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Clinical Vendor Insights & Strategic Partnerships, Lead Location: Remote Nationwide Become a part of our caring community The Clinical Vendor Insights & Strategic Partnerships, Lead role is a highly cross-functional strategy and operations position focused on improving how Humana identifies, evaluates, tracks, and activates clinical vendor partnerships across the enterprise. The Lead is responsible for the ongoing design, management, and evolution of Discovery Vista and related Vendor Intake processes and Insights Sharing, strengthening the use of data, reporting, AI, and automation to support vendor discovery, and ensuring insights are shared to help internal leaders make informed decisions. The Lead also works to connect siloed business areas, ensure consistency in vendor screening/re-screening, and advise on clinical vendor decisions for enterprise capabilities. In this role, you will: Lead ongoing management, optimization, and evolution of the Discovery Vista database and Vendor Intake processes, including partnering with development and UX teams to design and refine workflows, integrating automation and API-driven insights to drive efficiency. Translate market intelligence and vendor evaluations to ensure actionable insights are available for stakeholders. Build linkages across business units to reduce duplication, strengthen strategic vendor partnerships, and support enterprise-wide approaches to vendor engagement. Coordinate and manage intake operations for new and existing vendor opportunities, ensuring timely and consistent movement through screening and evaluation. Assess and recommend external vendor offerings for internal build opportunities, supporting strategic buy/ build/ partner analyses. Advise on and help advance a more unified enterprise framework for partnership decisions. The successful associate: Problem solver: Demonstrates critical thinking and analytical skills to break down ambiguous problems, clarify requirements, and design rigorous evaluation frameworks—including technical considerations for data management and reporting. Partnership builder: Brings expertise and/or identifies subject matter experts to analyze and synthesize information, develop insights, and produce recommendations grounded in both company and external data. Team mentality: Demonstrates success in building collaborative working relationships across internal and external stakeholders, including technical and non-technical partners. Drive for greatness: Seeks to “connect the dots,” proactively identifies opportunities for improvement, and pursues excellence in both strategy and execution. Technical aptitude: Shows interest in database management (e.g., maintaining and enhancing vendor tracking systems, integrating automation and AI tools, leveraging Power BI and Power Apps for Insights Sharing). Program and project management: Ensures consistent, high-quality execution of both operational and strategic initiatives, including technical project delivery, proactive issue identification, and creative problem-solving. Use your skills to make an impact Role Essentials Bachelor’s Degree 7+ years in business strategy, clinical discipline, product development, innovation, or vendor management operations experience. 2+ years cross-functional leadership experience with internal and external partners. Proven experience interacting with or maintaining databases, data integration, and reporting solutions (including Power BI and Power Apps). Demonstrated ability to design, manage, and optimize workflows with multiple stakeholders. Proven ability to break down complex problems, develop hypotheses, and use data-driven approaches to refine and validate concepts. Experience presenting to executive-level stakeholders and crafting recommendations. Strong research skills, leveraging multiple avenues (market, technical, and vendor) for investigation. Strong business acumen and ability to synthesize disparate data points into accessible, actionable insights. Excellent communication skills with experience managing technical and business stakeholders. Role Desirables 5+ years health insurance, healthcare vendor, clinical direct care, finance, or consulting experience. Prior experience with product launches, experimentation, in-market testing, and vendor contracting. Experience leading or collaborating on technical projects involving automation, data integration, or AI-driven insights. Prior experience working directly with consumers/customers, running experiments, in-market testing, understanding what is required to launch products, and contracting 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. Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required. Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Pay 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. $115,200 - $158,400 per year This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance. 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. Application Deadline: 05-18-2026 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. 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