Project Management Center of Excellence PM COE Strategy Lead

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Description

Come join our team in this exciting new role! Humana's IT organization is undergoing a multi-year transformation journey to develop a cloud-based and platform-centric technology ecosystem. Critical to this transformation is our transition to agile ways of working. As a Strategy Lead in the IT Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCOE), you will develop strategies to accelerate our transition to agile ways of working, develop the operating model for managing relationships with PMOs, and drive PMCOE change management efforts.

Responsibilities

The PM COE Strategy Lead is in Humana's Information Technology (IT) organization, and is responsible for defining the strategies to merge traditional PM techniques with agile ways of working to enable effective execution of technology initiatives. The right candidate will demonstrate expert level understanding of program/project management practices and the resources and tools needed to support a large IT PM community. The role incumbent will have experience in strategy development for large scale transformational efforts, and in delivering outcomes through solid change management and communications activities.

Duties include:


Identify opportunity areas within project and program management and develop and prioritize strategies based on areas of need
Act as a consultant to multiple project management offices, application development leaders, and business segment CIOs in coaching their teams around the adoption of 'best practice' work standards and tools, and other matters that relate to supporting the work teams' success
Collaborate with the IT Agility Office in defining the best path for developing project management practices to support Agile software development approaches
Develop approaches for how the organization oversees the interdependencies and integration of interrelated initiatives, and set guidance on how work teams may measure business value
Lead PM COE change management and communications efforts


Required Qualifications


Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Technology or a related field
8 or more years of project and program management, PMO leadership experience in IT
Demonstrated experience in managing large, high complexity initiatives (with annual budgets of $30 million
Experience implementing agile software development methodologies
Specialized knowledge of Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC), PMBOK, agile methodologies, SAFe framework
Demonstrated change management and communications experience in leading change in large organizations


Preferred Qualifications


Master's Degree in Business Administration
Working knowledge of project and program management (PPM) and agile toolsets
PMP Certification
Prosci Change Management Certification
Agile / Scaled Agile Certification
Experience in the health solutions industry


Additional Information

Associates are required to be fully COVID vaccinated, including booster, or undergo weekly COVID testing and wear a face covering while at work. The weekly testing will need to be done through an approved Humana vendor, and unvaccinated associates should follow all social distancing and masking protocols if they are required to come into a Humana facility or work outside of their homes.

If progressed to offer, candidates will be required to:


Provide proof of full vaccination, including booster OR
Provide proof of applicable exemption including any required supporting documentation


Medical, religious, and state exemptions will be available.

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Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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