Strategic Planning and Performance, Principal - Office of Growth

Blue Shield of CA; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA is seeking a Strategic Planning and Performance Principal to join the Office of Growth. This role will guide enterprise-wide growth strategy execution, establish governance, and drive transparency of priorities and risks across senior leadership forums.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in strategic planning and executive governance, with strong communication and data analysis skills to support decision making at the highest level.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED with 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Requires 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Requires experience supporting executive-level governance forums (e.g., MQBRs, senior leadership reviews).
• Requires strong strategic planning, portfolio management, and prioritization expertise.
• Requires experience in payer/provider or healthcare growth strategy environments.
• Demonstrated executive-level communication and presentation skills; proficiency in Excel for data management, reporting, and decision support.

Skills

Executive communication

Strategic planning

Portfolio management

Prioritization

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Your Role

The Office of Growth team leads enterprise-wide coordination and execution of the organization's growth strategy across markets and lines of business. The Strategic Planning and Performance Principal will report to the Senior Manager, Strategic Planning and Performance under the Office of Growth and play a critical role in operationalizing growth priorities, ensuring alignment across business units, and enabling executive governance. In this role, you will serve as a central driver of growth strategy execution by establishing structured governance, leading strategic planning processes, and ensuring transparency of priorities, risks, and outcomes across senior leadership forums.

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

• Requires a bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
• Requires 10 years of prior relevant experience
• Requires experience supporting executive-level governance forums (e.g., MQBRs, senior leadership reviews)
• Requires strong strategic planning, portfolio management, and prioritization expertise
• Requires experience working in payer/provider or healthcare growth strategy environments
• Requires demonstrated executive-level communication and presentation skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise, and impactful executive-ready PowerPoint presentations; proficiency in Excel for data management, analysis, reporting, and decision support
• Ability to influence across senior leadership and drive enterprise-level alignment is desired