Blue Shield Of California

Program Manager Clinical, Consultant (Small To Mid)

Blue Shield Of California$108K — $130K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • At least 7 years of relevant experience needed
  • Current California LVN, RN, NP, or PA license required
  • Familiarity with health care data in California preferred
  • Strong organizational and project management skills essential
  • Excellent written and oral communication abilities required
  • Experience in cost of health care analysis or population health outcomes desired

Responsibilities

  • Analyze clinical and financial data to identify trends and opportunities
  • Lead projects to improve care and manage costs for employer-funded health insurance
  • Create and manage high-level presentations and meeting requests
  • Facilitate cross-functional meetings to resolve issues and promote collaboration
  • Collaborate with analytics and quality teams to develop and distribute reports
  • Conduct deep-dive analysis of high-cost claims and related case studies
  • Organize and lead taskforces focused on healthcare cost initiatives

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model allowing virtual flexibility with in-office collaboration
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth within leadership
  • Supportive workplace culture fostering creativity and teamwork
  • Commitment to reasonable accommodations for employees with medical conditions
Full Job Description
Job Description

Your Role

The Commercial CMO Team provides clinical oversight for programs and processes that support members' health care, reduce costs, and improve quality. The Program Manager Clinical, Consultant reports to the Director of Program Management, Clinical - CMO.

In this role, you will analyze clinical and financial data to identify trends and opportunities to improve care and manage costs for employer-funded health insurance. Leading projects to address these opportunities and develop presentations that clearly communicate the clinical insights and recommended actions. You will also facilitate meetings with internal and external stakeholders and drive improvements in healthcare cost trends through both direct interventions and broader, system-level initiatives.

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.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:
  • Provide analysis, leadership, and guidance, for a given line of business, including opportunity identification, business case creation, and implementation
  • Provide steady leadership in the face of uncertainty, change, and aggressive deadlines common to a rapidly growing company with an evolving business model
  • Create presentations and manage meeting requests at a high level.
  • Lead cross-functional meetings and foster teamwork; drive escalation and resolution of issues, while promoting collaboration and coordination across broad categories of stakeholders
  • Collaborate with analytics, actuarial, and quality teams to develop, analyze, and distribute reports, and document program activities, interventions, and outcomes
  • Perform deep-dive analysis of high-cost claims, vendor-identified population and other defined groups, producing case studies, reports and presentations
  • Organize and lead cross-functional meetings, foster teamwork and collaborative problem-solving across diverse stakeholders
  • Facilitate cross-functional taskforces with specific cost of healthcare commitments
  • Research and recommend interventions; identify and drive improvements and actions to significantly impact the cost of healthcare
  • Partner closely with analytics teams to develop, analyze and distribute reporting
  • Liaise with analytic and cost of healthcare groups across the enterprise to compare trends, share knowledge, and measure outcomes


Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience
  • Requires current California LVN, RN, NP, or PA license
  • Prefers familiarity with health care data and the health care delivery system in California; health plan or provider experience strongly desired
  • Strong organizational and/or project management skills, consistent ability to "self-start" and take ownership of end-to-end taskforce activities
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to facilitate cross-functional discussions, lead teams through influence to drive actions and outcomes
  • Experience in cost of health care analysis, population health outcomes, and/or program evaluation desired


Hybrid Virtual Work

This role allows employees to work virtually full-time, however employees will be expected to come to the office based on business need.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:
  • For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
  • Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
  • For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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About Blue Shield Of California

Blue Shield of California is a not-for-profit health plan provider that has been providing Californians with access to high-quality healthcare for over 80 years. The company offers a range of health insurance products and services to individuals, families, and employers. Blue Shield of California is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of its members and the communities it serves. The company is also committed to sustainability and has implemented a number of initiatives to reduce its environmental impact.
Learn more about Blue Shield Of California
Size
7,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1981

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