You’ll lead a team of Insurance Product Managers who provide critical quality, validation, testing and delivery support across our regional Medicare Advantage portfolios. Your team serves as a shared service to the regional Product Management teams, creating consistent standards and disciplined execution across the Medicare Advantage product lifecycle.

You’ll translate priorities into clear workplans, allocate resources across competing needs, monitor quality and delivery, and help your team identify and resolve issues before they affect filings, implementation or the member experience. You’ll partner closely with Senior Product Managers and functional teams to ensure product decisions are accurately reflected across CMS filings, member materials, systems and operational processes.

This is a hands-on people leadership role for someone who can create structure, develop talent, improve processes and build a culture of quality and accountability. Your team’s work helps turn product strategy into accurate, compliant and operationally ready products.

Lead and Develop the Team

Lead, coach and develop a team of Insurance Product Managers, establishing clear performance expectations, development goals and accountability for results

Translate portfolio and enterprise priorities into clear team objectives, work assignments and delivery expectations.

Prioritize and allocate resources across bid development, CMS filings, AEP readiness, implementation, validation and other regulatory deliverables

Monitor workloads and rebalance assignments as business priorities, deadlines and portfolio needs change

Provide regular coaching and actionable feedback that strengthens associates’ product knowledge, judgment, quality orientation and ability to work independently

Foster a collaborative, accountable environment where associates understand how their work connects to regional portfolio and member outcomes

Deliver Consistent Shared-Service Support

Lead a shared-service model that provides consistent product quality, validation, testing and delivery support across regional Medicare Advantage portfolio teams

Establish clear workflows, service expectations and handoffs between the shared-services team and Senior Product Managers

Coordinate team capacity and priorities across multiple regional portfolio needs, balancing planned work with emerging regulatory, implementation and business issues

Partner with Senior Product Managers to translate product direction and decisions into accurate downstream deliverables and implementation requirements

Identify recurring needs across portfolios and create standardized approaches, tools and practices where they improve efficiency, consistency or quality

Provide visibility into shared-service capacity, priorities, delivery status and risks so portfolio teams can plan effectively

Manage Quality, Validation and Product Delivery

Oversee team delivery across the Medicare Advantage product lifecycle, including validation, testing, filing support, implementation and readiness activities

Establish and reinforce team-level quality standards for ANOCs, EOCs, SBs, Aprimo, Provider Directories, PBP, HPMS and other applicable product and regulatory deliverables

Oversee validation and testing activities across applicable product tools and processes, including bid management tools, PBP, NPD, service area and claims implementation reviews

Ensure appropriate reviews and validations are completed accurately and on time, with issues documented, assigned and tracked through resolution

Monitor defects, rework and recurring quality issues and use findings to improve team processes and controls

Escalate significant product, compliance or delivery risks to Product leadership and appropriate partners when resolution extends beyond the team’s authority

Drive Compliance, Controls and Readiness

Maintain team workflows and controls that support timely and accurate completion of Medicare Advantage regulatory and product requirements

Drive audit readiness by ensuring required documentation, validations, controls and corrective actions are complete, accurate and current

Track deliverables against CMS, regulatory and business milestones, identify risks early and develop mitigation plans within the team’s scope

Partner with Compliance and other functional teams to address findings and ensure corrective actions are implemented

Reinforce disciplined documentation, version control and evidence retention across team processes

Improve Team Operations

Use performance, quality and workflow data to identify opportunities to improve accuracy, cycle time, capacity and productivity

Lead changes that improve team processes, tools and ways of working

Identify opportunities to standardize or automate repeatable work while maintaining appropriate quality and regulatory controls

Conduct root-cause analysis on recurring defects or process breakdowns and implement sustainable corrective actions

Establish practical metrics and operating routines that give the team and leadership visibility into workload, quality, risks and delivery performance

Share lessons learned and effective practices across the team and regional portfolio partners

What Success Looks Like

Lead the team well. Set clear expectations, provide regular and useful feedback, address performance issues and create meaningful development opportunities.

Deliver with quality. Maintain strong standards for product accuracy, validation and regulatory deliverables while minimizing defects and avoidable rework.

Be a reliable shared-service partner. Provide regional Product Management teams with consistent, responsive support and clear visibility into priorities, capacity and delivery.

Prioritize effectively. Balance competing portfolio needs, regulatory deadlines and available resources and adjust quickly when priorities change.

Manage risk proactively. Identify issues early, assess downstream impacts, implement mitigation within the team’s authority and escalate appropriately when broader decisions are required.

Use sound judgment. Make thoughtful resource, workflow and tactical operating decisions, particularly during periods of compressed timelines.

Improve how the team works. Use data, quality results and root-cause analysis to simplify work, strengthen controls and improve performance over time.

Communicate clearly. Provide concise, timely updates on delivery, capacity, risks and issues to Product leaders and cross-functional partners.

Lead through change. Create clarity and maintain team engagement and execution when priorities, requirements or business conditions shift.

How You’ll Lead

How you achieve results matters as much as what you deliver. You’ll model the Humana Way through transparent decisions, curiosity and continuous learning, clear expectations and accountability, and strong partnership across organizational boundaries. You’ll help associates understand not only what needs to be accomplished, but why it matters, while creating an environment where people can grow, contribute and do their best work.

Role Expectations

Lead primarily through the work of your team while remaining close enough to the work to provide effective direction, coaching and quality oversight.

Make resource, workflow, prioritization and tactical operating decisions within the team’s area of responsibility.

Apply strong product and operational knowledge to moderately complex issues and determine when broader leadership involvement is needed.

Coordinate effectively with regional portfolio teams and functional partners across multiple departments.

Balance immediate regulatory and delivery demands with continuous improvement of team processes.

Use metrics and operational insights to monitor performance and make informed decisions.

Create clarity and structure for the team during periods of ambiguity or rapidly changing priorities.

Key Partnerships & Reporting Relationship

You’ll report to the Associate Director or Director, Insurance Product Management and lead a team of Insurance Product Managers. You’ll serve as a shared-service partner to Senior Product Managers and regional portfolio teams and work closely with Compliance, Operations, Marketing, Claims and other functional partners.

The work follows the annual Medicare Advantage and CMS regulatory cycle. Certain periods of the year require additional flexibility, including extended hours and occasional weekend work, to meet critical regulatory and business deadlines.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent professional credential/licensure or experience ( 5+ years of relevant healthcare, health plan, product, operations or related experience)

Demonstrated experience leading people, teams or complex work, including coaching, prioritization and accountability for results

Experience managing regulated, operational or product deliverables with firm deadlines and quality requirements

Demonstrated ability to prioritize work and allocate resources across competing deliverables

Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively across functional teams

Demonstrated ability to use data, quality measures or operational metrics to identify issues and improve performance

Ability to lead through changing priorities and periods of high-volume, deadline-driven work

Preferred Qualifications

Medicare Advantage product, implementation or operational experience

Experience with the Medicare Advantage bid cycle, PBP and HPMS

Experience supporting ANOC, EOC, SB, Provider Directory or other Medicare Advantage product deliverables

Experience with product validation, testing, implementation or quality assurance

Audit, compliance or regulatory-readiness experience

Experience developing operational metrics, quality controls or performance reporting

Process improvement experience or training, including Lean or Six Sigma

Experience leading process standardization, automation or workflow improvements

Work at Home Requirements: 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. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. 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

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.

$104,000 - $143,000 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, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 11-13-2026

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