Remote IT Procurement Lead — Healthcare Tech

Humana Inc; Denver (CO); Remote; USD 115,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking an IT Procurement Lead to establish and execute sourcing and supplier strategies for enterprise technology products and services.

You will lead complex procurement initiatives, align technology investments with business priorities and IT strategy, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. The role focuses on developing category strategies, managing supplier relationships, and balancing cost, value, risk, and implementation needs across a healthcare technology

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, technology, finance, or a related discipline.
• Eight or more years of progressive experience in IT procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, or a closely related field.
• Experience sourcing, negotiating, or managing healthcare technology solutions, or comparable complex technology in a highly regulated industry.
• Experience negotiating complex software, SaaS, cloud, data, and technology-enabled services agreements, including pricing structures, licensing metrics, service levels, data rights, renewal protections, and implementation terms.
• Strong understanding of category management, strategic sourcing, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contracting, and supplier relationship management.
• Ability to understand and incorporate business, clinical, regulatory, privacy, security, data, and integration considerations into sourcing decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to advise and influence senior business and technology leaders, translate business requirements into sourcing strategies, and navigate competing stakeholder priorities.
• Experience managing strategic supplier performance, contractual commitments, commercial risks, renewals, and value realization throughout the contract lifecycle.
• Strong financial and business acumen, including the ability to evaluate pricing models, develop business cases, analyze total cost, and communicate financial and commercial implications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, executive presence, relationship management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to analyze multifaceted information, draw sound conclusions, make recommendations, and operate independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year category strategies and sourcing pipelines informed by business priorities, market intelligence, spend, supplier capabilities, risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives, including requirements development, market assessment, competitive events, supplier evaluation, negotiation, contracting, and implementation support.
• Negotiate complex software, SaaS, cloud, data, and technology-enabled services agreements, including pricing and licensing models, service levels, implementation terms, data rights, and renewal protections.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology leaders, translating business needs into sourcing strategies and advising on market dynamics, supplier options, commercial risk, and trade-offs.
• Partner with Legal, Finance, Information Security, Privacy, Risk, Compliance, Enterprise Architecture, Procurement Operations, and other stakeholders to support timely decisions and improve the stakeholder and supplier experience.
• Evaluate and manage strategic suppliers across the contract lifecycle, including capabilities, financial health, strategic fit, delivery, innovation, security, regulatory considerations, performance, commitments, renewals, and risk.
• Deliver measurable value through cost optimization, demand management, supplier consolidation, contractual protections, process improvement, and supplier-enabled innovation.
• Develop financial analyses, business cases, negotiation strategies, savings forecasts, and executive-ready recommendations while monitoring healthcare technology and supplier-market trends for emerging risks and opportunities.
• Promote adoption of preferred suppliers, procurement policies, sourcing processes, and contract standards, while coaching peers and advancing consistent category-management and sourcing practices.

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, technology, finance, or a related discipline

Master's degree in business, supply chain, technology, or a related field

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking an IT Procurement Lead to establish and execute sourcing and supplier strategies for enterprise technology products and services.

You will lead complex procurement initiatives, align technology investments with business priorities and IT strategy, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. The role focuses on developing category strategies, managing supplier relationships, and balancing cost, value, risk, and implementation needs across a healthcare technology