Mgr - Trading Partner Strategy - Hybrid

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

$90K — $120K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3 years of experience with data integration, EDI transactions, or platform operations.
  • 3 years of project management experience.
  • 2 years in a lead or supervisory role.
  • 5 years of management experience (Senior Manager).
  • Experience in healthcare-related systems as a systems analyst, programmer, or operations leader (Senior Manager).

Responsibilities

  • Manage platform stewardship and operational improvement activities.
  • Coordinate cross-pillar initiatives and resource sharing among EDI, ETL, and Delivery leads.
  • Develop and implement platform health and operational excellence strategies.
  • Communicate updates and escalate issues to senior leadership for quick resolution.
  • Mentor and coach team members while promoting accountability and high-quality results.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship.
  • Involvement in strategic initiatives and cross-functional projects.
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative environment focused on operational excellence.
Full Job Description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

Manages the activities that focus on platform stewardship, operational excellence, and continuous service improvement within the Trading Partner Data Management (TPDM) organization. Owns the Edifecs EDI platform health, governance, and vendor relationship — including monitoring and alerting, SLA/KPI management, license tracking and management, capacity management, technical debt management, and any discipline that drives operational maturity and prevents outages.

Serves as the cross-pillar operational excellence leader within TPDM, absorbing complexity that spans the EDI, ETL, and Delivery pillars; owning the TPDM Intake & Triage process; and driving strategic initiatives to completion. Establishes and maintains TPDM operational metrics, scorecards, and reporting dashboards. Champions documentation governance and continuous service improvement across the TPDM Confluence environment and operational processes.

Provides mentorship, coaching, and career development support across the TPDM team,leveragingthe established TPDM skill matrix and individual development planning frameworks. Will be a point of contact for cross-pillar escalations and operational decisions. Works with BCBSAZ management, IT leadership, business areas, and external vendor partners (including Edifecs) to ensure alignment of TPDM objectives with broader enterprise goals

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Required Work Experience

Manager — Required Work Experience

  • 3 years of experience with data integration, EDI transactions, or platform operations
  • 3 years of project management experience
  • 2 years of experience withdemonstratedleadership responsibilities in a lead or supervisory role

Senior Manager — Required Work Experience

  • 5 years of management experience
  • 5 years of experience withdemonstratedleadership responsibilities in a lead or supervisory role
  • 3 years of experience with data integration, EDI transactions, and platform operations
  • 3 years of project management experience
  • 3 years of experience working in healthcare-related systems as a systems analyst, programmer, or operations leader

Required Education

  • High-SchoolDiplomaor GED ingeneralfield of study

Required Licenses

  • N/A

Required Certifications

  • N/A

PREFERREDQUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Work Experience

  • Experience with the Edifecs platform (EDI Gateway,SmartTrading, Transaction Manager) or equivalent enterprise EDI infrastructure

  • Healthcare payer or provider IT environment experience — familiarity with X12 EDI transactions (837, 835, 270/271, 277, 278, 834)

  • Vendor relationship management — experience owning SaaS or platform vendor relationships, including SLA negotiation and roadmap alignment

  • Operational maturity frameworks — familiarity with ITIL, service management, or equivalent disciplines

  • Documentation governance — experience standardizing technical and operational documentation across distributed teams (Confluence preferred)

  • Process improvementmethodology— Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent continuous improvement experience

  • 7 years of project management experience

  • 3 years of management or supervisory experience, preferably within a large-scale, complex, IT organization

Preferred Education

  • Master’s Degree inbusiness, computerscience or relatedfield

Preferred Licenses

  • N/A

Preferred Certifications

  • Product Owner Certification

  • Agile practitioner certification

  • ITIL Foundation or higher

  • Lean / Six Sigma certification

  • Technical certifications in EDI, data integration, or reporting

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Manager — General 

  • Manage the activities, processes, and continuous improvement of the TPDM platforms and operational excellence functions. Ensure that the team complies with change control guidelines and operational standards. 
  • Coordinate with the EDI, ETL, and Delivery pillar leads on cross-pillar initiatives, escalations, and operational priorities. Serve as a cross-pillar resource and integrative leader, not a supervisor of the pillar leads. 
  • Provide direction and resources to deliver platform health, operational excellence, and strategic execution outcomes effectively. 
  • Provide clear and concise communication keeping stakeholders informed and escalating issues to senior leadership timely to minimize disruption. 
  • Give presentations, organize operating reviews, and conduct platform scorecard discussions with audiences ranging from technical teams to executive leadership. 
  • Develop a culture of trust, accountability, teamwork, high quality results, and continuous service improvement. 
  • Demonstrate leadership abilities along with good judgment and decision-making skills. 
  • Mentor and coach TPDM team members across all three pillars. Hold team members accountable for adhering to corporate policies and procedures. 

Senior Manager — General 

  • Coach other leaders on the TPDM team, including pillar leads, on operational excellence disciplines. 
  • Manage multiple concurrent strategic initiatives, platform improvement programs, and operational deliverables. 
  • Plan, build, and run cross-pillar operational programs that span the EDI, ETL, and Delivery functions. 
  • Communicate proficiently with senior leaders, including Staff VP and executive stakeholders. Represent TPDM in cross-functional governance forums when delegated by the Director. 
  • Overcome blockers and deliver objectives creatively and strategically. Work with the team to create visibility on the health of TPDM platforms and the workflows within the organization. 
  • Demonstrate readiness to cover Director responsibilities during absence as succession trajectory progresses. 

Platform Stewardship & Performance Assurance 

  • Own and maintain the Edifecs platform performance assurance scorecard — tracking uptime, throughput, error rates, SLA adherence, and integration performance across all trading partners. 
  • Establish, document, and enforce Edifecs platform standards — configuration governance, change management procedures, environment controls, and platform-level run and build books. 
  • Drive capacity management and technical debt management for the Edifecs platform — anticipating downstream technical needs and preventing capacity-driven outages. 
  • Serve as primary BCBSAZ point of contact for the Edifecs vendor relationship — managing escalations, roadmap alignment sessions, license tracking and management, and contract milestones at the operational level. 
  • Lead platform governance decisions — approval thresholds, rollback procedures, and patching / upgrade discipline. 
  • Monitor and report on the Edifecs SaaS migration implementation status, TCO realization, and milestone completion against the approved business case. 

Operational Excellence & Continuous Service Improvement 

  • Own the TPDM Intake & Triage process — maintaining the framework, improving the intake workflow, and reporting on intake volume and resolution trends. 
  • Serve as the first escalation path f

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