Senior IT Portfolio Strategy Lead

Humana; Kentucky; Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking an IT Portfolio Management Principal to collaborate with business and technology leaders, shaping long‑term portfolio strategies and strengthening investment decision‑making across the enterprise. You will act as a trusted advisor, guiding portfolio management, governance, and strategic planning while driving organizational transformation.

In this role, you will work with senior leaders to develop executive recommendations, scale new practices, and improve portfolio outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Finance, Business or any related course.
• 10 or more years of technical, business, portfolio management, transformation, or related experience.
• 2+ years of experience supporting strategic initiatives, investment portfolios, or enterprise transformation efforts.
• Demonstrated experience in Portfolio Management and Investment Governance, including prioritization, portfolio planning, portfolio health, funding, and investment decision‑making processes.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to develop strategy, improve operating models, and improve organizational capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while navigating ambiguity and creating clarity.
• Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations to senior leaders across Technology and the Enterprise.
• Advanced experience facilitating complex stakeholder discussions, influencing decisions, and encouraging alignment.
• Experience developing executive recommendations, strategic roadmaps, frameworks, or enterprise-wide practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and continuous improvement skills.
• Must be passionate about advancing ways of working that improve organizational effectiveness and consumer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Help develop and execute multi-year portfolio strategies that improve portfolio effectiveness, investment outcomes, and strategic understanding.
• Identify and lead initiatives that strengthen portfolio health, value realization, capacity planning, and funding approaches.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to segment and enterprise leaders, helping address portfolio management challenges and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with Segment Portfolio leaders to identify adoption challenges, improvement opportunities, and practical solutions that strengthen portfolio outcomes and organizational effectiveness.
• Collaborate with portfolio partners to design, test, implement, and scale new practices, tools, frameworks, and ways of working.
• Develop strategic recommendations, and executive-ready materials that support informed decision-making.
• Facilitate alignment across business, technology, portfolio, and governance stakeholders to improve strategic objectives.
• Lead or support enterprise initiatives focused on portfolio transformation and operational excellence.
• Influence adoption of portfolio management practices through partnership, coaching, communication, and change leadership.
• Serve as the portfolio integration lead for the Corporate, Strategy and Operations Segment, providing a cohesive view of investments, priorities, risks, and outcomes.

Skills

Portfolio management

Investment governance

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management, Finance, Business or related

MBA or other Advanced Degree

Job description

Humana is seeking an IT Portfolio Management Principal to collaborate with business and technology leaders, shaping long‑term portfolio strategies and strengthening investment decision‑making across the enterprise. You will act as a trusted advisor, guiding portfolio management, governance, and strategic planning while driving organizational transformation.

In this role, you will work with senior leaders to develop executive recommendations, scale new practices, and improve portfolio outcomes