Strategic Planning and Performance, Health Plan Strategy

Your Role

The Health Plan Strategist, Principal is responsible for supporting the improvement and maintenance of our integrated health plan strategy to execution process and supporting initiatives designed to provide strategic thought leadership to business leaders across the organization to address specific strategic initiatives. This role will serve as a change agent, leveraging a consistent and disciplined approach to strategy to design dynamic yet enduring strategies and implementation plans. Under the guidance of leadership, this role will use data-driven insights, executive stakeholder management, strategy design, development and implementation, and project and program management to provide decision support to business and executive leaders. The Health Plan Strategist, Principal will have a pivotal role in supporting the ongoing building and executing of organization and business-unit level strategies to strengthen Blue Shield of California’s ability to transform healthcare. This role will report to the Director, Strategic Planning and Performance.

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:

• Be responsible for planning and implementation of complex programs spanning across business areas which include multiple projects, initiatives, and where analysis requires evaluation of intangible variance factors
• Support annual and multi-year strategic planning process, and shaping our long-term strategy/goals in conjunction with financial partners
• Systematically leverage a consistent, repeatable approach to strategy design and execution, including the associated engagement model, tools, resources and artifacts
• Collaborate with business unit strategists and planners to develop strategic direction of projects/programs and alignment across the enterprise, to inform decision-making at all levels of the organization
• Facilitate the design of comprehensive enterprise and business-unit strategies under the guidance of the Health Plan Strategy team lead, including clear, shared objectives that tie to outcomes that produce value for members, providers, and colleagues
• Provide consulting support as needed on engagements, including facilitation of design sessions, workshops, or focus groups to engage key stakeholders across the enterprise.
• Provide consultation to the improvements and maintenance of our enterprise strategy success metrics