Strategic HR & Workforce Transformation Lead

Humana Inc; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Senior Strategy Advancement Professional to provide data-driven strategic direction across workforce, talent, organizational and HR transformation initiatives.

You will partner with HR leaders and cross-functional teams to clarify needs, synthesize insights, and develop actionable recommendations that move priorities toward execution. This role requires strong judgment, independent project management and the ability to translate complex information into clear business

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in consulting.
• Advanced knowledge of strategic problem solving, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and project execution.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear recommendations for business and HR stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage strategic projects and workstreams addressing workforce, talent, organizational, and HR transformation opportunities, establishing work priorities and timelines while managing deliverables, risks, and dependencies.
• Partner with HR and business stakeholders to assess moderately complex or evolving business challenges, clarify needs, define objectives, and identify key questions and measures of success.
• Conduct and synthesize quantitative and qualitative analysis, including internal data, external research, leading practices, and stakeholder perspectives, to identify insights and develop well-supported recommendations.
• Develop strategic recommendations, project roadmaps, implementation plans, and business cases that connect people priorities to business needs and help teams move from strategy to execution.
• Facilitate stakeholder interviews, working sessions, and cross-functional discussions to gather perspectives, test assumptions, address issues, and build alignment around recommended approaches.
• Create clear, compelling presentations, written narratives, and decision materials that synthesize complex information and communicate key insights, recommendations, expected outcomes, and next steps.
• Coordinate with HR centers of excellence, HR business partners, technology, finance, and business teams to manage dependencies, connect related work, and support effective implementation.
• Establish project milestones and performance measures; monitor progress, proactively identify risks or barriers, and recommend adjustments to processes or approaches to support successful outcomes.
• Support the People Innovation team in evaluating new requests and opportunities by assessing strategic alignment, potential impact, feasibility, and expected value.
• Identify and recommend improvements to processes, tools, and approaches that strengthen the effectiveness of People Innovation initiatives and may benefit multiple projects or HR functions.
• Contribute advanced knowledge and perspectives to the team, constructively challenge assumptions, share best practices, and provide guidance or coaching to colleagues when appropriate.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Project execution

Written communication

Verbal communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Senior Strategy Advancement Professional to provide data-driven strategic direction across workforce, talent, organizational and HR transformation initiatives.

You will partner with HR leaders and cross-functional teams to clarify needs, synthesize insights, and develop actionable recommendations that move priorities toward execution. This role requires strong judgment, independent project management and the ability to translate complex information into clear business