Strategic Planning and Performance, Principal - Office of Growth

Blue Shield of CA; Springfield Meadows (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA seeks a Strategic Planning and Performance Principal to oversee enterprise growth strategy, governance, and execution. You will coordinate across markets and business units, implement structured governance, and ensure alignment with priorities and outcomes.

The role requires executive-level communication, sophisticated PowerPoint storytelling, and the ability to turn complex data into clear recommendations for senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Govern governance forums and escalate risks and decisions.
• Lead strategic planning processes across markets and lines of business.
• Ensure transparency of priorities, risks, and outcomes for senior leadership.
• Drive growth strategy execution and cross-unit alignment.
• Support executive governance with clear, concise communications.

Skills

Executive communication

Strategic planning

Portfolio management

Cross-functional collaboration

PowerPoint presentations

Data analysis in Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree

High School Diploma/GED with 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

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