

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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience recruiting for physician and physician leadership level roles
• 8+ years of end-to-end recruitment experience including developing and implementing recruiting and sourcing strategies
• Experience recruiting on both a local and national level for a broad range of positions and with varying levels of complexity
• Experience developing and managing talent pipelines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience using Taleo or similar applicant tracking system
• Healthcare care delivery industry recruiting experience

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)

Colorado Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $79,700 to $142,600. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. As of the date of this posting, In addition to your salary, UHG offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Health, dental, and vision plans; wellness program; flexible spending accounts; paid parking or public transportation costs; 401(k) retirement plan; employee stock purchase plan; life insurance, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance; business travel accident insurance; Employee Assistance Program; PTO; and employee-paid critical illness and accident insurance.

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

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.

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