Remote Lead, Quality Engineering Portfolio Management

Native American Talent; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Lead, Portfolio Management – Quality Engineering Business Operations to enable health and software quality excellence. This role drives financial governance, capacity planning, and executive communications across the QE COE to ensure strategic alignment and rapid decision making.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Technology, Finance, HR, Procurement, and segment teams to deliver transparent reporting, governed budgeting, and effective onboarding of resources into the COEs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Finance, Business or Information Technology, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial tracking, or resource planning processes.
• 5+ years of experience in portfolio management, technology business operations, program management, strategic planning, workforce planning, or related disciplines.
• 3+ years of experience supporting technology organizations, business operations teams, portfolio functions, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, scorecards, and executive presentation materials.
• Experience coordinating across multiple stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including executive‑level communication.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with a high degree of accuracy, professionalism, and responsiveness.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day portfolio operations for the Enterprise Software Quality Engineering COE, helping ensure alignment across strategic priorities, demand, capacity, and execution.
• Coordinate portfolio operating rhythms, including leadership reviews, planning cycles, intake processes, and governance routines.
• Manage QE operational intake and demand coordination processes, ensuring requests are tracked, assessed, prioritized, and routed appropriately.
• Partner with leadership to maintain visibility into portfolio performance, delivery commitments, dependencies, risks, and operational issues.
• Support organizational planning activities and help prepare materials for portfolio reviews, executive discussions, and decision‑making forums.
• Align portfolio practices with Humana’s Enterprise Portfolio Management and Lean Portfolio Management frameworks where applicable.

Skills

Executive communication

Budgeting

Forecasting

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management, Finance, Business or Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira Align

ServiceNow

PowerBI

Job description

Humana is seeking a Lead, Portfolio Management – Quality Engineering Business Operations to enable health and software quality excellence. This role drives financial governance, capacity planning, and executive communications across the QE COE to ensure strategic alignment and rapid decision making.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Technology, Finance, HR, Procurement, and segment teams to deliver transparent reporting, governed budgeting, and effective onboarding of resources into the COEs.