Director, Office CEO

Director, Office of the CEO – Humana

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first. This high‑impact role is designed for talent seeking enterprise visibility, strategic influence, and accelerated career growth. As the Director, Office of the CEO, you will work directly with the Chief of Staff to the CEO, orchestrating the most critical leadership meetings, shaping how priorities are executed, and driving alignment across the organization.

You will be responsible for managing Enterprise Leadership priorities and influencing how decisions are made at the highest levels.

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• Drive enterprise management processes across regular leadership meetings, board meetings, and other major external meetings (e.g., DRI, Meet Week, Board of Directors, Leadership Retreats, etc.).
• Set agendas ensuring topics reflect strategic priorities and enable timely decision‑making.
• Coordinate cross‑functionally on topics, building relationships across all teams in the organization.
• Provide strategic direction on materials guiding content development to reflect leadership intent, enterprise context, and stakeholder impact.
• Review and refine draft materials, offering high‑level feedback that aligns with CEO and ELT expectations, and elevates clarity, coherence, and strategic relevance.
• Ensure disciplined execution of enterprise processes, proactively managing timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder engagement to deliver seamless outcomes.
• Track and manage key decisions and follow‑ups, ensuring resolution, documentation, and integration into enterprise workflows.
• Escalate when priorities are delayed or need executive input.

Lead key enterprise coordination meetings to ensure alignment and transparency across leaders.

Continuously improve governance functions—simplifying processes, eliminating friction, and identifying new opportunities to enhance agility, transparency and cross‑functional coordination.

Partner with FP&A to manage Humana’s annual enterprise dashboard—ensuring visibility, accountability, and progress against goals.

Coordinate Humana’s corporate calendar, including enterprise leadership meetings, budget cycles, performance review cycles, and key leadership communications.

Manage internal Health Care Leader resource to support management process.

Exercise independent judgment and decision‑making in ambiguous or high‑pressure situations, acting as a trusted advisor and proxy for the Chief of Staff when needed.

And other duties as assigned.

• Executive presence and the ability to influence at the highest levels.
• Deep understanding of Humana’s business and strategic levers.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills—particularly executive communications.
• High emotional intelligence and adaptability in dynamic environments.
• Mastery of enterprise tools including Microsoft product suite.
• Ability to operate independently and make decisions under pressure.

• 5–7 years of experience in strategic operations, or executive support.
• Management consulting experience is strongly preferred.
• Advanced degree (MPP, MBA, MPH) preferred.

Preferred working locations are Louisville, KY and Arlington, VA (Washington, DC metro area) and New York City or alternative hub sites on a case‑by‑case basis. The Transformation team operates on a hybrid work arrangement (in office expectation of 3 days per week).

Willingness to travel 20‑30% of time.

40 hours.

Humana, Inc. 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.

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