Temporary Senior PM, Pharmacy Benefits & IT Programs

Blue Shield of CA; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

Blue Shield of CA in Phoenix seeks a Principal Project Manager within the Pharmacy Benefits, Claims, and Network Operations team to own complex operational and technology initiatives from planning through implementation.

You will coordinate across vendors, IT teams, agile squads, and business stakeholders, translating business needs into technical requirements while proactively managing dependencies, risks, and timelines to ensure successful IT deliveries.

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
• Requires extensive experience leading complex cross-functional programs and projects involving operations, technology, vendors, and business stakeholders, with demonstrated success delivering large-scale initiatives from planning through implementation.
• Requires proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, prioritize competing demands, identify risks and dependencies, and develop mitigation strategies in fast-paced and highly regulated environments.
• Requires deep knowledge of project management disciplines, including project planning, governance, stakeholder management, change management, issue resolution, executive communications, and resource coordination.
• Requires experience working with external vendors and internal business and technology teams to drive accountability, facilitate decision‑making, and ensure successful delivery of initiatives related to operational readiness, regulatory mandates, vendor assessments, and large‑scale implementations.
• Knowledge of the healthcare industry, particularly pharmacy operations, pharmacy benefit management, claims processing, formulary administration, network operations, and regulatory requirements, is strongly preferred to effectively navigate complex business and operational challenges, though not required for the role.

Responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end ownership of complex operational and technology initiatives from vendor assessments to readiness and implementation.
• Coordinate work across multiple vendors, IT teams, agile teams, and business stakeholders while managing dependencies, risks, timelines, and communications.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and drive delivery of IT-related solutions in a regulated healthcare environment.

Job description

Blue Shield of CA in Phoenix seeks a Principal Project Manager within the Pharmacy Benefits, Claims, and Network Operations team to own complex operational and technology initiatives from planning through implementation.

You will coordinate across vendors, IT teams, agile squads, and business stakeholders, translating business needs into technical requirements while proactively managing dependencies, risks, and timelines to ensure successful IT deliveries.