Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
 

If you are a motivated leader with a passion for healthcare technology and API management, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Humana.

Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred 

Experience: 5+ years of technical experience in IT

 Job Summary

Looking for an opportunity to expand your healthcare leadership experience while up-skilling in the latest industry standards? Humana is searching for an experienced leader to leverage their previous healthcare experience to assist in enabling Humana’s Enterprise API strategy and directly accountable for the strategy and direction of the Enterprise API Catalog and associated API's as the Senior Product Owner.

 Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the planning, design, development, deployment, and overall success of Humana’s Enterprise APIs.
• Lead and design product value streams within the EAI organization.
• Define and implement common API standards across multiple teams to ensure a consistent developer experience.
• Stay abreast of API industry trends to influence internal API strategies, including adopting new frameworks, styles, or technologies.
• Partner with business leaders, customers, and partners to elicit, understand, analyze, document, refine, and communicate business needs.
• Evangelize the API strategy and standards to internal teams to secure organizational buy-in.
• Coordinate with other Product Owners and Product Managers to align API maintenance and improvement with internal business requirements.
• Manage and collaborate with a team of developers to ensure product requirements are met.

Customer Advocacy & Design Thinking

• Act as the primary customer advocate for the Enterprise API Catalog, ensuring strategies align with customer needs to drive adoption.
• Employ design thinking to define the future state of product design, maintaining a customer-first mindset to visualize and design optimal experiences.

- Project Management

• Lead multiple complex projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and successful delivery.
• Define priorities for new API product development to ensure the team focuses on the right initiatives in the correct order.
• Measure success by designing and developing product functionalities that support innovative solutions.

Use your skills to make an impact
 

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related field
• Master’s degree strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of technical experience, preferably with a focus on API development and management.
• Proven experience in IT, with a strong technical background.

Skills & Expertise

• Solid understanding of the healthcare domain with expertise in critical healthcare product areas.
• Fundamental knowledge of key API concepts to define and design foundational API contracts.
• Ability to research and gain strong business domain knowledge to design the to-be state.
• Demonstrated knowledge of all phases of the API product lifecycle.

Personal Attributes

• Customer-first mindset with the ability to visualize and design excellent user experiences.
• Strong leadership and project management skills.
• Learning mindset aligned with recent technologies and innovation in the API space.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing cutting-edge technologies in the API space, including API gateways and net new integrations.
• Non-traditional product ownership experience with a focus on recent technological advancements.

 What We Offer

• Fully remote position; working within the EST time zone.
• Opportunity to work with the latest technologies and contribute to Humana’s Enterprise API strategy.
• Access to continuous learning and development opportunities to enhance your leadership and technical skills.

Why Humana?  

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

Humana offers a variety of benefits to promote the best health and well-being of our employees and their families. We design competitive and flexible packages to give our employees a sense of financial security—both today and in the future, including:

• Health benefits effective day 1
• Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time and jury duty pay
• Recognition pay
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Tuition assistance
• Scholarships for eligible dependents
• Parental and caregiver leave
• Employee