Senior IT Project Manager

Humana

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Senior IT Project Manager is responsible for leading complex, enterprise-level initiatives focused on security, risk governance, workflow automation, storage systems, and acquisition integration. This role provides end-to-end project leadership across both Waterfall and Agile delivery models, ensuring security, compliance, and operational readiness throughout the acquisition lifecycle. The Senior IT PM partners closely with acquisition teams, security engineering, audit, GRC, threat monitoring/SOC, legal, BC/DR, development teams, and executive governance bodies to deliver compliant, secure, and scalable solutions aligned with company standards, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field OR equivalent professional experience.
8–10+ years of progressive IT project management experience, including leading enterprise scale initiatives.
5+ years of experience managing projects involving security, risk, compliance, acquisitions, workflow platforms, or infrastructure systems.
Strong understanding of: Enterprise security controls and frameworks, Storage architectures (SAN, NAS, cloud storage), Understanding of Cloud environments, Workflow automation and systems integration.
Proven experience managing cross functional, geographically distributed teams.
Excellent communication, leadership, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Project Management certification preferred: PMP and/or PMI-ACP.
Experience with cloud, hybrid, or digital transformation initiatives.
Experience operating in regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC, NIST, or similar).
Familiarity with IT service management, operational readiness, and audit processes.
Experience supporting M&A activity, including acquisition of security onboarding and remediation programs.

Responsibilities

Lead and deliver large-scale, complex IT and security initiatives, managing scope, schedule, risk, and dependencies.
Successfully manage projects using Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid methodologies, selecting the appropriate approach based on scope, risk, and organizational needs.
Create and manage Epics, Features, and User Stories, ensuring alignment with portfolio objectives, security initiatives, and delivery roadmaps.
Provide regular executive, stakeholder, and governance reporting, including status, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
In collaboration with Cyber Security teams, lead acquired entities through enterprise security onboarding across 36 security control categories, ensuring seamless integration and compliance with corporate security standards.
Collaborate with Security Audit, Risk, and GRC teams to review acquisition risk assessments and plan remediation for findings related to: HIPAA compliance, Penetration testing, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) assessments, CrowdStrike compromise assessments, Company Minimum Necessary access policy requirements.
Manage acquisition and technical teams through remediation implementation, ensuring timely resolution of findings.
Lead the initial collection, review, validation, and presentation of security evidence to Security Auditors, maintaining audit readiness and documentation accuracy.
Ensure remediation efforts are properly tracked, governed, and transitioned to operations.
Support risk governance by documenting and submitting change requests to the Change Review Committee (CRC).
Represent and present proposed changes to governance boards and executive stakeholders for approval.
Ensure all solutions comply with security, privacy, regulatory, and company policy requirements.
Collaborate with acquisition teams, threat monitoring/SOC, and Legal to document and obtain approval for incident response plans to be executed during security events.
Collaborate with Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) teams to document acquisition specific continuity and recovery plans, ensuring preparedness for operational, cyber, or infrastructure incidents.
Support postimplementation reviews and ensure smooth transition to operational teams.
Work with development teams to create, document, and obtain approval for a Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) aligned with company and security standards.
Ensure all acquisition employees complete required Security Awareness, Secure Coding, and Phishing training, with proper tracking and evidence for audit and compliance purposes.

Benefits

Generous PTO package
Health benefits effective day 1
Annual Incentive Plan
401K - Excellent company match
Well-being program
Paid Volunteer Time Off
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