Lead Project Manager

Humana Inc. is a leading U.S. healthcare company. The Lead Project Manager is essential for ensuring the successful execution of complex initiatives, overseeing program and project management from initiation to closure while handling multiple concurrent initiatives that encompass operations, compliance, quality, and member experience.

Responsibilities:

• Design, communicate, and implement comprehensive operational plans for Medicare and Duals-related programs and projects
• Lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and compliance requirements
• Collaborate with stakeholders across cross-functional teams to provide strategic consulting and guidance
• Monitor project progress and performance, proactively identifying and resolving issues to prevent delays and ensure successful delivery
• Develop program and project schedules, budgets, forecasts, and work specifications
• Coordinate internal and external resources, including vendors and contractors, to achieve project milestones
• Facilitate cross-program communication with leaders to manage interdependencies and ensure alignment across initiatives
• Conduct regular status meetings and prepare executive-level reports and presentations on program health, risks, and mitigation strategies
• Set priorities and allocate tasks, providing direction to project staff and cross-functional stakeholders
• Exercise independent judgment and decision-making on complex and variable issues with minimal supervision
• Advise senior leadership on strategic, segment-specific approaches to program management

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or 5 or more years of project leadership experience
• Proficient in project management tools and methodologies
• Proven experience leading multi-workstream initiatives with diverse stakeholder groups in a matrixed organization
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills; able to manage ambiguity and make sound decisions
• PMP certification, Lean Six Sigma or Agile experience a plus
• Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management abilities
• Experience in healthcare