Humana's Corporate Strategy team is a small, high-performing group that works closely with senior leadership to establish the future course for the company. In Corporate Strategy, you will identify and analyze growth opportunities and work with business leaders to prioritize options and set the long-term strategy agenda. The team has frequent interactions with Humana’s CEO and regularly manages deliverables for Humana’s broader Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors. Our team also undertakes internal consulting engagements across a wide range of topics.
The Corporate Strategy Consultant role is modeled after those of top-tier management consultancies. Daily activities will include developing industry analyses, building high-level financial or other business models, conducting qualitative analyses and synthesizing findings to create executive-level deliverables and recommendations for Humana’s senior leaders. Examples of project work include identifying and evaluating growth opportunities across our lines of business, developing market and competitive strategies, assessing partnership and acquisition opportunities, designing operating model / organizational improvements, and supporting pilots / innovation opportunities for various business leaders
Key Responsibilities:
- Support your project lead on executing enterprise-wide strategic initiatives that impact Humana's long-term growth and competitive positioning.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses (e.g., financial modeling, market research, competitive assessments, expert interviews, data analysis) to test hypotheses, validate assumptions, synthesize findings, and generate actionable insights and recommendations.
- Partner with stakeholders across the organization to gather information, test assumptions, and develop a well-informed perspective on strategic opportunities and business risks
- Develop executive-ready materials and presentations for senior executives and support materials for the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors.
- Evaluate growth, market expansion, partnership, acquisition, and innovation opportunities.
- Serve as a trusted adviser to business leaders on strategic priorities and enterprise planning efforts.
- Collaborate with Corporate Strategy colleagues, and contribute to a high-performing, inclusive, and supportive team environment
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2 years of consulting, strategy, or relevant corporate experience (i.e., strategic in nature vs. primarily operational)
- Analytical skills (ex: quantitative analysis and research, financial modeling)
- Conceptual skills (ex: translating ambiguous problem statements into structured frameworks, generating hypotheses independently and testing them, synthesizing complex information into digestible executive insights, managing cross-functional stakeholders)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Meaningful experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or investment banking / corporate development
- Relevant healthcare experience, especially in payer industry
Location: Working locations are primarily Louisville, KY, and Arlington, VA (Washington, DC metro area); also open to candidates living in or willing to relocate to Chicago or Nashville. The Strategy team operates on a hybrid schedule with an expectation of 2 to 3 in office days per week. Relocation assistance available.
Travel: Occasional travel to Humana 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.
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, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.About Us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our 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 and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 2 years of consulting, strategy, or relevant corporate experience
- Analytical skills (quantitative analysis, financial modeling)
- Conceptual skills (structuring ambiguous problems, hypothesis development and testing, synthesizing complex information, stakeholder management)
- Meaningful experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or investment banking / corporate development
- Relevant healthcare experience, especially payer industry
Humana Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Humana and has not been reviewed or approved by Humana.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance are offered alongside on-site/virtual wellness resources and weekly paid well-being time, indicating a whole-person focus.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid PTO and holidays, volunteer time, and formal leave options such as parental and caregiver time provide broad time-away support. Adoption assistance and lactation rooms extend coverage for key life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match anchors long-term savings. Employer-matched emergency savings programs complement retirement planning.
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What We Do
At Humana, our cultural foundation is aligned to helping members achieve their best health by delivering personalized, simplified, whole-person healthcare experiences. Recognizing healthcare needs continue to evolve for each person, for each family and for each community, Humana continuously creates innovative solutions and resources that help people live their healthiest lives on their terms –when and where they need it. Our employees are at the heart of making this happen and that’s why we are dedicated to building an organization of dynamic talent whose experience and passion center on putting the customer first.
