VetJobs - The Leading Military Job Board

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first

The Vendor Management Lead works as liaison between vendors and organization. The Vendor Management Lead works on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.

The Vendor Management Lead works as liaison between vendors, internal business owners, contracting, risk, and compliance teams. As part of the Humana Military Contract Management team, the Vendor Management Lead builds and maintains strong relationships with vendors and monitors vendor performance. Work assignments involve moderate to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Makes decisions regarding technical approach for project components. Exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignments.

• Monitors performance for assigned vendors, including generating KPI reporting and conducting risk assessments; identifies performance, risk, and compliance issues.

• Owns relationship management and governance programs for assigned vendors who are Humana Military’s primary vendors.

• Coaches and mentors’ team of senior vendor professionals.

• Serves as escalation liaison for vendor operational and performance issues; drives accountability by seeing escalations through to full resolution.

• Develops vendor Statements of Work and participates in proposal review and vendor vetting activities.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

• Our Department of Defense Contract requires U.S. citizenship for this position.

• Successfully receive interim approval for government security clearance (NBIS - National Background Investigation Services)

• HGB is not authorized to do work in Puerto Rico per our government contract. We are not able to hire candidates that are currently living in Puerto Rico.

• Bachelor's degree

• Familiarity with Subcontract terms and conditions

• 2 years of experience managing staff

• 5 years of experience in a health care, health insurance setting or DOD contracting environment

• 5 years of relationship management experience including conflict resolution, corrective action plan management, and ensuring delivery and performance from vendors

• Experience with process improvement, project leadership, and/or risk management

• 2 years of project leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with reporting tools such as Tableau, Power Bi, Excel

• Federal Government Contracts Background

Work at Home Requirements

• 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

• Associates 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 associates 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

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.

$84,600 - $116,300 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

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 https://www.humana.com/legal/accessibility-resources?source=Humana_Website.