[Remote] Sr Director, Head of Experience and NPS Activation, Optum Financial - Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The Sr. Director, Head of Experience & NPS Activation sets the Employer experience strategy and defines the enterprise approach that can scale across Optum Financial, leading a small team and cross-functional center of excellence to improve health outcomes and customer experience. This role requires solid experience strategy, VOC, analytics, and change leadership capabilities.ResponsibilitiesExperience Strategy & NPS Activation: Set the experience strategy for the Employer business and define the enterprise approach that can be scaled across Optum Financial. Partner with senior leaders to align priorities to business strategy, growth, retention, service performance, and product roadmap decisions. Establish the strategic framework, governance, intake, prioritization approach, and decision processes required to convert feedback into measurable experience improvementJourney Prioritization & Experience Design: Identify and prioritize the journeys that matter most for employers / clients and employees / consumers, with a clear focus on moments that matter, pain points, and sources of friction. Partner with cross-functional teams to design experience improvements and solution approaches that address root causes, remove barriers, and improve outcomes across channels and functions. Translate research, VOC, competitive intelligence, and operational data into prioritized experience initiatives and strategic "big bets" tied to clear customer outcomes, business value, and measurable adoptionMeasurement & Business Impact: Define the leading and lagging indicators that provide a clear view of experience and NPS performance, including the KPIs most predictive of future improvement. Partner with Experience Measurement & Insights and Data & Analytics teams to analyze relational and transactional NPS, verbatims, journey-level feedback, operational performance, and the business impact of promoter and detractor behaviors where possible. Report progress on priorities and action plans, surface performance risks and opportunities, and ensure leadership has the insights needed to accelerate resultsVOC Communication & Closed-Loop Activation: Define the communication and closed-loop feedback approach that provides clear visibility into experience insights, NPS learnings, action plans, and improvements underway. Partner with business and operations teams to govern the ownership model for feedback follow-up, escalation, and service recovery so roles, handoffs, and accountability are clear and effective. Create executive-ready narratives, mobilize leaders and frontline teams around action, and ensure customer feedback is translated into learning, issue resolution, and measurable improvementGovernance & Enterprise Alignment: Lead a small team and a cross-Optum Financial center of excellence that aligns Experience Measurement & Insights, Data & Analytics, Product, Operations, Service, and digital teams around shared priorities, action plans, and decision making. Partner with these functions to establish the governance, operating rhythm, and decision rights needed to advance experience initiatives consistently, avoid fragmented solutions, and ensure accountability for results. Provide an enterprise view that clarifies trade-offs, aligns execution, and improves the end-to-end experience across Optum FinancialSkills5+ years of progressive leadership experience in customer or consumer experience, journey transformation, service design, UX, product, operations, and/or enterprise change leadership5+ years of experience leading voice of customer, customer insight, NPS, or comparable experience measurement and activation programs5+ years of experience translating customer insights, journey pain points, operational data, and competitive intelligence into strategic priorities, business cases, and measurable action plansExperience in healthcare, financial services, benefits administration, or a similarly complex regulated environmentExperience leading enterprise experience, VOC, or customer insight programs across a complex matrixed organizationAll employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter PolicyBenefitsA comprehensive benefits packageIncentive and recognition programsEquity stock purchase401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)Company OverviewWe’re evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. It was founded in 1985, and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://frontiertherapies.optum.com.Company H1B SponsorshipOptum has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 73 in 2026, 648 in 2025, 559 in 2024, 620 in 2023, 851 in 2022, 593 in 2021, 438 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.