Senior Technology Leader

Become a part of our caring community At Humana, a Fortune 100 healthcare technology innovator, we are reshaping how millions of people experience care. Our Senior Technology Leaders operate at the intersection of technology strategy, delivery excellence, and cross-functional leadership. This hybrid role blends technical consulting, program leadership, and hands-on solution oversight to ensure successful delivery of complex, business-critical technology initiatives. If you excel at navigating ambiguity, building alignment, driving accountability, and influencing technical outcomes through credibility and leadership while bringing strong technical depth, this role is built for you.Lead Cross-Functional Technology DeliveryDrive end-to-end planning and execution of complex technology initiatives, aligning engineering, product, architecture, and business teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality solutions.Serve as a Technical Consultant, Technical Challenger & Trusted AdvisorAssess systems, architectures, designs, and delivery approaches; identify modernization and optimization opportunities; and provide actionable recommendations that influence technical and business strategy. Bring sufficient engineering and architectural depth to constructively challenge design decisions, implementation approaches, technical tradeoffs, and delivery risks while fostering productive collaboration with development teams.Drive Cross-Team Execution & Delivery CoordinationOperate as a force multiplier across engineering, quality, product, architecture, and operations teams. Step into critical delivery functions as needed to coordinate testing efforts, manage cross-team dependencies, remove execution roadblocks, and ensure alignment across complex initiatives. Act as a key owner for driving outcomes, even when authority is distributed across multiple teams.Ensure Quality, Performance & Operational ReadinessOversee validation, testing, integration, and deployment readiness, ensuring solutions meet functional, non-functional, security, and compliance requirements before production launch.Guide Issue Resolution & Technical Problem SolvingPartner with engineering teams to troubleshoot complex issues, drive root-cause analysis, and coordinate resolution efforts that protect system stability and business continuity.Align Delivery Teams & StakeholdersFacilitate communication across engineering, operations, product, and business leadership, ensuring risks, dependencies, and decisions are surfaced clearly and managed effectively.Champion AI-Enabled Delivery & ModernizationLead the adoption of enterprise-grade AI capabilities across the software development lifecycle. Promote the use of tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and other emerging enterprise AI solutions to accelerate development, improve documentation quality, enhance knowledge sharing, streamline testing, and support modernization initiatives. Identify opportunities where AI can increase engineering productivity and delivery effectiveness while maintaining governance, quality, and security standards.Promote Delivery Excellence & Continuous ImprovementEstablish and refine delivery processes, documentation standards, and best practices that elevate execution quality across teams and programs. Use your skills to make an impact Required QualificationsBachelor's degree in a technical or related field5+ years of experience in technology roles, such as software engineering, systems engineering, technical consulting, solution delivery, or similarHands-on experience with technologies used within enterprise applications or infrastructureStrong technical foundation with the ability to review, evaluate, and challenge software architecture, application design, integration patterns, and engineering approachesDemonstrated experience coordinating complex delivery efforts across multiple engineering and business teamsExperience driving quality assurance, test planning, release readiness, and dependency management activities for large-scale initiativesStrong communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical audiencesExperience with unit testing, mocking, or validating modern software componentsProven ability to influence technical decision-making without direct authority through credibility, collaboration, and leadershipA passion for improving technology through thoughtful leadershipPreferred QualificationsPMP certificationSix Sigma certificationMBA or another advanced degreeExperience leading large‑scale, cross-functional programsBackground in technology solution assessments, strategy planning, or enterprise consultingWhy This Role MattersSenior Technology Leaders ensure that Humana’s most critical initiatives—those impacting pharmacy, clinical, and member experiences—are delivered with excellence. You’ll help teams work smarter, deliver faster, and build more resilient systems that improve outcomes for millions of people.Additional Infor