Director of Discovery and Strategic Partnerships

Humana

1d • $115,200 - $158,400 • Remote

About The Position

Challenging the organization and working across-departments, the Discovery and Strategic Partnerships Lead enables the enterprise to effectively and intentionally collaborate with best-in-class strategic partners to advance our clinical and experience objectives. The Discovery and Strategic Partnership team manages research independently, with subject matter experts, and cross-functional stakeholders to identify emerging opportunities in the Medicare clinical space. The Lead conducts targeted evaluations of vendor solutions that address defined business problems. While working in a highly matrixed environment, the Discovery and Strategic Partnership team leads market landscape research and vendor reviews to identify key partners who are solving clinical problems and engaging in value-based agreements. The Lead uses this data to craft recommendations to senior executives regarding business strategy. This person is self-drive and exercises independent judgment and decision making on complex issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years in business strategy, finance, clinical discipline, product development, and/or innovation
• 2+ years of cross-functional leadership experience with internal and external partners
• Strong research skills, able to leverage multiple avenues for investigation into market trends and vendor viability; very strong AI prompt writing skills
• Proven success in breaking down complex problems into hypotheses, developing clear plans for validation, and using data to refine concepts
• Experience presenting to the executive level individuals
• Proven ability to challenge the status quo and drive innovation
• Strong critical thinking skills, analytical experience, and business acumen
• Strategic thinker who can identify, prioritize, structure, and solve complex business problems, then present synthesized insights that are accessible and actionable to leadership
• Proven track record of launching an idea internally or externally that required synthesis of disparate points of view/ insights/data and creating a cohesive narrative, plan and outcome
• Ability to conduct, interpret, and leverage data and analytics to improve strategy and make recommendations
• Microsoft Excel modeling (Basic) & PowerPoint presentation skills

Nice To Haves

• Proven track record of launching an idea internally or externally that required synthesis of disparate points of view/ insights/data and creating a cohesive narrative, plan and outcome
• 5 years or more health insurance, healthcare vendor, clinical direct care, finance (PE, VC, IB, M&A, contracting), or consulting experience
• Prior experience working directly with consumers/customers, running experiments, in-market testing, understanding what is required to launch products, and contracting

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic vendor landscape research and evaluation for solutions aimed to improve clinical outcomes for the Medicare population
• Lead initial screening of companies, defining key requirements and evaluation criteria with business owners, leading evaluation meetings with prospective strategic partners, and analysis needed to make a recommendation
• Manage relationships with key internal business partners like Market Operations, Clinical Strategy, Retail Product & Growth, Vendor Management, Value-Based Strategies, and Clinical Analytics
• Structure and lead research and analysis on consumer and industry trends; market landscaping for specific clinical priority areas
• Translating ambiguity into structured framework and/or processes

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees