Project Manager, Principal (Enterprise Mandates Delivery)

Blue Shield of CA; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Project Manager, Principal to lead a complex enterprise mandate and support the Enterprise Mandates Delivery team. The role blends direct mandate delivery with portfolio governance, data validation, and reporting to drive regulatory initiatives across the organization.

You will guide process and tool improvements, manage risks, and foster knowledge sharing, continuity planning, and alignment with Planview, Archer, Jira, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or HS with 4+ years of relevant experience; master's preferred.
• At least 10 years leading complex cross-functional projects or programs.
• Experience in portfolio and project management in regulated healthcare environments.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills for governance and stakeholder communication.
• Experience with AI tools such as Copilot and automation in operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a complex enterprise regulatory mandate with cross-functional teams.
• Support portfolio governance, data validation, reporting, and process/tool improvements.
• Escalate risks and promote knowledge sharing and business continuity planning.
• Ensure governance and delivery practices align with Planview, Archer, Jira, Excel, PowerPoint, and related tools.

Skills

Portfolio management

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Regulatory experience

AI tooling familiarity

Written & verbal communication

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Planview

Archer

Jira

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

Your Role

The Enterprise Mandates Delivery team is a group of project managers and business analysts dedicated to implementing large, cross-functional mandates with significant technology impacts arising from federal, state, county, and BCBSA requirements. The Project Manager, Principal will report to the Senior Director and serve as a senior individual contributor with a balanced allocation of responsibilities: approximately 50% of the role will be dedicated to directly leading a complex enterprise regulatory mandate, and approximately 50% will support the Enterprise Mandates Delivery team through portfolio governance, data validation, reporting, process and tool improvements, risk escalation, knowledge sharing, business continuity planning and consistent use of Planview, Archer, and SharePoint.

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
• Master's degree Preferred
• Requires at least 10 years of relevant experience leading complex, cross-functional projects, or programs, including demonstrated success operating independently and influencing stakeholders at multiple levels
• Expertise in portfolio and project management functions, processes, controls, and delivery practices within a regulated or compliance-focused environment; health care experience across Commercial, Individual and Family, Medi-Cal, or Medicare lines of business is preferred
• Demonstrate strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex project delivery information and Enterprise Mandates Delivery document governance effectively to stakeholders at all organizational levels
• Experienced in AI tools such as copilot, automation, and operational optimization experience
• Proficiency with Planview, Archer, Jira, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and other project and portfolio management tools. Experience with Archer is a plus.
• Ability to influence and lead teams through change and transformation

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.