Director of Investment Governance & Portfolio Management

Director, It Portfolio Management

The Director, IT Portfolio Management collaborates with the business portfolio team to align the IT portfolio and demand. The Director, IT Portfolio Management requires an in-depth understanding of how organization capabilities interrelate across the function or segment.

Job Summary : The Director of Investment Governance & Portfolio Management will provide strategic oversight, leadership, and management of the IT organization's investment governance processes. This role ensures the effective intake, prioritization, and execution of investment initiatives aligned with enterprise strategic objectives, on both annual and multi-year cadences.

The Director will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, including executive leadership, to facilitate transparent decision-making. Along with their team, this function is responsible for the creation of robust governance frameworks to enable integrated IT roadmaps, optimal allocation of resources, and dynamic reporting.

This role will report to the VP of Strategy and Transformation in IT and is responsible for both leading a team of portfolio managers as well as managing cross-business segment workstreams. Key internal partners in this work are senior leaders and executives, portfolio management teams, and our Agile center of excellence.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, implement, and regularly update investment governance frameworks, ensuring each process is documented, communicated, and aligned with organizational strategy
• Manage the end-to-end intake, review, and prioritization of investment proposals by coordinating submission guidelines, evaluation criteria, and decision timelines with stakeholders
• Partner with Finance to conduct detailed annual and multi-year investment planning cadences, including financial modeling, scenario analysis, and resource allocation on a rolling basis
• Track investment portfolio performance by generating and distributing standardized reports, analyzing outcomes, and developing targeted recommendations for improvement
• Organize and facilitate cross-functional working sessions with business partners, portfolio managers, and Enterprise Architecture to align investment execution with strategy
• Lead the administration of Jira Align and dashboarding tools, ensuring all investment initiatives are logged, tracked, and reported with real-time status updates, risk indicators, and appropriate strategic tagging
• Prepare executive-ready materials for quarterly business reviews, synthesizing key data points, progress metrics, and identified risks or opportunities for leadership discussion
• Maintain a comprehensive backlog of unfunded initiatives, ensuring thorough documentation and periodic review to support future prioritization and potential alignment with emerging strategic opportunities
• Proactively scan for and evaluate new strategic opportunities, including solutions that drive operational efficiency and innovation, to provide to the CIO

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Travel : While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours : 40

Pay Range : $172,300 - $236,900 per year

Description of Benefits : Humana, 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.

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