The Portfolio Enablement Lead is a portfolio transformation leader responsible for shaping and advancing Humana's portfolio operating model, Agile Release Train (ART) design, and Ways of Working across multiple portfolios. Acting as a trusted advisor to executive leadership (SVPs, VPs, and portfolio leaders), this role translates enterprise strategy into scalable portfolio operating models that drive alignment, flow, value delivery, and measurable business outcomes across the organization.
This position combines deep expertise in Lean Portfolio Management, enterprise operating model design, organizational transformation, and systems thinking with exceptional executive influence, facilitation, and data-driven decision-making skills. The role focuses on enterprise enablement rather than delivery management, driving portfolio optimization, governance consistency, operating model maturity, and long-term organizational optimization while partnering across business and technology teams to improve enterprise performance and strategic execution.
The Portfolio Enablement Lead serves as a trusted transformation leader responsible for advancing Humana's Ways of Working through the design, governance enablement, and evolution of portfolio operating models, ART structures, and leadership practices across assigned portfolios. In this highly influential role, you will collaborate with executive leaders across business and technology to shape how portfolios are structured, prioritized, governed, and executed to achieve strategic business objectives.
As a trusted advisor, you will partner directly with SVPs, VPs, Directors, and senior portfolio leaders to align organizational design, portfolio strategy, and operating models with enterprise priorities and regulatory requirements. You will provide strategic recommendations that influence portfolio investment decisions, prioritization frameworks, execution models, and transformation roadmaps across multiple business domains.
The Portfolio Enablement Lead is responsible for driving large-scale portfolio transformation initiatives, enabling enterprise standards, and ensuring consistency in portfolio design and execution. This role provides leadership in Lean Portfolio Management, organizational design, systems thinking, and continuous improvement practices while enabling sustainable transformation outcomes at scale.
Rather than focusing solely on portfolio execution, this role is accountable for helping leaders define and implement durable operating models that improve organizational effectiveness, portfolio alignment, value realization, and enterprise agility. The Portfolio Enablement Lead translates enterprise transformation strategy into practical portfolio frameworks, governance models, and leadership behaviors that support long-term business success.
The role works across multiple portfolios, facilitating executive-level decision-making, diagnosing systemic challenges, and advising leadership on portfolio optimization, flow efficiency, investment alignment, and organizational effectiveness. It plays a key role in evolving Humana's enterprise portfolio ecosystem and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and enterprise thinking.
This position operates with significant autonomy, exercising sound judgment in highly complex and ambiguous situations while influencing enterprise standards, transformation strategy, and portfolio design practices. The role serves as a key integration point across business and technology organizations to ensure consistency in portfolio execution and strategic alignment. [This role resides within the Office of the COO in the Technical organization, maintaining enterprise neutrality while partnering across business, product, and technology organizations to enable cohesive portfolio operations and enterprise outcomes.
As a Portfolio Enablement Lead, you will:- Lead the evolution and adoption of enterprise portfolio Ways of Working across assigned portfolios, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and regulatory requirements.
- Enable portfolio design standards, including ART structures, value stream alignment, operating models, and support portfolio governance frameworks.
- Support the development and execute portfolio transformation strategies and multi-year roadmaps that drive organizational agility and business outcomes.
- Influence executive leadership on portfolio optimization, investment alignment, prioritization frameworks, and operating model design.
- Conduct portfolio assessments and diagnostics to identify systemic risks, performance trends, opportunities for improvement, and organizational constraints.
- Facilitate executive-level planning, alignment, and decision-making sessions to resolve competing priorities and drive strategic outcomes.
- Guide and develop Senior Portfolio Enablement Leads and transformation practitioners to improve capability maturity and consistency across portfolios.
- Partner with leaders to ensure portfolio operating models support organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and long-term business strategy.
- Enable portfolio metrics and governance frameworks that measure portfolio health, flow efficiency, transformation progress, and value realization.
- Drive adoption of Lean Portfolio Management principles, systems thinking, and continuous improvement practices across the enterprise.
- Serve as the escalation point for systemic portfolio challenges and provide recommendations to improve organizational effectiveness and execution.
- Champion enterprise standards across portfolio operations, tooling, AI adoption, security, compliance, and operational excellence.
- Facilitate leadership coaching, mentoring, and capability-building initiatives that strengthen portfolio leadership effectiveness.
- Promote enterprise thinking and long-term optimization by connecting strategy, organizational design, governance, and execution.
The successful candidate will possess these skills:- Executive-level strategic thinking with the ability to influence decisions across complex organizations.
- Strong systems-thinking capabilities with expertise in organizational design and enterprise transformation.
- Ability to lead through ambiguity while creating clarity, alignment, and accountability.
- Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical capabilities with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations.
- Proven ability to mentor leaders and transformation practitioners at multiple organizational levels.
- Advanced facilitation skills for high-stakes alignment, governance, and investment discussions.
- Strong relationship-building skills and the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Passion for continuous improvement, organizational excellence, and enterprise agility.
Preferred Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Organizational Leadership, or related field.
- SAFe® Program Consultant (SPC 6.0) and Advanced SPC (ASPC), or obtained within six months of hire.
- Prosci Change Management certification or equivalent advanced change leadership certification.
- Experience operating within enterprise Agile or Lean Centers of Excellence.
- Healthcare or highly regulated industry experience.
- Experience leading transformation initiatives within Fortune 100 organizations.
- Demonstrated leadership in enterprise AI adoption, digital transformation, or advanced analytics initiatives.
Required Qualifications- 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise transformation, portfolio leadership, organizational design, or operational excellence.
- Proven experience serving as a strategic advisor to executive leadership and influencing enterprise decisions. Deep expertise in Lean Portfolio Management, Agile-at-scale methodologies, and enterprise operating model design.
- Demonstrated experience defining, implementing, and governing portfolio standards across multiple portfolios or enterprise domains.
- Extensive experience leading large-scale portfolio transformation and organizational change initiatives.
- Advanced facilitation experience leading executive workshops, value stream design sessions, and portfolio alignment forums.
- Proven ability to develop leaders and transformation professionals while building organizational capability.
- Strong proficiency with portfolio management and Agile lifecycle tools such as Jira Align and Azure DevOps. Exceptional communication, influence, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to translate enterprise strategy into scalable operating models and measurable business outcomes.
Use your skills to make an impact 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 Hours40
Pay RangeThe 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.
$126,300 - $173,700 per year
This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
Description of BenefitsHumana, 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.
