Senior Product Manager

Senior Product ManagerBecome a part of our caring community and help us put health first. The Senior Product Manager conceives of, develops, delivers, and manages products for customer use. The Senior Product Manager work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. The Senior Product Manager leads all phases of the product life cycle, from inception to introduction into the marketplace, by developing products to meet specific customer needs and achieve specific cost and success outcomes.

Once products are launched, monitors efficacy of products and uses customer and business partner feedback to ensure products are meeting customer needs across each customer segmentation, adjusting products over time to continue to achieve the desired outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead large-scale product efforts focused on improving claims processing and related systems, ensuring these efforts support Humana's strategic goals. Serve as Epic Owner as needed, orchestrating cross-functional teams (including business, IT, and operational partners) through the full delivery lifecycle. This includes discovery, requirements definition, prioritization, solution design, delivery, and measurable value realization, especially when navigating complex, high-volume claims environments. Partner closely with architecture, operations, compliance, and data teams to identify dependencies, mitigate risks, and ensure robust integration and data flows, anticipating downstream and upstream impacts.

Drive and facilitate multi-disciplinary stakeholder collaboration to define, prioritize, and deliver on Epics and high-value product features. This includes leading solutioning sessions and balancing competing priorities across Medicare, Medicaid lines of business. Serve as a key decision-maker and thought leader in agile portfolio events, including PI planning, backlog refinement, and cross-portfolio prioritization, ensuring optimal sequencing and resourcing for complex claims and adjudication projects. Maintain rigorous compliance with all Humana processes, including Lean Portfolio Management and the SAFe framework, with special attention to privacy, security, and regulatory requirements in claims processing.

Act as an escalation point for critical delivery blockers or integration issues, partnering with IT and business leaders to drive rapid resolution. Support change management and communication strategies, including engagement with provider networks and external partners impacted by changes in claims adjudication systems. Required Qualifications:Minimum 5 years of senior product and/or project management experience within large, matrixed organizations. Minimum 5 years of experience working with large-scale claims platforms, specifically working with Medicare/Medicaid claims.

Advanced expertise in agile methodologies, including SAFe, with a demonstrated ability to operate effectively at both strategic (portfolio/epic) and tactical (feature/story) levels. Strong working knowledge of enterprise agile planning tools such as Jira Align, with the ability to manage and report on multi-initiative portfolios. Proven leadership in cross-functional environments, with outstanding communication, stakeholder engagement, and negotiation skills, including executive-level presentation experience. Demonstrated ability to navigate and resolve complex dependencies, integration challenges, and regulatory requirements in a high-stakes delivery environment.

Experience

supporting change management and provider communications for large-scale operational and technology transitions. Work-At-Home Requirements:At minimum, a download speed of 25 mbps and an upload speed of 10 mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership. Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information. Preferred Qualifications:Undergraduate degreeHealthcare or managed care experienceSAFe Agile certificationAdditional Information:As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we may contact you via text message and email to gather more information using a software platform called HireVue. HireVue Text, Scheduling and Video technologies allow you to interact with us at the time and location most convenient for you.

If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you may receive correspondence inviting you to participate in a pre-recorded Voice, Text Messaging and/or Video interview. Your recorded interview will be subsequently reviewed and you will be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews. 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. $104,000 - $143,000 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.

About 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.

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