Project Manager, Consultant (Enterprise Mandates Delivery)

Blue Shield of CA; Rancho Cordova (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a seasoned Project Manager Consultant to drive complex mandate programs from initiation through delivery. You will actively manage execution, risks, dependencies, and project financials to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership in a healthcare payer operations context, partnering with cross-functional teams, and delivering results within a hybrid in-office model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• 7+ years of direct Project Management experience, preferably in healthcare payer operations.
• Experience working with and supporting healthcare mandates.
• Hands-on experience in project/resource planning, reporting, prioritization, and budgeting with on-shore and offshore 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 corporate environment.
• PMP Certification and experience with Planview and Microsoft 365 preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take hands-on ownership of complex projects from initiation through delivery, actively managing execution, risks, dependencies, and project financials to achieve compliance objectives.
• Report toSenior Manager, Enterprise Mandates Delivery and coordinate across cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery.
• Foster a high-performing team culture aligned with our hybrid workplace model and leadership development goals.

Skills

Project management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree or 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.