Advisory Services Analyst (Content Strategy focus), Consultant Development Program - Multiple Locations

Requisition Number: 2400765
Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. We remove friction and drive alignment between care providers and payers, and ultimately consumers. Our deep expertise in the industry and innovative technology empower us to help organizations reduce costs while improving risk management, quality and revenue growth. Ready to help us deliver results that improve lives? Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Begin your career at UnitedHealth Group and you'll get an Early Careers consulting opportunity to do something extraordinary with your first job out of school. Make a real difference by helping millions of people live healthier lives and making health care work better for everyone. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations attract a certain type of person. Crazy talented. Brilliant. Compassionate. Curious. Driven. To these select few, we offer a global reach, resources, and a can-do culture. You'll find a world of career options fueled by your performance and limited only by your imagination. Start here.
Here's the idea. We built focused businesses, inside UnitedHealth Group, organized around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. Through our two business platforms, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, we work to improve the health care system and advance the health and well-being of individuals and communities so that they can enjoy better, fuller lives. For you, that means working on high performing teams solving sophisticated challenges. It's a culture of optimism that's unlike any place you've ever worked. Many incredible ideas in one incredible company.
Advisory Board, a division of Optum Insight, is part of the family of companies that make UnitedHealth Group one of the leaders across most major segments of the U.S. health care system. For over 40 years, we've helped executives and future leaders in the health care industry work smarter and faster by providing provocative insights, actionable strategies, and practical tools to support execution. Our core products include research membership, events, expert support, custom research, and sponsorship. Learn more about Advisory Board.
What can YOU do with the right information? At Optum Insight, your possibilities and your impact are limitless. No matter what your role is at Optum Insight, you'll be empowered to ask more questions, develop better solutions, and help make the health care system greater than ever. It's always fresh. It's always exciting. And it's never been more important.
**The full-time position located in Eden Prairie, MN, Nashville, TN or Washington, DC**
**This is a full-time position with a start date of Monday, January 25, 2027**
**UnitedHealth Group is not able to offer visa sponsorship now or in the future for position**
**Relocation is not offered for the Consultant Development Program**
The Consultant Development Program (CDP) is an Early Careers program for recent college graduates who are interested in developing and deploying problem-solving and presentation skills with health care clients. The Consultant Development Program allows early career professionals to experience a diversity of health care clients through a variety of engagements. CDP participants will work with Advisory Board teams across various functions, including research and client services, to support top business priorities while simultaneously receiving mentorship and formal training in key consulting competencies. Program completion includes alignment into a full-time Advisory Board role and typically takes 1.5-2.5 years to complete.
Primary Responsibilities:
As a member of Advisory Board's Content Strategy team, you will help create, improve, and extend health care research for executive audiences. You will also use audience insights, performance data, and emerging AI tools to help Advisory Board deliver relevant content across channels.
You will:

• Write, edit, and repurpose health care research content across formats such as reports, articles, presentations, and digital resources
• Collaborate with researchers and subject matter experts to translate complex health care topics into clear, actionable content for health care leaders
• Partner with editorial, marketing, design, and digital teams to bring new research to market
• Analyze content performance and audience-engagement data to identify trends, inform content decisions, and support continuous improvement
• Develop clear, compelling presentation materials for internal and client-facing audiences
• Prepare and structure research content for use in Advisory Board's AI-enabled products and experiences
• Participate in research interviews or client calls to gather insights for writing projects
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously and communicate clearly with colleagues and project stakeholders

Advisory Board provides support to a wide range of healthcare clients. Example projects might include:

• Collaborating with researchers and subject matter experts to create a new health care research artcile or executive presentation
• Joining a research call with Advisory Board members (clients) to gather perspectives for a writing project
• Repurposing a major research report into articles, digital resources, presentation materials, or other audience-specific formats
• Preparing existing research content for use in AI-enabled search or knowledge experiences
• Reviewing content-performance data and recommending ways to strengthen future research promotion or packaging
• Engaging directly with Advisory Board members (clients) to provide expert support, answer their questions, and demonstrate the value of Advisory Board research to meet their strategic goals and priorities

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.
In this role, you will actively apply AI tools and techniques within your functional area to drive efficiency, insights, and innovation. You will work on integrating AI into business workflows and improving processes.
What You'll Do:

• Apply AI tools to solve business problems within your domain
• Build and optimize prompts for analysis, reporting, and automation
• Integrate AI into workflows (e.g., reporting, dashboards, operations processes)
• Analyze data using AI-enabled tools and generate insights
• Collaborate with teams to identify opportunities for AI-driven improvements
• Ensure responsible and compliant use of AI solutions

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree earned within the past 24 months from an accredited college/university; coursework to obtain degree must be completed prior to start of employment and verified within 6-8 weeks following your start date
• Demonstrated writing, editing, or communication experience through coursework, internships, employment, or extracurricular activities
• Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate it clearly in writing and presentations
• Experience managing multiple assignments simultaneously and meeting deadlines. Ability to complete a timed writing exercise during the interview process
• Interest in healthcare, healthcare policy, or healthcare strategy
• Ability to work in office on a hybrid schedule (2 days home/3 days in office) in one of our 3 locations (Eden Prairie, MN, Nashville, TN or Washington, DC) for the duration of the program
• Ability to travel up to 25% for the Consultant Development Program, dependent on project needs and location
• 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. F-1 visa holders with Optional Practical Training (OPT) who will require H-1B status, TNs, or current H-1B visa holders will not be considered. H1-B and green card sponsorship is not available for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Familiarity with health care, health policy, or health care business issues
• Experience writing or editing research-based content
• Experience using AI or other emerging tools to support research, writing, and content development

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $60,200 - $107,400 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. Together, we are shaping the future of healthcare by harnessing technology and innovation to make care simpler to navigate, more affordable and more connected for the people we serve. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, heard and respected, empowering people to bring their authentic selves to work and strengthening our collective impact through diverse talents, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group and its affiliated brands are a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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