Job Information
Humana
Associate VP, Corporate Strategy
in
Boston, Massachusetts
Description
Humana is a national leader in transforming the way health care is delivered, aiming to be a partner in health and aging for our consumers. In addition to our market-leading Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription drug businesses, Humana continues to invest in developing a robust integrated care delivery model that integrates insurance with high-value health care services, such as Primary Care, Home Care, and Pharmacy. Humana operates the 4th largest PBM, 8th largest dispensing pharmacy, owns a major stake in the nation's largest home health care and hospice operator (Kindred at Home), and is quickly growing a portfolio of owned and joint venture senior-focused primary care assets including, Partners in Primary Care, Conviva, JenCare, and Iora. Humana is also a leader in digital health technology, operating Go365, a mobile-based Wellness solution as well as a suite of payer-agnostic population health technology tools. Humana is consistently recognized as a top place to work in healthcare, especially in areas of Diversity and Inclusion.
Responsibilities
Humana's Corporate Strategy team is a small, high-performing group that works closely with Humana's senior leadership to chart the course for the company's future. In Strategy, you will identify and analyze exciting new growth opportunities and work with business leaders to prioritize strategic investments and execute strategic transformation. The Strategy team leads weekly meetings with Humana's CEO and management team and frequently deliver strategy updates to the Board of Directors. Day-to-day activities of the Post-MBA leader will include overseeing a team of analysts to pull together industry analysis, high-level financial modeling, and qualitative analysis and synthesis of strategic options to create executive-level deliverables and recommendations for Humana's senior leaders and Board.
As AVP, Corporate Strategy, you will provide strategic guidance and thought leadership to our most senior leaders through the development of enterprise-wide strategic plans and objectives. In addition, you will lead a wide variety of cross-functional strategy projects related to Enterprise growth priorities, provide strategic support for M&A processes and external partnership opportunities, and present progress and recommendations to Humana's senior leadership and Board.
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead engagement with our board of directors and investor community on corporate strategy subject matter.
- Significant involvement in prioritization of enterprise-wide strategic investment funds.
- Deliver on a wide range of short term and long term strategic activities, including strategic projects, strategy execution, and business development/M&A activities.
- Work with Humana's leadership team to establish and communicate enterprise strategy.
- Lead cross-functional projects, working with the management team and business presidents.
- Convert strategy into business cases and projects while prioritizing timelines and ensuring consensus and execution.
- Manage external relationships with key business partners.
- Develop and refine key team operating systems and individual team members.
Skills and Competencies
The successful candidate will be a dynamic leader who has worked in strategy development at a top tier strategy consulting firm or in a large corporation. He/she will have a demonstrated ability to influence peers and business leaders. This person must be comfortable with ambiguity and able to work collaboratively with key leaders to shape the priorities and agenda for the Corporate Strategy group.
He/she also will be effective at multi-tasking and possess keen change management skills. Additional skills and competencies include:
- Leads Positively: Leads by example to cultivate a climate of motivation, positive energy and meaning in work. Empowers and guides associates to take personal responsibility, encouraging them to productively learn, flourish, and strengthen team capacity.
- Acts Strategically: Sees how decisions can impact the whole of the organization and makes decisions using a broad knowledge of the long-term vision, values, risk acceptance and strategy of the organization.
- Customer Focus: Connects meaningfully with internal and external customers to build emotional engagement and customer advocacy.
- Accountability: Meets established expectations and takes responsibility for achieving results; encourages others to do the same.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
5 years prior experience at top tier consulting firm such as BCG, Bain, Deloitte, Accenture, or McKinsey with 2 plus years as Manager, Project lead, Engagement Manager or equivalent, prefer Senior Manager, Director, Associate Partner, or Associate Principal.
Proven experience developing board-ready material and planning for strategic annual meetings for executives and BoD.
Proven experience setting priorities and defining the future direction of a company (i.e. competitive analysis, strategy road map, strategic investment prioritization).
Location:
Must reside in Louisville KY, Washington DC or Boston, MA or be willing to relocate. Relocation will be provided.
Preferred Qualifications:
MBA or MD
5 year Post MBA consulting or Fortune 500 corporate strategy team
Experience working in healthcare industry, preferably payer or provider space.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
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