Strategy & Innovation Lead - Healthcare (Remote)

Humana; Massachusetts; Remote; USD 138,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Job summary

Humana’s Differentiation Team within the Consumer Strategy organization seeks a Strategy Advancement Advisor to shape and execute differentiated experiences for Humana's members. You will blend strategic thinking with execution across cross-functional teams to pilot, refine, and scale innovative concepts that drive growth and improve member experience.

Candidates should bring post-MBA strategic experience, strong leadership, and the ability to turn insights into measurable business impact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-time strategic work experience, ideally post-MBA.
• Previous strategy experience in a healthcare or management consulting organization.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management, including the ability to build trust and credibility with senior business leaders and influence decision-making across the enterprise.
• Experience leading complex, strategic initiatives in a large matrixed organization.
• Superior problem-solving skills and the ability to perform complex qualitative and quantitative analyses to drive actionable insights.
• Experience leveraging consumer insights to design and implement new products/services/solutions.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated experience developing and delivering engaging and informative presentations at an executive level.
• Highly collaborative, adaptable, and able to lead through ambiguity in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop consumer-centered growth and differentiation strategies with a 12-24-month time horizon.
• Identify emerging market trends, competitive dynamics, consumer needs, and industry innovation opportunities to inform strategic recommendations.
• Partner with business leaders to frame ambiguous problems, generate innovative solutions, and build compelling business cases for investment.
• Collaborate with design, research, and operational teams to ensure that member needs are embedded in strategic priorities.
• Serve as a thought partner for the exploration and evaluation of new concepts, experiences, capabilities, and business models that can differentiate Humana in the marketplace.
• Build business cases to conduct ROI analysis and prioritize proposed initiatives.
• Lead key workstreams for strategic initiatives and innovation pilots from concept development through implementation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Operations, Marketing, Digital, Clinical, Data & Analytics, and Experience Design to bring new ideas to life.
• Develop pilot plans, success metrics, learning agendas, and implementation roadmaps that enable rapid testing and iteration.
• Drive execution against milestones, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and opportunities to accelerate outcomes.
• Translate pilot learnings into actionable recommendations and scaling strategies.
• Build strong relationships across business functions and establish credibility as a strategic partner.
• Create and deliver executive-level presentations, communications, and recommendations that clearly articulate opportunities, risks, and expected outcomes.
• Influence stakeholders across varying levels of the organization to drive alignment and action.
• Effectively communicate complex concepts to both strategic and operational audiences.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Strategy experience

Healthcare industry experience

Education

MBA or equivalent

MPH or similar

Job description

Humana’s Differentiation Team within the Consumer Strategy organization seeks a Strategy Advancement Advisor to shape and execute differentiated experiences for Humana's members. You will blend strategic thinking with execution across cross-functional teams to pilot, refine, and scale innovative concepts that drive growth and improve member experience.

Candidates should bring post-MBA strategic experience, strong leadership, and the ability to turn insights into measurable business impact.