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The Strategy Execution/Advancement Principal provides data-based strategic direction to identify and address business issues and opportunities. Provides business intelligence and strategic planning support for business segments or the company at large. The Strategy Execution/Advancement Principal provides strategic advice and guidance to functional team(s). Highly skilled with broad, advanced technical experience.

Humana’s Health Quality and Stars (HQS) is an organization that is responsible for improving health outcomes and advancing the care experience of our members and provider partners through quality solutions. HQS is committed to caring for our customers and delivering high plan quality as rated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). One key element of this quality rating is the operational execution and performance of the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures.

HQS is seeking the Principal of Strategic Execution and Delivery to accelerate cross-functional execution and ensure strategic initiatives are consistently delivered. This position will drive operational rigor, strategic planning, and end-to-end delivery of initiatives. The role ensures alignment across leaders, enables effective decision-making, strengthens accountability, and provides structured oversight of progress, priorities, communications, and partner engagement to turn strategy into sustained results. Success will require cultivating and maturing strong relationships with corporate and market teams, being self-directed and highly engaged, and operating with utmost integrity and authenticity.   

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives from concept through delivery

• Partner with directors and senior leaders to translate strategy into actionable plans and measurable outcomes

• Establish and maintain operating rhythms for planning, prioritization, progress tracking, and updates

• Develop and maintain initiative roadmaps, timelines, dependencies, and delivery frameworks

• Create structured storyboards and executive-ready narratives to communicate progress, risks, and decisions

• Identify execution risks, bottlenecks, and resource gaps; recommend mitigation strategies

• Facilitate alignment across swim lanes to ensure coordinated planning and integrated delivery

• Implement accountability mechanisms, including milestone tracking and outcome reporting

• Support strategic exploration efforts by shaping pilots, defining success criteria, and guiding execution paths

• Manage partner and stakeholder engagement to ensure clarity of roles, expectations, and deliverables

• Improve operational processes and execution methodologies over time

• Provide thought partnership to leaders on prioritization, sequencing, and tradeoff decisions

• Serve as a central point of visibility for initiative status, progress, and interdependencies

• Enable data-informed decision-making through structured reporting and performance insights

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• 8 years of experience in healthcare, clinical operations, portfolio coordination and/or consulting

• Strong strategic planning experience with ability to translate strategy into actionable, measurable outcomes

• Expertise in initiative management, planning frameworks, and performance tracking

• Strong presentation and storyboarding development skills – visually engaging and message-driven with clarity

• Proven experience leading complex cross-functional execution in matrixed environments

• Confidence and comfort in conversing with senior management, business leaders and external parties

Preferred Qualifications

• HEDIS experience and expertise

Additional Information

As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:
At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireles