Insurance Strategy Consultant

Senior Strategy Advancement ProfessionalBecome a part of our caring community and help us put health first. Humana, a Fortune 50 Healthcare Company, is a publicly traded, Fortune 50 healthcare company with a long history of successful innovation and reinvention. It has transformed itself from the largest US nursing home company in the 60's, to the largest US hospital corporation in the 80's, to a leading health benefits company beginning in the 90's. Today, Humana is a leader in consumer-focused health solutions and is one of the largest health benefits organizations in the country.The Healthcare Strategy team supports Humana's Insurance segment. This segment, Humana's largest, comprises the majority of the company's total revenue and earnings. Team members partner with senior leaders of the business unit, and more broadly with leaders throughout the enterprise, as they deliver strategy projects addressing some of the businesses' most important opportunities and challenges. These high-profile strategy projects place the team at the forefront of helping to define the future of Humana's largest businesses.Humana is seeking a team member, with prior management consulting experience or professional experience leveraging core consulting skills, to support delivering some of the Insurance segment's highest priority projects and initiatives, with an emphasis on Medicare Advantage strategy development. As a Senior Strategy Advancement Professional, you will deconstruct issues and challenges, perform targeted research and analysis, support core strategy operational work, and craft sound, logical solutions and recommendations. You will also shape implementation considerations, and work with business owners as appropriate to transition analysis into execution. While deep diving into key areas, you will also have a bird's-eye view of the business unit's overall strategy.Your role will be instrumental in synthesizing the strategic and operational choices being made across the business unit into coherent plans to drive growth and profitability, while simultaneously improving the lives and health of Humana's members. While doing so, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with fellow team members, subject matter experts, members of Humana's executive management team, and corporate, functional, and business unit leaders.Recent example projects include assessing the performance of strategic initiatives and business areas, evolving key facets of the Medicare Advantage growth strategy, leading the development of the annual Medicare Advantage strategic plan, monitoring segment-wide operational performance, and refreshing the strategy for Humana's sales organization.Key responsibilities include:Delivering high quality analysis and deliverables that clearly frame objectives, issues/challenges, and articulate compelling, insightful findings, conclusions, and recommendationsManaging and delivering analysis and workstreams within high-profile, high-impact strategy projectsDeveloping high quality, insightful, and clear analysis and deliverables for Humana's executive management team and Board of DirectorsDeveloping hypotheses to be validated or refined through targeted research and analysisConducting interviews and working sessions with stakeholders across the companyConducting industry, market, competitor, and financial analysisWorking collaboratively with fellow team members and leaders across the companyLeading critical processes to prepare leadership for interactions with Humana's executive Management Team and Board of DirectorsBeing a steward of the strategy team's operating model, norms and ways of workingCoordinating and overseeing key meetings to ensure key topics and decisions are communicated to leadership in a timely mannerDefining and developing opportunities for strategic alignment and consistent reporting across the business segmentPartnering with key stakeholders to implement segment-wide tracking tools and databasesDesigning and monitoring key metrics and the reporting cadence across the organizationWorking across operational units to execute strategic planning process and quarterly refinementRequired qualifications:Bachelor's degree2+ years of full-time work experience with a leading management consulting firm and/or 3+ years of professional experience in a role that required core consulting skillsDemonstrated ability to manage analysis and work streamsExcellent verbal and written communication abilitiesHighly collaborative, flexible, team-oriented working styleStrong problem-solving skills and the ability to perform complex qualitative and quantitative analysisDemonstrated ability working within a matrixed environmentPreferred qualifications:MBA, MPH, PhD, or graduate degree in a management fieldPrior healthcare industry experience, preferably in the managed care or provider sectorReporting relationships:The role reports to a Director within the Strategy team, works collaboratively with leaders and members of the rest of the team, and with senior leadership throughout the enterprise. Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.Scheduled weekly hours: 40Pay range: The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc. $86,300 - $118,700 per year. This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.Description of benefits: Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application deadline: 12-19-2025About us: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.Equal opportunity employer: It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment. Humana complies with all applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We also provide free language interpreter services. See our https://www.humana.com/legal/accessibility-resources?source=Humana_Website.