Organization Development and Learning Specialist, Senior

Blue Shield of California; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California in Long Beach, CA, is seeking an Organization Development and Leadership Specialist, Senior to advance a culture of continuous learning. You will partner across Leadership Development, Talent Mobility, and Performance Management to design and deliver leadership development curricula, manage programs, and coordinate learning initiatives across multiple sites.

Responsibilities include stakeholder engagement, end-to-end program management, content development, and delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with required experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in OD/learning.
• Strong PM, interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner to execute short- and long-range strategic plans for development and HR utilization.
• Partner to execute talent strategy and training programs.
• Develop learning content informed by industry trends to ensure relevance.
• Provide proactive stakeholder management and calendar key meetings.
• Manage vendors and coordinate related deliverables.
• Coordinate in-person and virtual event logistics, travel as needed.
• Evaluate program outcomes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support transformation efforts with change-management principles.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation

Change management

Learning design

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Qualtrics

Absorb LMS

Workday

Job description

Organization Development and Learning Specialist, Senior

Long Beach, CA, United States
and 4 more

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.

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

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 are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Ascendiun, we believe in a brighter future for healthcare. As the parent to a family of four innovative healthcare companies, we’re reimagining what we’re possible. Ascendiun is guided by the goal of transforming a dysfunctional American health care system into one worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable for everyone.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we’re going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, and showing empathy by understanding others’ perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.

Job Info

• Job Identification
• 20262146
• Job Category
• Human Resources
• Posting Date
• 10/17/2026, 04:54 AM
• Job Schedule
• Full time
• Locations
• Long Beach, CA, United States
• El Dorado Hills, CA, United States
• Rancho Cordova, CA, United States
• San Diego, CA, United States
• Woodland Hills, CA, United States
• Pay Range for California
• $90860.00 to $136290.00
• Pay Range for Bay Area
• $102424.00 to $153636.00
• Note
• Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
• Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship
• No