Director of Special Projects - divvyDOSE

Full-time; Exempt

Location: Preferred Chicago, IL; Nashville, TN; Davenport, IA; Iowa City, IA

divvyDOSE is rebuilding the pharmacy experience for consumers with complex care needs from the ground up.

Our vision is to fix and reimagine healthcare for everyone. Our mission is to engage customers by fixing all the problems around getting and taking their medications. We've taken the first step by simplifying adherence.

We’re now part of Optum and the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, backed by the resources of a global health organization working to help people live healthier lives and to help make the health system work better for everyone. Are you looking for a way to create next-level results with a human-level approach? Then look at opportunities with divvyDOSE, where changing the world is just one result of doing your life’s best work.(sm)

We are currently looking for a Director of Special Projects that will oversee multiple projects simultaneously and be involved in the development and execution of key initiatives across the divvyDOSE Operations Team. This role will work cross functionally across the organization to make sure project strategies and deadlines are being met. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of operations, can see the overall vision across an organization and has an appreciation for the process it takes to get projects completed from creation to completion.

Reporting to the COO, this person will:

• Lead the operational projects as we scale divvyDOSE; determined by Senior Leadership and across our entire Operations business unit: pharmacy fill operations, new customer onboarding, and existing customer relations.
• Monitor metrics, track progress of initiatives, and prepare presentations for senior management on current state of projects
• Regularly apprise leadership of project status and variations from schedule or scope
• Scope, plan and execute multiple projects simultaneously
• Utilize data and analytics to measure past performance and anticipate future project needs
• Manage complex and cross-functional team efforts, and be responsible for the result
• Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate updates across all levels of leadership
• Identify product technical capabilities and map them to go-to-market opportunities
• Full life cycle of process development: define gaps between current state and optimal state, determine needs to overcome gap, and execute to achieve optimal state

Requirements

• BA/BS degree from a leading undergraduate institution or equivalent work experience
• MS, PhD, or MBA preferred
• 6+ years of relevant business experience in a fast-paced, hyper-growth organization
• Experience in business development, strategy, and operations
• Strong project management and analytical skills
• Ability to build strong relationships across cross-functional teams
• Excellent relationship management, interpersonal, influencing and negotiating skills, and ability to work in fast-moving organizations with rapidly changing priorities
• Travel requirement varies based on office location

Benefits

In addition to competitive salary and a unique opportunity to thrive at a growing company, divvyDOSE offers various formal benefits as well.

INSURANCE, PAID TIME OFF, & RETIREMENT

Full-time employees receive Sick days, Vacation days, and Holiday Pay as well as employer-paid Medical (including a Health Savings Account with an employer contribution), Dental, and Vision insurance. In addition, we're proud to offer Voluntary Life & AD&D, Short Term Disability, and Long Term Disability coverage. A 401k plan with employer contribution is available, too.

EMPLOYEE INVESTMENT

For employees new to pharmacy, the company offers in-house preparation to test for National Certification as a pharmacy technician. With a rapidly-growing startup, the opportunities for advancement are numerous.

SOCIAL EVENTS

In our company description, you can tell the divvyTEAM likes to have fun. Regular potlucks, company events, pizza days, wellness challenges, and divvyNEWS You Can Use updates maintain our work-hard play-hard culture.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: 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. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

Employment with divvyDOSE is AT WILL, and can be terminated at any time, for any reason, by either party.