Sales Support Rotational Program - Minnetonka, MN

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

Consider the influence you can have on the quality of care for millions of people. Now, enhance that success with enthusiasm you can really fee. Great work is the product of solid purpose, conviction, and pride - pride in your ability and your product.

UnitedHealth Group offers a portfolio of products through two distinct platforms: United HealthCare (health benefits) and Optum (health services).  At United HealthCare Medicare & Retirement, we serve the fastest growing segment of our nation's population - 50 and older.  And we're doing it with an intense amount of dedication.  Up for the challenge of a lifetime? Join a team of the best and the brightest to find bold new ways to proactively improve the health and quality of life of our 9 million customers. You'll find a wealth of dynamic opportunities to grow and develop as we work together to strengthen our health care system.

We offer a growth-based culture with extraordinary opportunities in our Early Careers Sales Support Rotational Program – we succeed by staying true to our mission to make health care work effectively and efficiently for seniors.  

This is a full-time position and will be available starting June 2024

UnitedHealth Group is not able to offer relocation assistance for this position

UnitedHealth Group is not able to offer visa sponsorship now or in the future for this position

Program features: 

• Participate in a sales support rotational program that will accelerate your career with a company that will help you learn new skills and foster your continued growth
• Complete two, six-months rotations outside of the Producer Help Desk in areas including but not limited to Marketing, Product, Sales Operations, Workforce Management, Benefits Operations and Business Development.
• Collaborate with experienced professionals, mentors, and sales and sales support leaders
• Build relationships within a close-knit community of peers involved in the sales support and sales rotational program to expand your network
• Practical experience-based program in which participants are assigned projects in critical areas of the business

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Participate in a 24-month Rotational Program that will provide a structured curriculum and on-the-job sessions that will expose you to broad skills, tools, and functional departments within the Sales & Distribution Organization.  Along with training and a core role within the Producer Helpdesk Sales Support organization, you will also experience two, six month rotations fully submerged within a different part of the organization.  From this, you will:
  • Gain industry knowledge
  • Enhance communication and presentation skills
  • Review reporting practices and utilize analytical skills
  • Learn and understand different work styles
  • Formalize individual development plans
  • Learn and live our corporate culture and values
  • Access a very comprehensive repository of online self-development tools and resources
• Sales Support Representatives are Sales Agent champions who address sales support, product, content, and technical needs through a variety of activities:
  • Build Agent sales success and loyalty through timely and effective interaction resolution, which includes; sales interaction support, resource navigation, managing escalations, engaging appropriate resources as needed to drive sales transaction completion
  • Provide interaction resolution updates using effective oral and written communication
  • Interact with Sales Agents regularly via various communication channels; those channels may include inbound calls, inbound chats, inbound e-mails, or outbound calls as driven by business need
  • Other duties and projects needed and assigned by business management

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: 

• Currently in final year of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree (or obtained degree no longer than 24 months prior to position start date, from an accredited college/university).  Bachelor’s Degree must be obtained prior to start of employment
• Experience with Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship, now or in the future, for employment-based work authorization (F-1 students with practical training and candidates requiring H-1Bs, TNs, etc. will not be considered)

Preferred Qualification:  

• Work or volunteer experience in sales, customer service, health care, or health insurance 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.      

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 workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.