Senior Manager, Application Development — Hybrid Health Tech

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision/Dental insurance

6 weeks paid parental leave

Fertility/Adoption assistance

2 weeks paid caregiver leave

401(k) matching up to 5%

Tuition reimbursement

Health & fitness benefits

Job summary

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is seeking a Manager of Application Development to lead a team delivering enterprise applications in a health insurance setting. You will align technology with business goals, drive secure, scalable solutions, and partner with IT leadership to support member and provider experiences.

The role supports hybrid or onsite work, offers a comprehensive total rewards package, and emphasizes compliance, modernization, and Agile delivery across domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• At least 10 years in IT; 7+ years in Application Development and Support.
• Three years in a supervisory position.
• Experience in health insurance or healthcare technology is strongly preferred.
• Experience leading large-scale digital transformation and modernization programs is preferred.
• Strong understanding of HIPAA, CMS, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience modernizing enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Pega, SAP, or other SaaS platforms is preferred.
• Product management or product-oriented technology leadership experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee full SDLC for health insurance systems, including enrollment, claims, provider networks, and customer portals.
• Lead application modernization efforts, including cloud migration or refactoring monolithic systems into microservices.
• Collaborate with business and product teams to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and security standards (HIPAA, HITRUST).
• Drive adoption of best practices in coding, testing, DevOps, and Agile delivery.
• Manage resource allocation, project timelines, and development budgets.
• Evaluate and implement new tools, technologies, and architectures to optimize application performance.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, data, and cybersecurity teams to ensure system integrity and scalability.
• Resolve complex technical issues and lead root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Regularly influence, update and report to senior IT leadership and business stakeholders; Influence cross-functional stakeholders, including product, compliance, and operations teams.
• Accountable for performance monitoring, policy enforcement, termination process, disciplinary action, hiring, compliance and team development.
• Maintaining accurate records of all hiring, firing and disciplinary action.

Skills

Healthcare systems

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Agile methodologies

SDLC management

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS)

API / microservices

DevOps / CI/CD

SQL / NoSQL databases

Regulatory security standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Azure

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Source control

DevOps tooling

Job description

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas is seeking a Manager of Application Development to lead a team delivering enterprise applications in a health insurance setting. You will align technology with business goals, drive secure, scalable solutions, and partner with IT leadership to support member and provider experiences.

The role supports hybrid or onsite work, offers a comprehensive total rewards package, and emphasizes compliance, modernization, and Agile delivery across domains.