Technical Delivery Lead, Consultant

Blue Shield of CA; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Technical Delivery Lead to drive execution and delivery across multiple technology programs, ensuring on-time, in-scope results with executive-facing visibility. This role demands strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate a hybrid work model.

You will partner with senior stakeholders, manage budgets, and apply Agile/SAFe or hybrid delivery approaches while leveraging AI tools to improve throughput and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher; 4 years additional experience in lieu of degree acceptable.
• 7+ years in technology project or program delivery or related field.
• Experience managing multiple initiatives with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Financial literacy to maintain project budgets.
• Strong written and verbal communication with executive-facing materials.
• Proficiency with AI tools and prompting to improve delivery quality and documentation.
• Knowledge of delivery frameworks (Agile/Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid).
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and creating structure where none exists.
• Healthcare tech experience and cloud modernization familiarity are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives through planning, implementation, and closure while maintaining executive-ready delivery visibility.
• Serve as the on-the-ground execution owner for one or more strategic technology programs.
• Ensure delivery across multiple platform towers and align with stakeholders' expectations.
• Lead and mentor high-performing teams and promote continuous learning.

Skills

Leadership

Executive communication

Delivery management

AI tools & prompt engineering

Agile/SAFe/Waterfall

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

JIRA

Smartsheet

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Your Role

The Technical Delivery organization serves as the execution engine for Stellarus's strategic technology portfolio, managing delivery across six platform towers: Core Health Plan, Membership & Support, Digital, Care Management & Quality, Pharmacy, and Technology Enablement. The Technical Delivery Lead will report to the Sr. Manager of Technical Delivery. In this role you will serve as the on-the-ground execution owner for one or more strategic technology programs, driving initiatives through planning, implementation, and closure while maintaining executive-ready delivery visibility for Blue Shield of California stakeholders. Your work directly determines whether Stellarus's highest-priority technology investments land on time, within scope, and with the organizational confidence they deserve.

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 experience in lieu of a degree
• 7 years of prior relevant experience in technology project or program delivery, delivery management, or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Financial literacy required to help maintain project budgets
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience preparing executive-facing materials (status decks, briefings, escalation memos)
• Proficiency with AI tools and prompt engineering - active experience using LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to improve delivery quality, throughput, and documentation
• Working knowledge of at least one delivery framework (Agile/Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid); ability to adapt approach to initiative needs
• Comfort operating in ambiguity; proven ability to create structure, establish cadence, and drive clarity where none yet exists
• Healthcare technology experience (payer, provider, or health tech services) - preferred, not required
• Familiarity with cloud modernization, enterprise SaaS, or platform migration programs - preferred
• Experience with JIRA, Smartsheet, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery tooling - preferred
• PMP, SAFe, or equivalent delivery certification - preferred

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.