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The Director, IT Portfolio Management collaborates with the business portfolio team to align the IT portfolio and demand. The Director, IT Portfolio Management requires an in-depth understanding of how organization capabilities interrelate across the function or segment.

The Director, IT Portfolio Management – Clinical, Stars & Segment CIO, Specialty serves as a key strategic and operational partner to the VP of Technology, Clinical, Stars & Segment CIO, Specialty. This partner is responsible for driving portfolio alignment, prioritization, and execution across Care Management (CM), Utilization Management (UM), Stars & Clinical Programs, and Specialty initiatives.

This role ensures that technology investments, resource capacity, and delivery plans are aligned to enterprise strategy, regulatory requirements, and business outcomes, while enabling disciplined execution across a complex, multi-domain portfolio. The Director translates strategic priorities into actionable portfolio plans, provides executive-level insights and trade-offs, and ensures transparency on performance, financials, and risk.

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Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Alignment

• Partner with the VP to operationalize enterprise technology strategies across CM/UM, Stars, Clinical Programs, and Specialty platforms.
• Translate clinical, regulatory, and segment priorities into prioritized, executable portfolio roadmaps.
• Ensure alignment between portfolio demand, funding, and strategic outcomes in accordance with enterprise IT strategy.

Portfolio Governance & Prioritization

• Lead intake, evaluation, and prioritization of initiatives to ensure value-based sequencing and investment discipline.
• Establish governance processes and forums to drive transparency in scope, cost, value, risk, and dependencies.
• Ensure portfolio investments align with regulatory, clinical quality, and financial performance objectives (e.g., Stars, compliance requirements).

Financial & Capacity Management

• Oversee portfolio financials, including budget planning, forecasting, and variance management, ensuring alignment to approved funding.
• Partner with finance and business leaders to evaluate trade-offs and optimize investment allocation.
• Align resource capacity with portfolio demand to ensure feasible and predictable delivery.

Execution Oversight & Performance Management

• Monitor and report on portfolio performance, ensuring alignment to milestones, outcomes, and value realization.
• Identify, escalate, and mitigate risks, dependencies, and delivery constraints across programs.
• Provide regular updates on portfolio health, risks, issues, and outcomes to executive leadership.
• Ensure execution supports modernization initiatives across CM/UM, Stars, and Specialty platforms.

Cross-Functional Integration

• Act as a central point of coordination across Clinical, Stars, Specialty, and adjacent technology domains (e.g., Claims, Core Admin, Product, Membership).
• Drive alignment across clinical, operational, and technology teams to ensure integrated execution of enterprise initiatives.

Executive Enablement

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP, providing data-driven insights, options, and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Develop executive communications, including portfolio summaries, leadership briefings, and board-level materials.
• Enable clarity and speed in decision-making through structured reporting and actionable insights.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive adoption and improvement of portfolio management processes, tools, and data quality.
• Support enterprise operating model evolution, including agile planning and integrated financial/portfolio management practices.
• Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making, accountability, and continuous prioritization.

Strategic Importance to Organization

This role is critical to enabling disciplined execution of enterprise-priority clinical, Stars, and Specialty initiatives, ensuring alignment between strategy, funding, and delivery. By improving portfolio transparency, prioritization, and performance, this role helps drive regulatory compliance, financial outcomes, operational efficiency, and improved member outcomes tied to Stars and clinical programs.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical experience
• 5+ years of leadership experience in portfolio, program, or delivery management
• Demonstrated experience managing large, complex portfolios or programs across multiple stakeholders
• Strong ability to communicate with and influence senior leadership and executive stakeholders
• Experience in financial planning, portfolio reporting, and performance management
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree (MBA or related field)
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, or highly regulated environments
• Familiarity with CMS regulations, Stars performance, or clinical program delivery models
• PMP, Lean, SAFe or Six Sigma certification
• Experience supporting executive leadership (VP/CIO level) in strategic portfolio roles

Additional Information

Work-At-Home Requirements

• WAH requirements: 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

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

 

$172,200 - $236,900 per year

 

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Us
 

About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our 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 and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.

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