AVP, Automation Engineering

The Associate Vice President, Automation Engineering will lead an organization focused on driving productivity and efficiency through strategic utilization of modern technology including AI, automation, and software platforms in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. This role oversees automation across the enterprise through three primary areas of accountability: product ownership of enterprise automation platforms, governance and standards for automation, and measurement and reporting of adoption, efficacy, and efficiencies generated by solutions produced by this organization. By aligning and distributing teams and roles under a unified structure, the AVP will accelerate adoption of standardized engineering practices and deployment of automation solutions, in partnership with other technology teams under the CTO organization.

The AVP of Automation Engineering is accountable for the design, build, and governance of Humana’s hybrid cloud onboarding platform - an intelligent, AI-guided experience that automates the delivery of workloads across cloud and on-premises data centers. This leader will embed AI into the platform to enable a guided onboarding experience, continuously capture feedback, and drive an iterative improvement cycle that ensures the platform evolves with the needs of the business. This leadership position is essential to realize Humana’s organizational realignment and growth targets, unlocking advanced capabilities and efficiency for engineers enterprise-wide.

The AVP, Automation Engineering is a critical leadership position overseeing a dynamic engineering organization charged with leading, building, and delivering on Humana’s hybrid cloud and infrastructure strategy in response to rapid technology changes, accelerated demand for resources, and the need to provide a seamless internal customer experience. This AVP will be responsible for aligning work streams, enabling efficiencies, and accelerating business objectives by providing AI-powered automation solutions and platforms. By simplifying the customer experience of requesting and provisioning infrastructure, this leader will reduce operational costs and empower technology teams to deliver faster and more innovative solutions. The position is essential for unlocking productivity gains through practical AI application, organizational change management, and the establishment of new ways of working across Humana’s technology enterprise.

The AVP will operate under a product operating model, organizing engineering and operations capabilities into value-stream-aligned product teams with dedicated product ownership, integrated delivery squads, and clear outcome accountability from inception through production operations. This leader will maintain disciplined financial management, invest in automation platform capabilities with measurable ROI, and govern the full automation portfolio to ensure alignment with enterprise priorities and CTO organization strategy.

Critically, this leader will build an AI-native function - one where AI is embedded into the platform engineering and operational workflows themselves, not simply offered as a feature. AI-guided onboarding, intelligent feedback loops, predictive provisioning recommendations, and continuous improvement cycles driven by usage data and outcomes are core to how this organization delivers value. This leader will foster a culture of innovation, engineering rigor, and continuous improvement, developing the next generation of automation engineers and leaders to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions at enterprise scale.

• Master’s Degree
• 10 or more years of technical
• 8 or more years of management experience
• Software QA testing multi-tier enterprise web applications
• Strong experience with white-box, web-service integration and server back-end testing.
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

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 - $260,500 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, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

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.