Senior Associate, Corporate Development & VC

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Are you passionate about driving strategic growth and making an impact at the highest levels? As a Senior Associate on Humana's Corporate Development and Venture Capital team, you will be responsible for leading deal execution from end to end. This includes managing the due diligence process and liaising with third‑party advisors, such as law firms, investment banks, consultancy, and accounting firms.

Additionally, you will ensure the transaction process runs smoothly through to completion. You will identify, research, analyze, make recommendations and negotiate potential investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures to support the organization’s growth objectives. In this role, you will work closely with other senior members of the team and Humana’s senior leadership/segment leads. You will be critical in making recommendations regarding the impact of possible mergers/acquisitions and divestitures on the organization’s strategy and profitability.

As you advance, you’ll have opportunities to help define and promote strategic initiatives across the enterprise, working with visionary leaders to identify and pursue innovative, growth opportunities. Reporting to the VP of Corporate Development and Venture Capital, you’ll be empowered to deliver high‑impact results and advance your career in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.

The Senior Associate will provide technical expertise in executing deal work that will focus on:

• Leading deal processes from end to end, including developing timelines and deal strategies
• Being responsible for a detailed understanding of the business being acquired or divested
• Modeling the financial profile of the business, including the detailed support of company projections
• Helping lead cross‑functional corporate development projects executed in partnership with senior leadership and business development teams
• Converting strategy into business cases and corporate development opportunities
• Managing external relationships with key business partners
• Working with Humana and Corporate Development leadership to establish and communicate the corporate development strategy
• Developing and refining key team operating systems and managing deal members

Successful candidates will possess the following attributes:

• Ability to identify, structure and solve business problems
• Strong work ethic, detail orientation and passion for excellence
• Strong business acumen and analytical skills
• Passion for people development and demonstrated leadership success
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and oral communication and presentation skills

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Required Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree along with 5+ years of experience in finance, transaction accounting, venture capital/private equity, investment banking, consulting, and/or corporate development. Alternatively, a master’s degree with 2+ years of experience in finance, transaction accounting, venture capital/private equity, investment banking, consulting, corporate development is also acceptable.
• Experience leading investment, M&A and due diligence processes.
• 2+ years of project leadership experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare experience

Additional Information

• Location: must reside in or be willing to relocate to Washington D.C., Louisville, KY, or New York, NY.
• Workstyle: Hybrid Office with expectation to be in office 3‑4 days per week.
• Travel: estimated required travel once/month.

WAH Internet Statement

• At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.
• Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.
• Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi‑weekly payment for their internet expense.
• Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the requirements for their position/job.
• Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

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