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Job type full-time
Full job description
Bring us your experience, your head for strategy, your strength with relationships and your eye for opportunityIn return we offer an unmatched place to grow and develop your career among a richly diverse group of businesses driven by the power and stability of a leading health care organizationCome help us heal and strengthen the health care system as you do your life`s best work.(sm)
Solutran has grown over four times in size in the last couple of yearsAs a result, in january we became part of the optum financial family (a unitedhealth group subsidiary)The solutran team and our platform are now at the center of the most significant healthcare payments innovation in modern historyThe journey is just beginningWe expect this growth to accelerate and invite you to grow with us!
Position summary:
The associate general counsel provides senior management with effective advice on legal strategies and their implementation and manages the legal functionThe associate general counsel is directly involved in complex business transactions and in drafting or review of all contractsIn addition, this role is responsible for researching regulatory or compliance implications of new and current products.
What you’ll do:
Prepare and interpret legal contracts and other documents related to a variety of business, product, financial, and operational matters (e.g., customer contracts, vendor contracts, and other communications) to protect the organization`s legal and business interestsAdvise on regulatory filings of such documents where applicable.
Assist the company in managing a variety of risks (i.eLegal, financial) by providing legal and business advice and solutions to the company on matters related to health care regulations, banking and payments regulations, consumer protection, and other regulations.
Work with operating departments to ensure compliance with laws, statutes, and other regulations.
Research legal issues surrounding industry-specific laws and provides guidance on industry and state-by-state practicesAssists in preventing or resolving emerging matters.
Serve as compliance officer, overseeing health care or overall company compliance initiatives.
Responsible for overseeing contract management software platform, including access management, contract retention and renewals.
Participate in and supervises dispute resolution which can range from informal advice to other departments to active discussions and correspondence with customers or their representatives to litigation management.
Serve as primary point of contact for optum financial and unitedhealth group for all legal matters related to solutran.
Supervise and direct work of paralegal.
Other duties as assigned.
Where you will work:
This is a hybrid position working at our plymouth, mn office and work-from-home.
Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
Juris doctor degree from american bar association accredited law school.
Three years` experience in a law firm or corporate legal department.
Admitted to practice law before state and federal courts in minnesota.
Proficiency in microsoft office applications, particularly word.
Preferred skills:
Experience within the payments industry.
Careers with optumHere`s the ideaWe built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyoneSo 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 serveOptum, 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 potentialFor you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matterOptum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life`s best workSm
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 workplaceCandidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
