Program Manager, Consultant - Project Management

Blue Shield of CA; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Program Manager, Consultant to drive strategic alignment across Clinical Quality initiatives and enterprise-wide projects in a health-plan setting.

You will oversee budgeting, scheduling, and cross-team collaboration, guiding work, and ensuring benefits realization while promoting continuous improvement in a hybrid office environment.

Qualifications

• 7 years of prior relevant project/program management experience.
• Experience in health plan or managed care payer environments.
• Strong business acumen with enterprise project and portfolio tools.
• Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define projects and initiatives to support on-time delivery within budget.
• Assist in planning and directing budgets for programs.
• Manage programs from initiation through delivery with continuous improvement.
• Organize cross-functional activities and guide teams and leaders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Analytical thinking

Budget planning

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree preferred

PMP certification preferred

Cozeva experience preferred

Tools

Cozeva

Job description

Your Role

The Healthcare Quality and Affordability team responsible for ensuring appropriate strategic planning and oversight over Clinical Quality, including artificial intelligence deployment and vendor oversight and management. The Program Manager, Consultant will report to the Sr. Manager, Clinical Quality. In this role you will be responsible for strategic alignment and integration across projects/programs in support of Clinical Quality and administrative efficiency. Define projects and initiatives required to support teams to ensure on-time implementation, within budget, and with benefits realized. Assist in the planning and direction of budgets. Manages program(s) from initiation through delivery and monitors for continuous improvement. Organizes interdepartmental activities and may perform operational responsibilities. Participates cross-functionally in business planning to support Clinical Quality outcomes. Responsible for guiding teams, assigning, and monitoring the work of team members, and providing guidance and leadership.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

In person, hybrid schedule includes 5 - 8 days per month in office.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or high school/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• 7 years of prior relevant experience required
• Requires experience working at a health plan (managed care, government payer, or academic)

• Requires a deep understanding of project and resource management, strong business acumen, team focus, experience working in a complex project delivery environment, as well as an advanced understanding of an enterprise project and portfolio management tools

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Previous project/program management experience required
• Master's degree (MPH, MHA, MSW) preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified preferred
• Proficiency with Cozeva application highly desired

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.