Remote Senior IT Procurement Leader – Healthcare Tech

Humana Inc; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 115,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. invites applications for an IT Procurement Lead (Senior Category Manager) to drive category strategies and end-to-end sourcing for enterprise technology products and services within a highly regulated healthcare environment.

You will build supplier relationships, negotiate complex software and technology-enabled services agreements, and partner across Legal, Finance, Privacy, Risk, and Security to deliver measurable value and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, technology, finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Eight+ 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.
• Master's degree in business, supply chain, technology, or a related field.
• Professional certification such as CPSM, CSCP, CPP, or PMP.
• Experience supporting healthcare technology categories across payer, provider, pharmacy, primary care, home health, or adjacent healthcare settings.
• Working knowledge of healthcare regulatory, privacy, security, interoperability, and data considerations.
• Experience with e-procurement, sourcing, supplier-management, CRM, or contract lifecycle management platforms such as Coupa, Icertis, or Salesforce.

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 or equivalent

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

PMP/CPSM/CSCP/CPP certification

Tools

Coupa

Icertis

Salesforce

Job description

Humana Inc. invites applications for an IT Procurement Lead (Senior Category Manager) to drive category strategies and end-to-end sourcing for enterprise technology products and services within a highly regulated healthcare environment.

You will build supplier relationships, negotiate complex software and technology-enabled services agreements, and partner across Legal, Finance, Privacy, Risk, and Security to deliver measurable value and risk mitigation.