Project Manager, Consultant (Enterprise Mandates Delivery)

Blue Shield of CA; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Senior Project Manager Consultant to lead enterprise mandates from initiation to delivery within a healthcare payer context. You will own scope, timelines, and budgets, coordinating on-shore and off-shore teams to ensure compliance and audit-ready outcomes.

In this role, you will apply Agile practices, manage dependencies, and drive financial reconciliation while reporting to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Mandates Delivery.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Take hands-on ownership of complex projects from initiation through delivery, actively managing execution, risks, dependencies, and project financials.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define scope, budgets, and timelines for mandates.
• Coordinate on-shore and off-shore resources to ensure timely project delivery.
• Report progress to the Senior Manager, Enterprise Mandates Delivery and maintain audit-ready documentation.

Skills

Project Management

Healthcare payer operations

Agile methodology

Risk management

Budgeting

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree or HS Diploma + 4 years experience

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.