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Join us as an Associate Director, Project Management, where you will lead and shape project management initiatives for Humana's Wisconsin Market - iCare and Inclusa. In this pivotal role, you will provide strategic direction and operational oversight for a diverse portfolio, integrating responsibilities for our project management office and our value management office. Your contributions will be essential to maintaining seamless “run the business” operations, supporting ongoing integration efforts, and fostering alignment between business and technology priorities. If you are driven by leadership, collaboration, and impactful results, we invite you to apply and help us advance our organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, supervise, and develop a team of senior level project managers, business system analysts, and product owners.
• Manage the project portfolio and coordinate projects, ensuring alignment with Humana’s strategic objectives.
• Partner with IT and business stakeholders to facilitate IT budget management and drive IT prioritization consistent with business needs.
• Support Program Increment (PI) planning, ensuring proper intake and prioritization of work in Azure DevOps (ADO).
• Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT), coordinating with business representatives to ensure effective testing coverage.
• Coordinate closely with Department of Health Services (DHS) and attend all required meetings.
• Drive operationalization of the annual strategic plan in coordination with Market Development and Engagement leadership, maintaining a two-way communication process for reviewing and prioritizing new initiatives.
• Maintain a two-year roadmap for projects to support long-term planning and transparency.
• Ensure compliance with Humana’s governance standards and project management best practices.

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Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, Information Technology, or related field
• 5 years of progressive project management experience, including PMO leadership, integration, and cross-functional oversight, ideally in healthcare or a related industry.
• Reside within the State of Wisconsin, a state that borders WI, or within Kentucky
• Proven ability to manage complex project portfolios and lead cross-functional teams.
• Understanding of budgeting, strategic planning, and project management platforms.
• Demonstrated experience with regulatory communications.
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• People management experience
• Experience in a managed care, healthcare, or highly regulated environment
• Advanced project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PgMP, SAFe).
• Familiarity with Humana’s WI Market systems, including intake and prioritization processes.

Additional Information:

• Workstyle: Home- Associates Home office environment is their primary work location, but they will use Humana office space on an as needed basis for collaboration and other face-to-face needs.

• Travel: 15% primarily within the State of WI

• Typical Workdays/Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm CST

WAH Internet Statement:

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; 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.

HireVue:

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.

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