Sr. Manager, Provider Contracting

Blue Shield of CA; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Sr. Manager, Model Contracts to develop, maintain, and optimize contract templates and related language for provider contracting across networks.

You will lead a team of Contract Specialists and partner with Legal, Finance, Compliance, and Operations to ensure compliant, clear language aligned with business objectives. The role emphasizes leadership, communication, and expert knowledge of California managed care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent plus 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Advanced degree (JD/MBA/MPH/MHA) preferred.
• At least 8 years in health plan operations, provider contracting, or related fields.
• 4 years of prior people management experience supervising, coaching, and evaluating staff.
• Extensive knowledge of managed healthcare in California, including risk models and regulatory compliance.
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and document organization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders at all levels.
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to collaborate with legal, business, operational, technical, and leadership teams.
• Proficiency with Word, document management, version control, and contract lifecycle systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize standardized contract templates, exhibits, amendments, and related docs.
• Ensure templates are clear, accurate, compliant, and operationally usable.
• Collaborate with Legal, Network Management, Contracting, Finance, Compliance, and Operations.
• Lead and manage the Model Contracts team of Contract Specialists.

Skills

People management

Contracting knowledge

Communication

Writing & editing

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma/GED

Advanced degree preferred (JD, MBA, MPH, MHA)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Your Role

The Model Contracts team is responsible for the development and management of provider contract templates and related language that support the Blue Shield of California and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan networks across all lines of business. The Sr. Manager, Model Contracts will report to the Director, Network Operations. In this role you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing standardized contract templates, exhibits, amendments, and related documentation used in provider and managed care contracting. This role partners closely with Legal, Network Management, Contracting, Finance, Compliance, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure templates are clear, accurate, compliant, operationally usable, and aligned with business objectives. In addition, the Sr. Manager, Model Contracts will manage the Model Contracts team inclusive of Contract Specialists.

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.

We are actively recruiting candidates within 50 miles of our BSC offices in Woodland Hills, Long Beach, and San Diego ONLY.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree

• Advanced degree preferred (JD, MBA, MPH, MHA)

• Requires at least 8 years of experience in health plan operations, provider contracting, network management, or related fields

• Requires 4 years of prior people management experience with direct responsibility for supervising, coaching, and evaluating direct reports

• Requires extensive knowledge and expertise in managed healthcare in the California market including risk models, payment methodologies, regulatory compliance and end-to-end health plan operations

• Requires excellent writing, editing, proofreading, and document organization skills, with the ability to convert complex requirements into clear and consistent contract language.

• Requires excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven track record in effective relationship building and influencing stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, judgment, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with legal, business, operational, technical, and leadership stakeholders.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, document management tools, version control practices, and contract lifecycle or workflow systems.

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.