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Program Delivery Lead, Medicare Advantage Bid Operations
Humana INC · 🇺🇸 4 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Humana INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “IT Disaster Recovery Engineer 2” (Business Operations Specialists, All Other) in TX: $104k–$104k, median $104k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Last confirmed live 1 day agoWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Humana INC
The US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Become a part of our caring community The Program Delivery Lead, Medicare Advantage Bid Operations is responsible for coordinating and managing the annual Medicare Advantage bid planning, development, governance, and submission process. Serving as a central point of coordination across Product, Finance, Actuarial, Growth Strategy, Markets, Quality, and executive leadership teams, this role ensures key decisions, deliverables, and milestones are completed on time and with appropriate stakeholder engagement. This individual acts as the convener and coordinator of the bid operating model, managing the overall program calendar, overseeing program governance forums and processes, supporting coordination of new plan expansions with core strategic partners, and coordinating across executive stakeholders to ensure successful execution of a highly complex enterprise initiative. The Program Delivery Lead will operate in a highly matrixed environment and must be skilled at influencing without authority, managing strict deadlines, and serving as a key point of contact for questions about bid planning processes. In partnership with the broader Growth Strategy team, the Program Delivery Lead helps to drive continuous evolution of the Medicare Advantage bid operating model, governance structure, decision forums, and planning processes to improve organizational effectiveness and execution quality. Key Responsibilities Bid Program Management • Develop and manage the integrated annual Medicare Advantage bid plan calendar, including milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and CMS deadlines • Serve as the point person for bid planning and execution process governance questions and feedback • Identify risks, issues, and dependencies that may impact bid execution and facilitate mitigation strategies • Monitor overall program health and escalate critical issues to leadership as appropriate • Support annual bid retrospectives and lessons-learned activities to improve bid processes, governance structures, stakeholder engagement, and operational efficiency • Establish and monitor key performance indicators related to bid process execution and stakeholder engagement • Coordinate new plan expansion strategies on time with core strategic partners Governance and Decision Management • Ensure appropriate stakeholders (including executive leaders) are engaged in relevant discussions and decisions • Coordinate governance meetings, including agendas, pre-read materials, discussion guides, and follow-up actions • Maintain documentation of key decisions, approvals, assumptions, and action items, and recommend unresolved items for escalation • Collaborate with key stakeholders to continuously improve bid governance processes and decision-making forums • Foresight to understand when process or regulatory dependencies may shift decision urgency, and prioritize accordingly Stakeholder Engagement • Build strong relationships across Product, Finance, Actuarial, Markets, Stars/Quality, Compliance, and Strategy teams • Serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders and functional stakeholders • Drive alignment among teams with differing priorities and perspectives • Ensure stakeholders understand responsibilities, timelines, and expected outcomes throughout the bid cycle Meeting planning and logistics • Support planning and facilitation of large-scale workshops, strategy sessions, governance meetings, and executive forums • Manage meeting logistics, attendance, communications, and follow-up activities • Enforce forum charters/rules of order to ensure meeting time is used effectively, and outcomes/decisions are achieved Executive Communications • Collaborate with Growth Strategy teammates to prepare executive presentation materials • Communicate pro