Associate Vice President, Interoperability Engineering

Humana Inc; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off and holidays

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a strategic technology leader for Interoperability Engineering. You will define the long-term roadmap, target architecture, and enterprise platform strategy to enable scalable data exchange, APIs, automation, and reusable services.

You will drive modernization, establish governance, and promote AI-enabled engineering practices across the lifecycle, ensuring security, compliance, and rapid response to regulatory changes.

Qualifications

• Proven success as a healthcare interoperability leader with HL7/FHIR/X12 experience.
• Experience leading large-scale modernization in a matrixed organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide technology leadership aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Lead modernization initiatives and foster engineering excellence.
• Define and execute interoperability roadmap and platform vision.
• Expand interoperability capabilities with APIs and automation frameworks.
• Drive governance, quality standards, and performance metrics.
• Advance AI-enabled engineering solutions, automation, and DevSecOps.

Skills

HL7 FHIR X12

Interoperability Leadership

Cloud-native architecture

APIs & Microservices

AI & DevSecOps

Regulatory Expertise

Healthcare Data Architecture

Education

8+ years management experience

10+ years progressive experience

Tools

Epic

Oracle/Cerner

Athena

eCW

Availity

PointClickCare

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Technology Leadership Serve as the strategic technology leader for Interoperability Engineering, establishing vision, priorities, and execution strategies that align with enterprise objectives.
• Lead large-scale modernization and transformation initiatives while fostering a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Interoperability Strategy & Platform Vision Define and execute the long-term interoperability roadmap, target architecture, and enterprise platform strategy.
• Expand interoperability capabilities beyond data exchange into reusable enterprise services including APIs, developer platforms, automation frameworks, data acquisition capabilities, and integration services.
• Anticipate regulatory and market trends, ensuring Humana is prepared to rapidly respond to evolving interoperability requirements.
• Engineering & Delivery Excellence Establish modern engineering practices, governance models, quality standards, and performance metrics that drive predictable delivery outcomes.
• Accelerate adoption of AI-enabled engineering solutions, automation, and DevSecOps practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Drive engineering efficiency and scalability through reusable services, standardized platforms, and automation capabilities.
• Platform Stewardship & Operational Excellence Own the health, resiliency, scalability, security, compliance, and operational performance of interoperability platforms and services.
• Establish platform governance, engineering standards, service management practices, and operational accountability across APIs, integrations, developer services, and data acquisition platforms.
• Ensure platforms are designed to support enterprise-scale growth, evolving regulatory requirements, and increased business demand.
• Develop measurable service-level objectives and operational performance indicators that support continuous improvement and business confidence.
• Enterprise Standards & Ecosystem Leadership Define, govern, and continuously evolve enterprise interoperability standards, integration frameworks, API management practices, and reusable platform patterns.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Product, and business stakeholders to establish and maintain enterprise-wide interoperability capabilities.
• Lead Humana’s adoption and advancement of industry standards and best practices, including FHIR, HL7, CAQH, and emerging interoperability technologies.
• Financial, Workforce & Vendor Governance Develop and execute workforce, investment, and sourcing strategies that strengthen Humana’s long-term interoperability engineering capabilities.
• Build deeper internal technical expertise in strategic capability areas.
• Leverage strategic partners selectively to accelerate modernization, enhance capabilities, and provide specialized expertise while ensuring critical knowledge remains institutionalized within the organization.
• Talent Development & Organizational Leadership Build and lead a high-performing engineering organization focused on technical excellence, innovation, collaboration, and customer-focused outcomes.
• Develop engineering leaders and associates through coaching, mentorship, succession planning, and career development opportunities.
• Strengthen organizational depth in platform engineering, interoperability standards, cloud technologies, APIs, automation, and emerging technologies.
• Create an environment that attracts, develops, and retains top engineering talent while fostering continuous learning and professional growth.

Required Technical Qualifications

• Proven success as a Healthcare Interoperability Expert HL7, FHIR, X12, CDA/CCDA Payer-Provider Integration Leadership Epic, Oracle/Cerner, Athena, eCW, Availity, PointClickCare Large IDN integration experience Modern Platform Engineering Cloud-native architecture APIs, Microservices, Event Streaming Enterprise-scale reliability and observability FHIR & Regulatory Expertise Healthcare Data Architecture AI-Enabled Automation
• Required Experience 8+ years of management experience in a large matrixed organization
• Possess 10+ years of progressive experience leading continuous improvement efforts, evaluating existing systems and implementing process improvements

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.

$189,400 - $260,500 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 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
• 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 atHumana.comand atCenterWell.com.

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. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.