[Hiring] Innovation Portfolio Strategy Principal @Humana

Role Description

The Innovation Portfolio Strategy Principal utilizes ideas, identifies innovation opportunities, and translates ideas into actionable and profitable business. The Innovation Portfolio Strategy Principal provides strategic advice and guidance to functional team(s). Highly skilled with broad, advanced technical experience.

The Innovation Portfolio Strategy Principal defines business innovation objectives while understanding existing market needs and business gaps. Gathers ideas to grow the business using various resources such as market information, consumer insight, personal networks, and people that might not otherwise interact. Works with senior executives to develop and drive segment or enterprise-wide functional strategies. Advises one or more areas, programs or functions and provides recommendations to senior executives on matters of significance, and as an advanced subject matter expert competent to work at very high levels in multiple knowledge and functional areas across the enterprise.

Core Responsibilities

• Oversee the development of the clinical and population health sub-portfolio of solutions; specifically leading development of high-profile and high-impact solutions.
• Deftly sits in the center of strategy, design, engineering, clinical, and operations and collaborates with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with business partners and member needs.
• Effectively leads and develops junior members of the team – both as a direct manager and as a leader within our cross-functional solution development teams.
• Translates front end Ideation and Discovery work into actionable strategic direction and project plans that lead innovative solutions through design, development, and pilot launch.
• Leverages a consistent and data-based framework for making buy/build/partner decisions when scoping solutions and when applicable, successfully partners and co-develop with external digital health companies to launch a product or program.
• Defines Key Performance Indicators and path to incremental value and continuous optimization. Works with relevant partners to develop plans for data ingestion and optimization to ensure solutions meet customer needs across each customer segmentation, informing scaling decisions and solution enhancements to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Develops and executes successful Go to Market approach – integrating expertise from both national and market leadership teams.
• Advises team on utilization of product management processes and tools such as human centered design thinking, user research and concept testing, business case development, and product blueprints; and demonstrates best practices in action.
• Successfully applies advanced quantitative and qualitative research and analytical skills.
• Develop and deliver high-quality deliverables and recommendations for senior executives that connect the clinical and population health sub-portfolio to overall Medicare segment business and growth objectives.
• Champions a startup mindset and adoption of agile ways of working across the Medicare segment to design, develop and deliver differentiated experiences for our customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, public health, or related field
• 10+ years of technical experience, clinical strategy, consulting, or innovation with a specific focus on digital and/or population health products
• 2-3 years of leadership/project management experience
• 3+ years of health care experience focused on Medicare populations
• Experience and understanding of healthcare data and analytics, contemporary technologies, managed care administrative functions and care delivery models
• Experience managing stakeholder relationships including executive and management of audiences, and external vendors
• Quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with experience identifying trends and actionable insights

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in business, public health, or related field
• Experience translating complex topics clearly for different audiences
• Handling difficult or ambiguous situations with clarity and professionalism
• Influencing decisions without relying only on authority

Work Style

• Fully remote in the contiguous US, with occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Work Hours

• Typical business hours are Monday-Friday, preferably aligned with CST or EST zone

Interview Format

• As part of our hiring process, we use on-demand interview technology provided by HireVue, a third-party vendor. This platform allows our recruiters and hiring managers to evaluate candidates through a structured on-demand assessment.
• If you are selected to move forward after the initial application prescreen, you will receive an invitation to complete an on-demand assessment featuring pre-set questions. The assessment typically takes 10–15 minutes to complete.
• Once your assessment has been reviewed, we will notify you regarding next steps in the interview process.
• In the final stages of the interview process, you may also be asked to deliver a presentation or participate in a portfolio review.

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.

$138,900 - $191,000 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 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.

Application Deadline

11-19-2026

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. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements.