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The Lead Technology Leadership Professional is responsible for all aspects of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for Humana IT.

We’re looking for a professional with experience designing or supporting an enterprise-wide SDLC. This person understands what it takes to deliver technical solutions while optimizing risk and is comfortable with technology, controls, compliance, Agile methodologies, and process improvement. The ideal candidate is customer-centric, welcoming feedback to improve our approach. They get work done and demonstrate skill at communicating and building relationships at all levels—executive to engineers. A steering committee of executives provides regular strategic direction for the future of our SDLC. You will organize a group of expert Directly Responsible Individuals to bring that strategic vision to life.

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Responsibilities

The Lead SDLC Process Owner plans, performs and implements process improvement initiatives and works on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial. The Lead will be accountable and responsible for defining the future of our System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the included processes and standards.

Other Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing processes
• Develop metrics that provide data for process measurement and identify indicators for future improvement opportunities
• Measure performance against process requirements and align improvement to performance shortfalls
• Provide consultation on the use of re-engineering techniques to improve process performance and product quality
• Deliver presentations and training courses including measurement, analysis, improvement and control
• Observe, survey, and analyze best practices within Humana and externally for techniques and processes
• Advise executives to develop functional strategies on matters of significance
• This role is a remote, work at home role anywhere in the US. Candidates in Louisville will have flexibility to work both in office and at home.

 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of SDLC or process improvement experience
• 5+ years of project or product leadership experience with demonstrated ability to run large scale, highly visible programs
• 5+ years of process improvement experience
• Experience using process mapping tools like Lucidchart or Microsoft Visio
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to quickly build rapport at all levels within the organization
• Ability to interact with and defend position with executives

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Boards
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Lean certification
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification and/or experience operating in an environment that uses SAFe
• Experience with IT governance frameworks such as COBIT

Additional Information

Why Humana

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 charity matching program
Network Resource Groups (NRGs)
Career development opportunities

Work-At-Home Requirements

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 recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested
Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.
Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Interview Format

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 conne