Lead Project Manager

The Lead Project Manager serves as a strategic leader responsible for overseeing large, complex, and highly visible programs that span multiple workstreams, business areas, and stakeholders.

This role drives program execution, executive alignment, governance, risk management, and cross-functional coordination while mentoring project managers and elevating overall PMO delivery capabilities.

The Lead PM partners closely with business and operational leaders to ensure initiatives achieve intended outcomes, deliver organisational value, and support enterprise priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead large, complex, and strategically important programs spanning multiple business areas and workstreams.
• Lead through influence rather than positional authority, building alignment, driving accountability, and securing commitment from cross-functional teams, business leaders, and stakeholders to achieve program objectives.
• Drive program planning, execution, governance, and delivery to achieve business outcomes and organisational objectives.
• Manage program-level risks, issues, dependencies, and resource constraints across multiple initiatives.
• Partner with executive and senior leaders to align priorities, facilitate decision-making, and maintain stakeholder engagement.
• Develop and present executive-level status updates, dashboards, and recommendations to support informed decision-making.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure successful integration of people, processes, technology, and operational readiness activities.
• Establish and maintain program governance, escalation pathways, and delivery standards aligned with PMO best practices.
• Drive alignment between strategic objectives, program planning, and execution to ensure initiatives deliver measurable business value, achieve targeted outcomes, and support organisational priorities.
• Mentor and coach project managers to strengthen delivery capabilities, consistency, and PMO maturity.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and implement solutions that enhance project and program delivery performance.
• Support portfolio planning and prioritisation efforts to ensure resources are aligned to the organisation's highest-value initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of project and/or program management experience, including direct leadership of large, complex, cross-functional initiatives with enterprise-wide impact.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and lead without direct authority, building alignment and driving accountability across business, operational, and technology stakeholders.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects or programs, including governance, risk management, dependency tracking, resource planning, and executive communications.
• Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with a proven ability to align program execution to organisational objectives and measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to senior leaders, facilitating decision-making, and providing executive-level reporting and recommendations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP, PgMP, Agile, SAFe, or other project/program management certifications.
• Experience leading organisational transformation, process improvement, or large-scale operational initiatives.
• Experience coaching and mentoring project managers to improve delivery capability and PMO maturity.

Additional Information:

• Interview Format: As part of our hiring process, we will be using an exciting interviewing technology provided by HireVue, a third-party vendor.
• Work-At-Home Requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high-speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense. A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required. Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role. A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
• Pay Range: $115,200 - $158,400 per year
• Benefits: Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries offer 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.