Project Manager, Consultant (Enterprise Mandates Delivery)

Blue Shield of CA; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Project Manager Consultant to transform new laws into audit-ready projects with clear ownership, scope, and funding. You will manage complex initiatives end-to-end, including risks, dependencies, and project financials to ensure compliance.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, leveraging Agile practices within a healthcare payer context, and working in a hybrid environment with in-office time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or HS diploma with 4 years of relevant experience.
• At least 7 years direct PM experience, healthcare payer ops preferred.
• Experience with healthcare mandates and budgeting / forecasting.
• Hands-on resource planning with on-shore and off-shore staff.
• Experience with Planview and MS 365 preferred.

Skills

Project management

Healthcare payer operations

Agile methodology

Budgeting

PMP Certification

Education

Bachelor's degree

HS diploma / equivalent

Tools

Planview

Microsoft 365

Job description

Your Role

The Enterprise Mandates Delivery team is responsible for transforming new laws into audit-ready projects with defined ownership, scope, timelines, and funding, and oversees implementation through the full project lifecycle, including transition to operational owners. The Project Manager Consultant will report to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Mandates Delivery. In this role, you will take hands-on ownership of complex projects from initiation through delivery, actively managing execution, risks, dependencies, and project financials to achieve compliance objectives.

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.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Requires at least 7 years of direct Project Management experience, preferably within healthcare payer operations
• Requires experience working with and supporting healthcare mandates
• Candidate must have hands-on experience in project/program resource planning, reporting, prioritization, and budgeting with both on-shore and off-shore staff
• Hands-on experience with project financial planning and reconciliation
• Health Care experience with Commercial, Individual, Family, Medicare, or Medi-Cal lines of business required
• Experience using Agile methodology to deliver projects in a desired corporate environment
• PMP Certification and experience with Planview project management software and Microsoft 365 collaboration tools preferred

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.