Senior Behavioral Economics & Insights Lead (Remote)

Humana Inc; United States; Remote; USD 129,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking an Associate Director, Behavioral Economics to lead analytic and behavioral insights work that improves outcomes and enterprise decision-making.

You will translate business priorities into rigorous measurement strategies, manage a team, and partner with cross-functional leaders to scale interventions and inform program design and investments.

This is a remote, full-time role with 40 hours per week and a pay range of $129,300 to $177,800 per year, plus bonus eligibility.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in economics, statistics, applied math, business analytics, psychology.
• 3 or more years of experience in causal inference evaluations and driving judgment by balancing rigor, feasibility, speed, and business relevance.
• Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business problems into structured analytic or measurement plans.
• Experience operationalizing the plans to inform decisions while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
• Team development experience.

Responsibilities

• Measurement Strategy and Causal Inference: Lead the design of rigorous measurement strategies for team portfolio of pilots, programs, and enterprise initiatives.
• Assess when causal inference is possible, when directional or descriptive measurement is more appropriate, and how to clearly communicate what information we can infer as well as what the remaining unknowns and their implications are.
• Empower team to partner with cross-functional partners to ensure study designs, data requirements, outcome definitions, and reporting approaches are aligned.
• Develop scalable approaches to evaluate intervention effectiveness and translate complex analytic concepts into practical guidance for senior leaders and cross-functional partners.
• Monitor pilot execution in partnership with operational teams and identify issues that could affect measurement validity or business interpretation.
• Synthesize pilot results into clear recommendations on whether to scale, refine, continue testing, or discontinue an intervention.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members to produce measurement plans with clear hypotheses, measurable outcomes, operational feasibility, and scalability in mind.
• Build reusable tools, templates, playbooks, and operating rhythms that improve consistency and quality across the team's work.
• Support onboarding and upskilling of team members in causal inference, pilot design, behavioral economics, stakeholder management, and executive communication.
• Foster a team culture grounded in intellectual rigor, curiosity, ownership, collaboration, and practical business impact.

Skills

Executive communication

Team leadership

Causal inference

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree or PhD in economics, statistics, applied math, business analytics, psychology

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking an Associate Director, Behavioral Economics to lead analytic and behavioral insights work that improves outcomes and enterprise decision-making.

You will translate business priorities into rigorous measurement strategies, manage a team, and partner with cross-functional leaders to scale interventions and inform program design and investments.

This is a remote, full-time role with 40 hours per week and a pay range of $129,300 to $177,800 per year, plus bonus eligibility.