UnitedHealthcare · 1 day ago
Associate Director of AI Design Strategy - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$113K/yr - $193K/yr
6+ years expUnitedHealthcare is focused on simplifying the healthcare experience and improving community health. The Associate Director of AI Design Strategy will lead a team to define and scale AI-enabled strategies, ensuring safe and equitable outcomes while fostering a collaborative environment for design strategists.
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Responsibilities
Collaborate with senior stakeholders to articulate the member value of AI-driven design and assign resources for strategic initiatives
Driving design strategies & evolve road map to ensure continuous innovation and improvement of the member experience
Lead service blueprints and portfolio bets for both AI and non-AI journeys to de-risk and simplify experiences across channels
Identify and forecast trends in AI in healthcare and opportunities for innovation and market differentiation
Hire, develop, and retain a diverse team of design strategists
Oversee a portfolio/journey and a specialized/portfolio focused team
Mentor and guide junior strategists through structured programs, skills development, and career pathing
Foster an inspiring, collaborative, creative, and inclusive environment for strategists, promoting engagement and high performance
Guide discussions and critiques of work, soliciting requirements from stakeholders, and being a key partner in delivering on the team's mission
Build repeatable ways of working; publish decision logs and playbooks for team reuse
Own portfolio health: capacity planning, prioritization, risk, dependency management, regular retrospectives
Define and enforce design strategy standards for prompting, agent orchestration, safety redlines, user content, transparency, and escalation flows
Drive cross-functional prioritization, tying investments to outcome metrics
Drive accessibility and equity standards across AI and non-AI experiences
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience in design strategy
1+ years accomplished in skillset of managing people/team
Preferred
1+ years in AI strategy
Familiarity with Figma or other similar design tools
Familiarity with Project Management
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare helps people live healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience.
10001+ employees
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