Strategy Advancement Advisor

About the role

The Strategy Advancement Advisor is a member of Humana’s People Innovation team, which helps shape and advance the future of HR by translating enterprise and workforce priorities into focused strategies and measurable outcomes. The role partners with HR and business leaders to frame complex challenges, develop fact‑based recommendations, and move high‑priority initiatives from strategy through execution. The Advisor works across a varied portfolio of enterprise people priorities and transformation efforts, bringing structure to ambiguity, connecting work across functions, and helping leaders make informed decisions that improve business, workforce, and associate outcomes. Humana is seeking an experienced strategy professional to join the People Innovation team, which serves as a strategic partner to HR and the business, helping identify, shape, and advance high‑impact opportunities that support Humana’s people strategy and broader enterprise transformation. The team’s work spans emerging workforce priorities, talent and organizational strategies, operating model and work redesign, and other cross‑functional initiatives requiring enterprise perspective, disciplined problem solving, and coordinated execution. In this role you will report to an Associate Director.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic projects and workstreams that address priority workforce, talent, organizational, and HR transformation opportunities, with accountability for scope, approach, deliverables, risks, and outcomes.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to diagnose complex or ambiguous challenges, define the underlying business need, and establish clear objectives, decision points, and measures of success.
• Conduct and synthesize quantitative and qualitative analysis, including internal data, external research, leading practices, and stakeholder perspectives, to identify insights and inform strategic recommendations.
• Develop enterprise‑level strategies, roadmaps, business cases, and implementation considerations that connect people priorities to business outcomes and enable leaders to move from direction to action.
• Facilitate interviews, working sessions, and cross‑functional discussions that surface perspectives, test assumptions, resolve issues, and build alignment among senior leaders and key stakeholders.
• Create compelling executive‑level presentations, written narratives, and decision materials that clearly frame the opportunity, strategic choices, recommendations, expected outcomes, and required actions.
• Coordinate across HR centers of excellence, HR business partners, technology, finance, and business teams to connect related efforts, manage dependencies, and support integrated solutions rather than isolated activities.
• Establish practical governance, milestones, and performance measures for assigned initiatives; monitor progress, identify risks, and recommend adjustments to sustain momentum and value realization.
• Support the People Innovation team's portfolio by helping evaluate and prioritize new requests based on strategic alignment, enterprise impact, feasibility, and expected value.
• Contribute to a collaborative, fact‑based team culture by sharing perspectives, challenging assumptions constructively, and helping colleagues strengthen strategic thinking and execution capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree; 8 or more years of relevant experience in strategy, consulting, transformation, organizational effectiveness, talent strategy, workforce strategy, or a related field; 2 or more years of experience leading complex projects or strategic workstreams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience or exposure to Tech/AI implementations
• Experience in Healthcare industry
• Experience leading cross‑functional initiatives (HR/IT/Finance)

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous problems, perform quantitative and qualitative analysis, and translate findings into actionable recommendations
• Strong executive communication skills, including experience developing clear presentations, narratives, and decision materials
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation skills, with the ability to build trust and influence across functions and levels
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and lead through ambiguity in a large, matrixed organization
• Highly collaborative, adaptable, and committed to improving consumer and associate experiences

Benefits

Humana offers competitive benefits that support whole‑person well‑being, including medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short‑term and long‑term disability, life insurance, and many other opportunities.

Pay

The compensation range is $126,700 – $174,200 per year, with eligibility for a bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance.

Schedule

Scheduled weekly hours: 40 (full‑time). This role is hybrid office based in Washington, DC; travel based on business need. To work effectively from home, employees must provide internet service with at least 25 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload speed (wireless, wired cable or DSL suggested) and work from a dedicated space free of ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI/HIPAA information.