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The Strategy Advancement Senior Professional, Discovery & Strategic Partnerships provides data-driven strategic direction to identify and evaluate potential vendor partners with the goal of advancing business priorities and clinical objectives. Provides vendor screening and evaluation and market landscaping support for the Medicare business segment and potentially the company at large. The Strategy Advancement Senior Professional works on problems of diverse scope and typically substantial complexity.

               

The Strategy Advancement Senior Professional, Discovery & Strategic Partnerships enables the enterprise to effectively and intentionally collaborate with best-in-class strategic partners in order to advance our clinical and experience objectives. This person will work autonomously and exercise independent judgment and decision making on complex issues regarding job duties and related tasks.

In this role you will:

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to navigate ambiguity by defining needs and evaluating opportunities – e.g., define future state vision, key requirements, and evaluation criteria for comparing vendors

• Support selection of strategic partners for solutions aimed to improve clinical outcomes for the Medicare population; includes client management of our internal business partners like Clinical Strategy, Retail Product & Growth; initial screening of companies, leading evaluation meetings with potential vendors, and analysis needed to make a recommendation

• Perform research and analysis on consumer and industry trends; vendor landscaping for specific clinical priority areas

The successful associate:

• Demonstrates critical thinking and analytical skills required to understand problems to solve, desired future state, required capabilities, and to develop framework and criteria for rigorous evaluation of solution or vendor options

• Brings expertise or identifies subject matter experts to analyze and synthesize information, develop insights and produce recommendations based on company and external data analysis

• Ensures that policies and procedures align with corporate vision

• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel ensuring efficient operation of the function

Use your skills to make an impact
 

Role Essentials

• Bachelor's Degree

• 3 or more years of consulting, strategy development, commercial and/or strategic planning or business strategy experience

• Healthcare experience

• Strong critical thinking skills

• Strong analytical experience: being able to synthesize data, develop a methodology to help bring strategies together, and present on those strategies

• Microsoft Excel modeling & PowerPoint presentation skills

• Translating ambiguity into structured framework and/or processes for analysis

• Experience leading a cross-functional group of leaders/teams

• Strong communication skills both verbal and written, with ability to flex to different audiences

• Ability to conduct, interpret, and leverage data and analytics to improve strategy and make recommendations

Role Desirables

• Master's Degree

Work-At-Home Requirements

• This position is remote with preference in our Louisville or Washington, DC office

• Must have the ability to provide a high-speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.

• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.

• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.

• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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.

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