Program Manager, Principal Jobs

Your Role
The Blue Shield Commercial Behavioral Health team works with internal and external business and clinical partners to develop, execute, and evaluate Blue Shield of CA’s strategy for behavioral health and addiction medicine, which we refer to as “Behavioral Health, Re-Imagined.” This Principal Program Manager role will report to the Director of Behavioral Health, Commercial Lines of Business. In this role you will work with cross-functional partners to drive development, execution, and evaluation for an industry-leading portfolio of clinical and prevention services.
Your Work
In this role, you will:

• Determine key business issues, develop effective action plans and implement to successful conclusion.
• Partner with market-facing teams including marketing and communications to develop, execute, and evaluate “Go to Market” on portfolio.
• Consult with all levels including senior management, make recommendations, and influence decision-making.
• Operate at a strategic business level to ensure projects/programs are in line with Blue Shield of California strategic goals and work is sustainable over time.
• Plan and implement multiple and extremely complex projects/programs spanning across business areas.
• Manage regular internal stakeholder communications through project & product management tools that identify progress, risks, etc.
• Design, execute, evaluate sustained high-performance portfolio of products across a prevention & clinical spectrum.
• Leverage cross-functional internal and external relationships to drive initiatives forward.

Qualifications
Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Requires at least 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• Requires experience with behavioral healthcare from any combination of perspectives: vendor, plan, MBHO, clinical, provider relations, program evaluation, etc.
• Requires experience driving sustainable change across multiple stakeholders.
• Desired: Mental health clinical license and/or direct clinical care experience desired but not required.
• Requires vendor and/or product development and management experience including proposal development, selection, evaluation, marketing and communications.

Pay Range:
The pay range for this role is: $ 136400.00 to $ 204600.00 for California.
Note:
Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
About Us
At Blue Shield of California we are parents, leader, students, visionaries, heroes, and providers. Everyday we come together striving to fulfill our mission, to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. For more than 80 years, Blue Shield of California has been dedicated to transforming health care by making it more accessible, cost-effective, and customer-centric. We are a not-for-profit, independent member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association with 6,800 employees, more than $20 billion in annual revenue and 4.3 million members. The company has contributed more than $500 million to Blue Shield of California Foundation since 2002 to have a positive impact on California communities. Blue Shield of California is headquartered in Oakland, California with 18 additional locations including Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego. We're excited to share Blue Shield of California has received awards and recognition for LGBT diversity, quality improvement, most influential women in corporate America, Bay Area's top companies in volunteering & giving, and one of the world's most ethical companies. Here at Blue Shield of California, we're striving to make a positive change across our industry and the communities we live in , Join us!