Director, Corporate Strategy

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Humana's Corporate Strategy team is a 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. Corporate Strategy Directors have regular interactions with Humana's leadership and regularly manage deliverables for Humana's broader Management Team and Board of Directors.

As Director, 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.

Day-to-day activities will include overseeing a team of associates to prepare 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.

• Operate in true consulting-like model, aligned to specific businesses or functional organizations (e.g., Center Well, Insurance, Technology / IT, Finance). Engage as long-term strategic planning business partners, applying industry expertise and a consulting approach to drive organizational strategy and innovation.

• Lead teams of 3-5 associates to execute analysis, market research, competitive intelligence and benchmarking, and stakeholder engagement inside and outside the organization

• Convert strategy into business cases and projects while prioritizing timelines and ensuring consensus and execution

• Support corporate development team on, as needed, on diligence and sector scans

• Managing external relationships with key business partners

• Developing and refining key team operating systems and individual team members

The successful candidate will be a dynamic leader who has experience in the healthcare industry, whether at a top tier strategy consulting firm, in a large company, or a start-up / emerging company. 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 take personal responsibility, encouraging them to productively learn, flourish, and strengthen team capacity. Assesses, selects, recognizes, and develops diverse talent to capitalize on competencies, ideas and passions.

• 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. Uses an enterprise-wide perspective to translate strategies into actions, creating a clear view of the future state. Inspires others to embrace and advance the strategy as it evolves and is realized.

• Customer Focus:
  Connects meaningfully with internal and external customers to build emotional engagement and customer advocacy. Develops and applies deep customer knowledge to deliver work that provides value beyond expectations. Simplifies complexity and integrates internal efforts to deliver an optimal customer experience.

• Accountability:
  Meets established expectations and takes responsibility for achieving results; encourages others to do the same. Employs focus, attention to detail, reliability, and appropriate prioritization to drive outcomes. Sees opportunities to contribute and takes the initiative to create solutions.

• BA/BS, MBA or other relevant degrees

• 5+ years consulting or corporate strategy experience

• Proven experience setting priorities and defining the future direction of a company (i.e. competitive analysis, strategy road map, strategic investment prioritization)

• Strong business acumen with proven ability to apply foundational strategy principles to a variety of business problems

• Solid understanding of advanced analytics and ability to structure and manipulate complex data sets

• Proven experience working directly with and interacting with executive leaders internally and externally

• Passion for people development and demonstrated leadership success, including direct or indirect team leadership

• Ability to identify, structure and solve business problems

• Excellent interpersonal,…