Lead Technology Leadership Professional

The Lead Technology Leadership Professional is a senior delivery and technical leadership role within the AI & Operations Engineering team, responsible for leading one of the teams delivering AI-enabled products and engineering solutions that improve operational efficiency, reduce manual toil, and enhance the effectiveness of support and operations teams.

This role operates at the intersection of product, architecture, and engineering execution. The associate will partner closely with product managers, architects, technical leads, developers, and senior leaders to understand technical designs, shape and maintain the feature roadmap, and drive consistent delivery through Agile ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of AI-enabled products, automations, and engineering solutions.
• Partner with stakeholders to define and manage product roadmaps and delivery priorities.
• Translate business needs and technical designs into actionable features, user stories, and sprint plans.
• Drive Agile processes, including backlog management, sprint planning, delivery tracking, and release readiness.
• Identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and blockers to ensure successful delivery.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Engineers, and senior leadership to align on priorities and outcomes.
• Oversee solutions leveraging technologies such as Python, SQL, Angular, Databricks, APIs, and enterprise AI platforms.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, reliability, compliance, and operational readiness.
• Communicate progress, risks, and key decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support production deployments, operational improvements, and continuous enhancement efforts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8+ years of experience leading Agile software engineering, platform engineering, automation engineering, or technology delivery teams.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, application engineering, site reliability engineering, automation engineering, platform engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Proven experience leading the end-to-end delivery of enterprise technology products, platforms, or engineering solutions from planning and design through production release and support.
• Strong experience partnering with Product Managers, Architects, Engineers, and business stakeholders to prioritize work, manage roadmaps, and drive successful delivery outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical architectures, solution designs, and business requirements into actionable roadmaps, epics, user stories, sprint plans, and delivery milestones.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), backlog management, sprint execution, release planning, risk management, and production support processes.
• Hands-on experience working with modern application and data technologies such as Python, SQL, APIs, Angular (or similar front-end frameworks), Databricks, SSIS, and enterprise integration platforms.
• Experience managing complex dependencies, resolving delivery blockers, and maintaining execution momentum across multiple initiatives and cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively present technical concepts, delivery risks, and strategic recommendations to both technical and executive audiences.
• Proven success operating in large, matrixed enterprise environments with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and evolving business needs.

Benefits Humana offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being, including 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.