Organization Development and Learning Specialist, Senior

Blue Shield of California; California; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Senior Leadership Development Specialist to design and deliver leadership development curriculum and programs. You will manage projects, events, communications, and stakeholder engagement to foster continuous learning across leaders at all levels.

You will partner with multiple teams to implement development strategies, support enterprise transformation, and coordinate in-person and virtual sessions, including travel to Oakland, Long Beach and El Dorado

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma with 4 years’ additional relevant experience.
• Required: at least 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Required: strong project management skills with detail, risk, and forecast capabilities.
• Required: self-direction and initiative with flexibility; can work with limited direction.
• Required: strong interpersonal and communication skills; clear and concise delivery.
• Required: executive presence when presenting under pressure.
• Desired: experience guiding enterprise transformation through learning solutions.
• Desired: designing and delivering learner experiences in person and/or virtual formats.
• Desired: proficiency in Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Qualtrics, and LMS tools (Absorb, Workday).

Responsibilities

• Partner to execute short- and long-range strategic plans for development, engagement and HR utilization.
• Partner to implement talent strategies and training programs aligned with business needs.
• Coordinate and execute leadership development activities to build capabilities.
• Manage end-to-end program logistics, including travel to Oakland, Long Beach and El Dorado Hills.
• Provide proactive stakeholder management and communications with sponsors, facilitators and participants.
• Oversee vendors and coordinate related deliverables for programs.
• Evaluate program outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support enterprise transformation by designing learning experiences aligned with change management principles.

Skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Executive presence

Stakeholder management

Communication

Change management

Learning delivery

MS Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree or HS Diploma with 4+ years’ experience

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Qualtrics

Absorb LMS

Workday

Job description

Your Role

The Organizational Development and Performance team is comprised of three sub-teams: Leadership Development, Talent Mobility, and Talent and Performance Management. The Leadership Development Specialist, Senior will report to the Senior Manager of Leadership Development. In this role you will be key in fostering a culture of continuous learning and making Blue Shield a great place to do meaningful work through multiple programs supporting learning for leaders at all levels. You will work closely with various teams to design and implement leadership development curriculum and program offerings. Your responsibilities will include project management, event management, communications, stakeholder engagement and in-person and virtual facilitation.

Job Description

Your Role

The Organizational Development and Performance team is comprised of three sub-teams: Leadership Development, Talent Mobility, and Talent and Performance Management. The Leadership Development Specialist, Senior will report to the Senior Manager of Leadership Development. In this role you will be key in fostering a culture of continuous learning and making Blue Shield a great place to do meaningful work through multiple programs supporting learning for leaders at all levels. You will work closely with various teams to design and implement leadership development curriculum and program offerings. Your responsibilities will include project management, event management, communications, stakeholder engagement and in-person and virtual facilitation.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Partner to execute short- and long-range strategic plans for effective development, engagement and utilization of human resources
• Partner to execute practices, processes and programs that enable the company's talent strategy
• Partner to execute the organization's training and development strategy so that the skills, capabilities and performance of employees meet the organization's current and future needs
• Partner to execute all training and development activities in an efficient, and cost-effective manner
• Support end-to-end program management for leadership development programs.
• Identify learning needs and contribute to program strategies.
• Develop learning content informed by internal and external research on industry trends, best practices, and emerging leadership opportunities to ensure offerings remain relevant and timely.
• Provide proactive stakeholder management and communication with stakeholders who sponsor, facilitate, or participate in learning programs, including anticipating, planning, and calendaring key preparation meetings.
• Manage vendors and coordinate related deliverables.
• Implement programs and coordinate in-person and virtual event logistics, which may require travel to alternate office locations, including Oakland, Long Beach, and El Dorado Hills.
• Evaluate program outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support enterprise transformation efforts by partnering with stakeholders to design learning experiences that enable the successful adoption of new leadership practices and performance management processes, informed by change management principles

Qualifications

Qualifications

Your Knowledge And Experience

• Required: Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Required: at least 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Required: strong project management skills, with the ability to manage details, manage up and forecast risks and develop plans to minimize them
• Required: self-direction to make progress with limited information or direction; takes initiative to seek support when needed, and can be agile and flexible
• Required: strong interpersonal and communication skills; effective verbal and non-verbal communication (clear and concise) when conveying complex information
• Required: executive presence when presenting and navigating high-visibility delivery challenges under pressure
• Desired: experience supporting enterprise transformation initiatives by partnering with stakeholders to design and deliver learning solutions that drive adoption of new leadership behaviors and performance management practices, grounded in change management principles.
• Desired: designing and delivering learner experiences/programs in person and/or virtually
• Desired: strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel, Qualtrics, and Learning Management Systems (e.g., Absorb, Workday)

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.

About Us

About Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations