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Enterprise Risk Management LeaderThe Vice President Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is responsible for rebuilding and leading a best-in-class ERM program in a complex healthcare environment. This executive will be accountable for designing the risk management strategy, reestablishing organizational capabilities, and overseeing a hybrid staffing model that includes internal and outsourced risk management services. The VP, ERM will drive enterprise wide engagement to ensure effective risk identification, mitigation, and monitoring across all aspects of the organization. This executive works collaboratively with senior leadership, business units, and functional teams to embed a strong risk management culture and to develop and maintain frameworks, policies, and procedures that support effective risk governance.
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Responsibilities
Lead the transformation and modernization of the ERM function, building new processes, structures, and tools aligned with enterprise objectives.
Reassess existing risk management frameworks, policies and tools to enhance visibility, agility and accountability across the organization.
Drives a strategic program that is proactive in monitoring and analyzing trends, identifying risks (threats and opportunities) and developing actionable insights or impacts to Humana’s objectives, growth and reputation.
Builds and establishes a proactive risk and resilience program that is adopted across Humana and drives value.
Champions and promotes a risk-aware culture throughout Humana, aligning Humana’s strategy with ERM’s objectives and risk appetite.
Establish an ERM roadmap, including program milestones, technology implementation, and staffing strategy.
Monitor changes in the regulatory environment and ensure the organization’s risk management practices are compliant with federal, state, industry and COSO requirements.
Enhance integrated risk reporting for executive leadership, the board and key governance committees, using dashboards, key risk indicators, and risk heat maps.
Partner closely with internal audit, compliance, legal , operational risk, IT and business partners to ensure a coordinated and risk-aware culture.
Build and manage a high-performing ERM team using a hybrid model of internal staff and the selected outsourced provider.
Collaborate closely with outsourced provider to ensure adherence to service-level agreements and performance standards.
Foster a collaborative, high-accountability environment where both internal and external staff contribute to program maturity.
Establish and lead effective enterprise risk management committee governance and reporting, providing valuable reporting and insights to the leadership team and Audit Committee.
Ensures process and tools are established to identify risk themes and effectively communicate and escalate those to leadership as applicable.
Present risk findings and recommendations to executive leadership and the Audit Committee.
Lead risk assessment activities, including risk identification, prioritization, and the establishment of risk appetite and tolerance levels.
Facilitate scenario planning sessions with key stakeholders.
Champion the development and execution of risk education and awareness programs across the enterprise to embed risk awareness into daily operations.
Develop a governance structure for approvals and oversight of new projects (transformation, systems, processes, etc.). Lead execution of the developed governance structure to provide appropriate oversight for alignment with organizational risk tolerance and strategy. Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum 15 years of progressive risk management or compliance experience within the healthcare industry; minimum of 10 years of leadership experience
Strategic thinker with ability to think “Big Picture” and partner across teams to develop and support best-in-class risk solutions to protect and drive value.
Proven success in rebuilding or maturing an ERM function and managing outsourced or co-sourced teams.
Strong knowledge of healthcare regulations, quality and safety principles, and payer-provider risk arrangements.
Excellent strategic thinking, change management, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Familiarity with GRC tools and risk analytics platforms.
Able to challenge the status quo constructively and positively, leading relevant strategies
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to read and understand regulatory communications, able to effectively articulate compelling arguments, positions, strategy and vision.
Strong enterprise mindset, financial acumen, and customer centricity to navigate complexity and support the broader growth aspirations of the business, leverage strategic analysis of data to inform business making decisions.
Demonstrated ability to transition between strategic and operational aspects to deliver on growth, driving innovation/change to improve the business model.
Demonstrated critical thinker that can offer innovative solutions.
Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation/communication skills and the ability to effectively interface with senior management and team members.
Strong process improvement skills and demonstrated ability to influence and optimize processes to drive, business synergies and productivity.
Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills including negotiations and conflict resolution skills.
Individual with enthusiasm and infectious energy to advance new ideas and methods for proactive, forward-looking risk framework that produces results. *This person would ideally be based in the Midwest or East Coast. Travel is 20-25%.
Work at Home RequirementsTo 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
40Application Deadline: 07-23-2026 About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
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It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
Humana is a health services company that processes over 10 million sales interactions annually and serves millions of members through managed care and Medicare products. The company operates as a health insurance and healthcare services provider, offering multiple ways to improve customers' lives while prioritizing member experience and health outcomes. Humana's business spans risk adjustment services, medical records management, and customer success operations, with a focus on navigating complex healthcare decisions for Medicare and dual-eligible members. The company emphasizes putting customers at the center of everything it does by delivering quality service alongside great products.
