Director, Public Affairs & Strategy

The Director, Public Affairs & Strategy will lead high-priority, cross-functional work at the intersection of Humana's business strategy, healthcare policy, and advocacy.

This leader will own complex workstreams from initial framing through recommendation and execution, partnering directly with senior leaders to structure issues, develop policy positions, and build coordinated strategies that advance enterprise priorities.

The ideal candidate is a highly strategic and structured leader with deep healthcare expertise, strong executive presence, and the judgment and emotional intelligence to influence and collaborate across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead complex workstreams end to end, defining scope, priorities, workplans, milestones, and decisions
• Advise senior leaders, framing complex business and policy issues, surfacing tradeoffs, synthesizing perspectives, and translating insights into clear recommendations
• Develop strategies to advance enterprise priorities, connecting healthcare policy developments to business objectives and building coordinated strategies across stakeholders, messaging, risks, and execution
• Drive analysis and execution, leading research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and scenario planning while establishing clear accountability, timelines, and follow-through
• Create executive-ready deliverables, distilling complex information into concise, high-quality presentations, briefings, memos, and decision materials
• Lead through influence, building trust and alignment across functions, navigating differing perspectives, managing external consulting partners, and maintaining a high bar for rigor, quality, and results

Required Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree; MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred
• 7+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, healthcare strategy, enterprise transformation, public affairs strategy, or a similarly rigorous, high-performance environment
• Deep knowledge of the U.S. healthcare industry, preferably including payer and/or provider experience
• Proven ability to independently structure ambiguous problems, lead complex cross-functional work, synthesize quantitative and qualitative findings, and translate insights into actionable recommendations
• Demonstrated ability to take full ownership of complex workstreams and drive execution with limited direction
• Exceptional project leadership, executive communication, and stakeholder-management skills
• Strong executive presence and demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and stakeholders without formal authority
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to build trust, navigate disagreement, and foster alignment across diverse perspectives
• Sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and comfort operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Benefits: Humana offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being, including medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, and many other opportunities.

Location & Travel: This role offers flexibility in location and may be performed remotely. Candidates are not required to reside near a Humana market office; however, travel will be expected on an as-needed basis to support business priorities, including travel to Louisville, KY; the Washington, DC metro area; Chicago, IL; Nashville, TN; and New York, NY.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Pay Range: $184,800 - $254,100 per year