Instructional Designer Remote Job

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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life’s best work.

As part of the Optum Enterprise Training team, you will develop curricula for front-line staff who are supporting our consumers, providers and payers. A typical curriculum will have a blended approach utilizing instructor-led and self-paced learning content.

What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group ? Put it all together – competitive base pay, a full and comprehensive benefit program, performance rewards, and a management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success. Some of our offerings include:

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life& AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)
• More information can be downloaded at: http://uhg.hr/uhgbenefits

This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday to Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 08:00am – 05:00pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Project Discovery & Customer Experience Management
• Collaborate and consult with subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Communicate proactively to provide project status updates to supervisor and SMEs
• Project Management
• Create project plan and ensure your tasks are delivered on schedule and within scope
• Manage project within established scope, timeline and quality standards
• Design & Development
• Work with project manager or supervisor to design learning and communication approaches
• Design and develop self-paced learning, instructor-led and eLearning
• Implementation Support & Measurement
• Participate in internal continuous improvement efforts by offering ideas and creative solutions to improve policies, processes, and tools

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:

• High School Diploma / GED (or higher)
• 3+ years of experience in Instructional Design, Training, Modern Learning concepts and application
• Intermediate Experience working with Microsoft Suite (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint)

Telecommuting Requirements:

• Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
• Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
• Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher)
• 1+ years of Baseline Project Management experience
• SharePoint experience
• WebEx experience
• Experience designing and developing training for adults within a corporate environment
• Healthcare experience
• Experience developing performance-based training content at a faster-than-industry pace

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.