Senior Communications Specialist

District of Columbia, USA (Remote)

$73K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 8 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own and coordinate multi-channel communications initiatives from planning to delivery, ensuring alignment with audience, risks and success metrics.

  • Own project plans and status reporting
  • Translate strategies into executable workstreams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Own project plans, timelines, task lists, assignments, dependencies and status reporting for assigned communications initiatives, keeping work organized and moving forward
  • Establish clarity on the objective, audience, desired outcome, accountable owner, timeline and key risks before advancing work into execution
  • Drive meetings, working sessions, reviews and approvals; capture decisions, assign follow-up actions and ensure commitments are completed
  • Anticipate schedule risks, ownership gaps, competing priorities and missing inputs; assess the implications and lead the team toward a practical resolution
  • Create clear decisions, handoffs and next steps that enable others to act; strengthen templates and workflows so effective approaches can be repeated and scaled
  • Help translate approved campaign strategies into clear workstreams, channel deliverables and activation schedules, keeping execution connected to the intended audience and communications outcome
  • Coordinate execution across web, social, media relations, paid media, analytics and other communications partners
  • Review deliverables against approved messaging, audience needs, channel requirements and campaign objectives; raise questions when a requested tactic may not support the intended outcome
  • Support launch readiness by tracking content, creative, technical, legal and compliance dependencies
  • Draft, edit and proofread digital content, briefs, presentations, talking points, project updates and other communications materials

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree OR 4+ years equivalent professional experience
  • 4+ years of professional experience in communications, digital marketing, public relations, or a related field
  • 4+ years of experience coordinating multiple projects, deliverables or workstreams with overlapping deadlines
  • 4+ years of experience in corporate reputation management

Benefits

  • 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.
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UnitedHealth Group

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UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company with a mission to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone.We are 340,000 colleagues in two distinct and complementary businesses working to help build a modern, high-performing health system through improved access, affordability, outcomes and experiences.Optum delivers care aided by technology and data, empowering people, partners and providers with the guidance and tools they need to achieve better health. UnitedHealthcare offers a full range of health benefits, enabling affordable coverage, simplifying the health care experience and delivering access to high-quality care.We work with governments, employers, partners and providers to care for 147 million people and share a vision of a value-based system of care that provides compassionate and equitable care.At UnitedHealth Group, our mission calls us, our values guide us and our diverse culture connects us as we seek to improve care for the consumers we are privileged to serve and their communities.Click below to search careers or join our social communities: • Search & apply for careers at careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/• Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/UnitedHealthGrp• Follow and like us on Facebook at facebook.com/unitedhealthgroup• Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/unitedhealthgroupMore about UnitedHealth Group can be found at unitedhealthgroup.com/

Founded in 2002
USA
102K employees (1,562 in marketing)
68% recommend to a friend
71% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$73K/yr – $130K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Communications median pay in the United States

$93K/yr

Most pay falls between $70K and $137K. Based on 6,050 salaries.

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Funding

Total Funding
$7.6B
Last Raise
$1.6B
Post IPO Equity, 7 months ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2025
    Post IPO Equity • $1.6B
  • Mar 2024
    Post IPO Debt • $6B
  • Aug 2021
    Post IPO Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$148.8K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
18.1%
Direct
47.4%
Referral
23.4%
Social
9.3%
Paid
1.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~101.7K
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Senior Communications Specialist

UnitedHealth Group · District of Columbia, USA · Remote