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If you are a motivated leader with a passion for healthcare technology and API management, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Humana.

Education : Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

Experience : 5+ years of technical experience in IT

Job Summary

Looking for an opportunity to expand your healthcare leadership experience while up-skilling in the latest industry standards? Humana is searching for an experienced leader to leverage their previous healthcare experience to assist in enabling Humana’s Enterprise API strategy and directly accountable for the strategy and direction of the Enterprise API Catalog and associated API's as the Senior Product Owner.

Key Responsibilities

Oversee the planning, design, development, deployment, and overall success of Humana’s Enterprise APIs.

Lead and design product value streams within the EAI organization.

Define and implement common API standards across multiple teams to ensure a consistent developer experience.

Stay abreast of API industry trends to influence internal API strategies, including adopting new frameworks, styles, or technologies.

Partner with business leaders, customers, and partners to elicit, understand, analyze, document, refine, and communicate business needs.

Evangelize the API strategy and standards to internal teams to secure organizational buy-in.

Coordinate with other Product Owners and Product Managers to align API maintenance and improvement with internal business requirements.

Manage and collaborate with a team of developers to ensure product requirements are met.

Customer Advocacy & Design Thinking

Act as the primary customer advocate for the Enterprise API Catalog, ensuring strategies align with customer needs to drive adoption.

Employ design thinking to define the future state of product design, maintaining a customer-first mindset to visualize and design optimal experiences.

• Project Management

Lead multiple complex projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and successful delivery.

Define priorities for new API product development to ensure the team focuses on the right initiatives in the correct order.

Measure success by designing and developing product functionalities that support innovative solutions.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related field

Master’s degree strongly preferred.

Minimum of 5 years of technical experience, preferably with a focus on API development and management.

Proven experience in IT, with a strong technical background.

Skills & Expertise

Solid understanding of the healthcare domain with expertise in critical healthcare product areas.

Fundamental knowledge of key API concepts to define and design foundational API contracts.

Ability to research and gain strong business domain knowledge to design the to-be state.

Demonstrated knowledge of all phases of the API product lifecycle.

Personal Attributes

Customer-first mindset with the ability to visualize and design excellent user experiences.

Strong leadership and project management skills.

Learning mindset aligned with recent technologies and innovation in the API space.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience implementing cutting-edge technologies in the API space, including API gateways and net new integrations.

Non-traditional product ownership experience with a focus on recent technological advancements.

What We Offer

Fully remote position; working within the EST time zone.

Opportunity to work with the latest technologies and contribute to Humana’s Enterprise API strategy.

Access to continuous learning and development opportunities to enhance your leadership and technical skills.

Why Humana?

You'll experience the following perks as a full-time Humana employee :

Humana offers a variety of benefits to promote the best health and well-being of our employees and their families. We design competitive and flexible packages to give our employees a sense of financial security—both today and in the future, including :

Health benefits effective day 1

Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time and jury duty pay

Recognition pay

401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match

Tuition assistance

Scholarships for eligible dependents

Parental and caregiver leave

Employee charity matching program

Network Resource Groups (NRGs)

Career development opportunities

Interview Format :

As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.

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 recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home / Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position / job.

Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

LI-Remote

Social Security Task

Humana values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants may be asked to provide their Social Security Number, if it is not already on file. When required, an email will be sent from [email protected] with instructions on how to add the information into your official application on Humana’s secure website.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

Pay Range

The 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.

94,900 - $130,500 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and / or individual performance.

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. 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, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline : 03-09-2025

About us

Humana Inc. (NYSE : HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and 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, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, 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 complies with all applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion. We also provide free language interpreter services. See our