Director, Corporate Strategy

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Humana's Corporate Strategy team is a high-performing organization that works closely with Humana's senior leaders to help chart the course for the company's future. In Strategy, you will identify and analyze exciting new growth opportunities and work with business leaders to prioritize strategic investments and execute strategic transformation. "Strategy Operations" is one of three teams within the Strategy organization, which also includes the Corporate Development and Strategy Planning functions. The Strategy Operations team provides consulting services to Humana's lines of business on a project basis. As a leader of this team, you will help senior executives advance and operationalize their strategies and solve complex business problems.

As Director, Corporate Strategy, you will provide strategic guidance and thought leadership to the company's most senior leaders through engagement on a broad array of business issues and improvement opportunities. In this role, you will lead a team of 3-5 associates to deliver on cross-functional strategy projects related to enterprise growth priorities, provide strategic support for large-scale transformation programs and external partnership opportunities, and present progress and recommendations to Humana's senior leadership.

Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver on a wide range of strategic activities, including optimization/efficiency assessments, large-scale transformations and strategy execution

• Manage cross-functional projects, working with leaders throughout the company to execute complex, high-priority strategic initiatives

• Lead strategic problem-solving efforts by helping senior leaders define key issues, develop hypotheses and design recommendations/solutions

• Develop actionable insights to equip senior leaders with the right data to make informed strategic decisions

• Develop and refine key team operating systems and coach individual team members

The successful candidate will be a dynamic leader who has worked in strategy development and/or process improvement at a top tier strategy consulting firm or in a large corporation. He/she will have a demonstrated ability to influence peers and business leaders. This person must be comfortable with ambiguity and able to work collaboratively with key leaders to shape the priorities and agenda for the Corporate Strategy team.

He/she also will be effective at multi-tasking and possess keen change management skills. Additional skills and competencies include:

• Leads Positively: Leads by example to cultivate a climate of motivation, positive energy and meaning in work. Empowers and guides associates to take personal responsibility, encouraging them to productively learn, flourish, and strengthen team capacity. Assesses, selects, recognizes, and develops diverse talent to capitalize on competencies, ideas and passions.

• Acts Strategically: Sees how decisions can impact the whole of the organization and makes decisions using a broad knowledge of the long-term vision, values, risk acceptance and strategy of the organization. Uses an enterprise-wide perspective to translate strategies into actions, creating a clear view of the future state. Inspires others to embrace and advance the strategy as it evolves and is realized.

• Customer Focus: Connects meaningfully with internal and external customers to build emotional engagement and customer advocacy. Develops and applies deep customer knowledge and intimacy to develop and deliver work that provides value beyond expectations. Simplifies complexity and integrates internal efforts to deliver an optimal customer experience

• Accountability: Meets established expectations and takes responsibility for achieving results; encourages others to do the same. Employs focus, attention to detail, reliability, and appropriate prioritization to drive outcomes. Sees opportunities to contribute and takes the initiative to create solutions

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS, MBA or other relevant degrees

• 4+ years post MBA consulting or corporate strategy experience

• Strong business acumen with proven ability to apply foundational strategy principles to a variety of business problems

• Proven experience with strategic prioritization, enterprise transformation and process improvement

• Proven experience working directly with and interacting with executive leaders internally and externally

• Passion for people development and demonstrated leadership success, including direct or indirect team leadership

• Ability to identify, structure and solve business and/or operational problems

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and oral communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Leadership experience at top-tier strategy consulting firm or Fortune 500 corporate strategy team

• Six Sigma certification at Green Belt level at least

• Experience working in the healthcare industry, preferably payer or provider segments

Location:

• Louisville, KY or Washington, DC
• The Strategy Operations team follows a hybrid model, working together in the office 2-3 days per week.

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Why Humana? You'll experience the following perks as a full-time Humana employee:

Compensation and Financial Security

• Our pay philosophy is designed to motivate and reward associates for their skills and contributions to the company. We provide options to help you plan for your future and protect your assets: Competitive base pay, Recognition pay, 401(k) retirement savings plan (125% match for the first 6% contributed by an associate), etc.

Your Whole Health

• Humana's health products and services are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family: Medical, dental, and vision benefits, Health plan incentives, Paternity leave, etc.

Work Perks

• Humana knows your life extends outside of work. We have many options to support your interests and needs. Some departments have the flexibility to allow associates to work from home, and we offer all associates: Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time, jury duty pay, Associate charity matching program, Discount programs with major retailers, etc.

Grow With Us

• Humana provides growth and career opportunities that can help you develop your skills and build your future with the organization: Internal and external learning events, Tuition assistance, Inclusion and diversity training, etc.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$181,200 - $249,300 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Us

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first - for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health - delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of  Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of  Humana to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.