The Director, TechStrat Portfolio Management is accountable for enterprise-level financial stewardship, portfolio governance, leadership enablement, and workforce planning for TechStrat Run Infrastructure. You will ensure that it aligns funding and capacity to strategic priorities, meets financial commitments, and equips leaders with clear, actionable insights to drive informed decision-making. You will play a critical role in translating strategy into execution by aligning talent, funding, and portfolio performance to both operational needs and long-term objectives.
As the leader of the Portfolio Management function, this position partners with senior IT and Finance leaders to advise on funding decisions, capacity planning, and portfolio optimization. You will organize, prioritizes, and governs projects and programs in alignment with IT strategy, strategic roadmaps, budget constraints, and delivery schedules, ensuring appropriate financial and organizational support is in place. Decisions typically focus on the implementation of large-scale programs and initiatives, supporting technical and operational processes, and driving performance improvements through disciplined portfolio and governance practices.
This role provides strategic input into functional planning, leads the execution of portfolio management disciplines, and drives continuous improvement to ensure resources are deployed effectively and sustainably in support of enterprise and technology objectives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Portfolio Financial Management & Governance
- Own end‑to‑end financial oversight for the TechStrat Run Infrastructure portfolio.
- Ensure portfolio funding is aligned to strategic priorities and enterprise direction.
- Partner with Portfolio Managers and Designated Responsible Individuals (DRIs) to evaluate initiative funding needs and develop realistic forecasts.
- Deliver financial analytics, including Actuals vs. Forecast reporting, variance analysis, and trend insights.
- Proactively monitor spend and recommend forecast adjustments or funding reallocations as priorities and consumption change.
- Maintain accurate, executive‑ready, interactive Power BI portfolio reporting.
2. OPEX / CAPEX Planning & Cost Transparency
- Govern CAPEX and OPEX planning, including depreciation and operating cost impacts.
- Partner with IT Finance and Portfolio Leads to support sound financial decision‑making.
- Improve cost transparency and optimize TechStrat Run Infrastructure spend.
- Ensure accurate monthly and quarterly financial reporting.
3. Strategic Initiative & Performance Reporting
- Track and report on Run Infrastructure‑funded strategic initiatives.
- Ensure consistent, transparent status reporting across milestones, risks, and opportunities.
- Provide clear portfolio performance updates to leadership and Steering Committees.
4. Leadership Enablement & Portfolio Team Management
- Lead and develop the TechStrat Portfolio Management function.
- Create a culture of engagement, and accountability through effective leadership, coaching, and feedback.
- Support senior leaders with portfolio insights that enable informed prioritization and trade‑off decisions.
- Live and model the Humana Way, guided by Humana values and leadership principles.
5. Workforce Planning & Associate Hiring Governance
- Govern TechStrat associate position approvals, ensuring alignment to department budgets, workforce plans, and leadership direction.
- Provide portfolio‑level reporting on filled, in‑process, and open roles, including savings and capacity targets.
- Partner with Hiring Managers and HR to support efficient and compliant hiring processes.
6. Financial Operations Oversight
- Provide oversight of infrastructure funding and chargeback processes for provisioned virtual infrastructure (e.g., Storage, VMs, Databases, Zerto).
- Ensure processes exist for accurate charge allocation, infrastructure replenishment funding, and financial reporting.
- Deliver monthly and annual summaries of collected and spent funds to Infrastructure teams and Steering Committees.
7. OKRs, Enterprise Reviews & Intern Program Support
- Support TechStrat OKR and strategy reviews in alignment with enterprise IT processes.
- Ensure accurate updates for monthly IT Operating Reviews, dashboards, and Rolling Technology Strategy Review (RTSR) meetings.
- Partner with leadership and HR to support the TechStrat Intern Program, including intern placement growth and conversion objectives.
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Qualifications
- Master's Degree
- 8 or more years of technical experience
- 5 or more years of management experience
- Advanced experience leading special projects and producing metrics, measurements and trend reports
Preferred Qualifications
- MBA or other Advanced Degree
- Possess a solid understanding of operations, technology, communications and processes
- Six Sigma certification
- PMP certification
- Demonstrated ability to run large scale, highly visible programs with responsibility for multiple project teams
- Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences
Additional Information
To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:
At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.
Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.
Employees 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 employees 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.
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, volunteer time off, 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
- Master's Degree
- 8 or more years of technical experience
- 5 or more years of management experience
- Advanced experience leading special projects and producing metrics
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.
Humana Insights
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.
