Portfolio Management Lead – Population Health

Humana, Inc.; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 115,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. seeks a Portfolio Management Lead – Population Health to join our National Medicaid Population Health Strategy Organization.

You will establish portfolio governance, develop integrated roadmaps, and coordinate cross‑functional planning across health solutions, analytics, finance, and IT to ensure investments align with member needs and strategic priorities. This remote role requires strong stakeholder management, data‑driven decision making, and the ability to translate priorities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Five (5) or more years in healthcare portfolio management, enterprise program management with portfolio responsibilities, or management consulting.
• Experience developing data‑driven business cases, scenario analyses, or investment recommendations.
• Experience establishing portfolio governance, prioritization, investment planning, stage-gate, or solution lifecycle practices.
• Experience developing portfolio-management tools, templates, workflows, or reporting processes.
• Experience building integrated portfolio plans or roadmaps addressing priorities, sequencing, dependencies, risks, and capacity.
• Experience establishing performance measures or evaluating value realization across clinical, quality, financial, member‑experience, or operational outcomes.
• Experience leading cross‑functional work and communicating recommendations to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain portfolio governance with decision rights, criteria, lifecycle stages, review gates, and leadership forums.
• Build and govern an enterprise platform with templates and workflows from ideation through scale and retirement.
• Lead annual and multi‑year portfolio planning translating priorities into integrated roadmaps and resource needs.
• Maintain an integrated portfolio view of health solutions, performance, capacity, dependencies, risks, and value.
• Facilitate solution lifecycle decisions to initiate, validate, implement, scale, modify, or retire solutions.
• Establish portfolio performance and value‑realization practices linking investments to outcomes.
• Identify and address portfolio risks and constraints with mitigation plans and escalation.
• Provide executive portfolio decision support through updates, scenario analyses, and investment recommendations.

Skills

Portfolio governance

Cross‑functional leadership

Data‑driven analysis

Strategic portfolio planning

Executive stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Portfolio-management templates

Reporting processes

Job description

Become a part of our caring community

Humana is seeking an experienced Portfolio Management Lead – Population Health to join our National Medicaid Population Health Strategy Organization. This role offers an opportunity to improve the health and well-being of Medicaid members by helping shape and govern the strategies, solutions, capabilities, and operating approaches that address some of the population’s most significant health challenges.

We are building a team of strategic, curious, and result-oriented leaders who thrive in complex environments and are energized by solving meaningful healthcare challenges. Our culture values innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning. We seek individuals who combine bold thinking with disciplined execution and are motivated by the opportunity to build new capabilities, influence enterprise decisions, and make a lasting impact on the communities we serve.

The Portfolio Management Lead – Population Health, supports the governance and performance of Humana’s health solutions portfolio. You will establish portfolio practices, integrated visibility, and decision support needed to align investments with member needs, strategic priorities, operational capacity, and expected value.

Working across Health Solutions and clinical, operational, analytical, financial, digital, technology, procurement, compliance, and Medicaid market teams, you will coordinate portfolio planning, business-case development, operational-readiness assessments, performance reviews, and lifecycle decisions. The role enables disciplined portfolio decisions but does not own individual solution strategies, outcomes, or operational delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain portfolio governance , including decision rights, prioritization criteria, lifecycle stages, review gates, escalation pathways, and leadership forums.

• Build and govern an enterprise platform with the tools, templates, and workflows to guide solutions from ideation through scale and retirement.

• Lead annual and multi-year portfolio planning , translating strategic priorities into integrated solution roadmaps, resource requirements, sequencing recommendations, and decision points.

• Maintain an integrated portfolio view of health solutions, performance, resource demand, operational capacity, dependencies, risks, and expected value.

• Facilitate solution lifecycle decisions to initiate, validate, implement, scale, optimize, modify, or retire clinical and population health solutions.

• Establish portfolio performance and value-realization practices that connect solution investments with clinical, quality, affordability, member-experience, operational, and business outcomes.

• Identify and address portfolio-level risks and constraints , coordinating mitigation plans, recommending corrective actions, and escalating material issues.

• Provide executive portfolio decision support through clear updates, scenario analyses, investment recommendations, and decision materials.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Five (5) or more years of experience in healthcare portfolio management, enterprise program management with portfolio-level responsibilities, or management consulting.

• Experience developing data-driven business cases, scenario analyses, or investment recommendations that address expected outcomes, financial and resource requirements, implementation considerations, risks, and performance measures.

• Experience establishing or applying portfolio governance, prioritization, investment-planning, stage-gate, or solution-lifecycle practices.

• Experience developing portfolio-management tools, templates, workflows, or reporting processes that support consistent decision-making and execution.

• Experience developing integrated portfolio plans or roadmaps that address priorities, sequencing, resource requirements, dependencies, risks, and operational capacity.

• Experience establishing performance measures or evaluating value realization across clinical, quality, financial, member-experience, operational, or business outcomes.

• Experience leading cross-functional work and communicating recommendations to senior leaders in a complex, matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, public health, health informatics, finance, clinical sciences, or a related field.

• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), or another relevant portfolio-management certification.

• Experience in Medicaid managed care, including knowledge of Medicaid populations, state requirements, population health management, healthcare quality, health equity, and health-related social needs.

• Experience managing a portfolio of clinical solutions, population health programs, benefits, partnerships, products, or service models.

• Experience designing or implementing enterprise portfolio governance, stage-gate processes, product operating models, innovation practices, or portfolio-management offices.

Additional Information

• Travel: Up to 15%, including occasional travel, outside your state of residence for collaborative and team engagement meetings.

• Work Schedule: Eastern Time Zone with a flexible schedule, including occasional nights and weekends, as business needs require.

• Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: 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. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

• Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: 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. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

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.

$115,200 - $158,400 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 (collectively, “Humana”) 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: 11-13-2026

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.

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