AVP, Integration & Value Creation: Lead Transformation

Humana; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 224,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking an experienced and strategic AVP, Integration & Value Creation to lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives and complex integration programs. You will act as a bridge between strategy and execution, ensuring acquisitions, partnerships, and transformations realize value and sustain performance.

You will partner with senior executives and cross-functional teams to accelerate growth, optimize operations, and deliver lasting enterprise value across the full lifecycle from

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Operations, or related field.
• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in strategy execution, transformation, integration, consulting, operations, or corporate development.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams in highly matrixed organizations.
• Strong financial acumen with experience developing business cases, synergy models, and value realization plans.
• Proven ability to influence senior executives and drive alignment across multiple stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end integration planning and execution for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic enterprise initiatives.
• Develop and implement integration frameworks, governance structures, and operating models that support business objectives.
• Establish Day 1 readiness plans, stabilization milestones, and long-term integration roadmaps.
• Identify and mitigate integration risks while ensuring continuity of business operations.
• Define value creation opportunities and measurable business outcomes aligned with enterprise strategy.
• Translate strategic objectives into executable programs that deliver operational, financial, and organizational benefits.
• Develop business cases, synergy targets, and realization plans in partnership with Finance and business leaders.
• Monitor and report value realization metrics, ensuring accountability for outcomes and corrective actions where needed.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Finance, HR, Operations, Technology, Compliance, Legal, and Business Segments.
• Foster alignment among stakeholders to accelerate decision-making and remove barriers to execution.
• Drive enterprise collaboration to ensure integrated solutions and sustainable change adoption.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership regarding integration, transformation, and value realization initiatives.
• Prepare and present updates, recommendations, risks, and performance outcomes to the Executive Leadership Team and other governance bodies.
• Facilitate executive steering committees and decision forums to ensure timely resolution of key issues.
• Partner with organizational effectiveness and change management teams to support workforce transitions and cultural integration.
• Develop stakeholder engagement strategies that improve adoption, minimize disruption, and strengthen employee experience.
• Promote enterprise values and leadership behaviors throughout transformation efforts.
• Establish KPI dashboards and performance metrics to track initiative progress and business impact.
• Implement best practices, lessons learned, and continuous improvement processes across integration and transformation programs.

Skills

Executive communication

Influence senior executives

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/related field

MBA preferred

Job description

Humana is seeking an experienced and strategic AVP, Integration & Value Creation to lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives and complex integration programs. You will act as a bridge between strategy and execution, ensuring acquisitions, partnerships, and transformations realize value and sustain performance.

You will partner with senior executives and cross-functional teams to accelerate growth, optimize operations, and deliver lasting enterprise value across the full lifecycle from