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Role Description
The Strategy Execution/Advancement Principal provides data-based strategic direction to identify and address business issues and opportunities. This position will drive operational rigor, strategic planning, and end-to-end delivery of initiatives.
• 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
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
Requirements
• HEDIS experience and expertise
Benefits
• Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Life insurance and many other opportunities
Application Deadline
03-08-2026
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.