Principal Cybersecurity Strategist

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*(Selected candidate will be required to live within 60 mins of one of the following metro locations OR be willing to relocate to within 12 months of hire date: Louisville KY, NYC Metro, Dallas Metro, Charlotte NC Metro, Tampa, Miami, Washington DC metro, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Nashville)

The Principal Cybersecurity Strategist serves as the enterprise thought leader and primary architect of the EIP Cybersecurity Strategy. This role is accountable for shaping, evolving, and governing a multi-year cybersecurity strategy that enables business priorities, strengthens enterprise resilience, and advances security maturity across Humana.

Operating as a senior advisor to executive leadership, this role translates business objectives, risk posture, regulatory expectations, and emerging technology trends into a coherent, prioritized, and achievable cybersecurity roadmap. The Principal Cybersecurity Strategist partners closely with EIP leaders, technology teams, and business stakeholders to drive execution, investment decisions, and measurable outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Define, develop, and continually advance EIP's long-term cybersecurity strategy, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and evolving risk landscapes. Set direction for capability development, maturity roadmaps, and investment priorities over a three-year horizon.

• Board Engagement: Develop and present executive and board-level materials, articulating cybersecurity vision, strategic priorities, maturity metrics, and progress against objectives. Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and board stakeholders.

• Healthcare & Financial Services Expertise: Leverage deep experience in healthcare and/or financial services to inform strategy and ensure compliance with sector-specific regulatory frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX).

• AI Security & Implementation: Lead the strategic integration of AI into cybersecurity operations, ensuring secure adoption, risk mitigation, and compliance. Advise on AI security trends, regulatory implications, and best practices for responsible implementation.

• Program Maturity & Capability Growth: Architect and execute initiatives to advance cybersecurity program maturity, talent development, and operational excellence. Establish frameworks for continuous assessment, capability benchmarking, and value creation.

• Investment Prioritization: Direct the allocation of resources and investment in cybersecurity capabilities, controls, and technologies based on risk, business value, and strategic impact.

• Organizational Change Management: Drive a security-centric culture through enterprise change management strategies, maximizing adoption of strategic priorities and minimizing resistance across a matrixed organization.

• Consultative Leadership: Provide consultative expertise to EIP department leaders, project teams, and cross-functional partners to ensure strategic alignment and integration of cybersecurity priorities at every stage of project and program lifecycles.

• Core Competencies

• Strategic Vision & Influence

• Information Security Management

• Organizational Change Leadership

• Business Intelligence & Data Analysis

• Security Risk Management

• Executive Communication

• Problem Solving

• Leadership in Complex, Matrixed Environments

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Required Qualification

• Bachelor's degree or higher in cybersecurity, information technology, business, economics, organizational management, or related field.

• Significant cybersecurity strategy experience, including enterprise-level planning and transformation.

• Demonstrated success in developing and presenting cybersecurity strategies at the board/executive level.

• Significant experience advancing cybersecurity maturity and capabilities in healthcare and/or financial services environments.

• Proven expertise in AI security and the secure implementation of AI in cybersecurity practice.

• In-depth knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks relevant to healthcare and financial services.

• Consulting skills.

• Experience leading large-scale organizational change and adoption of new technologies, processes, and systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

• Professional cybersecurity certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA).

• Experience with project security phases, cloud security policies, and identity and access management.

• Familiarity with security review processes and strategic consulting frameworks.

Remote/WAH requirements:

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.

• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.

• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.

• 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

40

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.

$189,400 - $260,600 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.

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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