Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Humana is a U.S. healthcare company providing insurance and healthcare services. The Lead Project Manager-Clinical Operations oversees large, complex programs across multiple workstreams and business areas, driving execution, governance, risk management, executive alignment, and cross-functional coordination. The role also mentors project managers and improves PMO delivery capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead large, complex, and strategically important programs spanning multiple business areas and workstreams
- Lead through influence rather than positional authority, building alignment, driving accountability, and securing commitment from cross-functional teams, business leaders, and stakeholders to achieve program objectives
- Drive program planning, execution, governance, and delivery to achieve business outcomes and organizational objectives
- Manage program-level risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints across multiple initiatives
- Partner with executive and senior leaders to align priorities, facilitate decision-making, and maintain stakeholder engagement
- Develop and present executive-level status updates, dashboards, and recommendations to support informed decision-making
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful integration of people, processes, technology, and operational readiness activities
- Establish and maintain program governance, escalation pathways, and delivery standards aligned with PMO best practices
- Drive alignment between strategic objectives, program planning, and execution to ensure initiatives deliver measurable business value, achieve targeted outcomes, and support organizational priorities
- Mentor and coach project managers to strengthen delivery capabilities, consistency, and PMO maturity
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and implement solutions that enhance project and program delivery performance
- Support portfolio planning and prioritization efforts to ensure resources are aligned to the organization's highest-value initiatives
Skills
- 5+ years of project and/or program management experience, including direct leadership of large, complex, cross-functional initiatives with enterprise-wide impact
- Demonstrated ability to influence and lead without direct authority, building alignment and driving accountability across business, operational, and technology stakeholders
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or programs, including governance, risk management, dependency tracking, resource planning, and executive communications
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with a proven ability to align program execution to organizational objectives and measurable business outcomes
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to senior leaders, facilitating decision-making, and providing executive-level reporting and recommendations
- PMP, PgMP, Agile, SAFe, or other project/program management certifications
- Experience leading organizational transformation, process improvement, or large-scale operational initiatives
- Experience coaching and mentoring project managers to improve delivery capability and PMO maturity
Benefits
- Eligible for a bonus incentive plan based upon company and/or individual performance.
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid time off
- Company holidays
- Personal holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid caregiver leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
- Remote position
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