Director, Program and Project Management

Job Description

Your Role

The CMO Medicare team is responsible for leading clinical operational strategy for Medicare. The Director Program and Project Management will report to the CMO Medicare. In this role you will be responsible for the organization programmatic improvement in clinical redesign as needed to fit the unique needs and ensure quality and outcomes of our Medicare members. 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.

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:

• Lead the execution and implementation of large-scale, complex Medicare strategic initiatives
• Drive success in Multiple Clinical Initiatives for MA Affordability and Payment Integrity
• Coordinate the programmatic design and program management of the Medicare Tiger teams deliverables using workstream mapping
• Develop and manage of Medicare QI department operating budget and human capital plan to hit enterprise targets
• Partner with Finance, Data analytics and actuarial teams to track and guide KPIs to optimize clinical Medicare performance and value
• Coordinate and run cross functional meetings, create presentations and track and drive clinical project plans, work streams to KPIs.
• Ensure Medicare affordability and payment integrity initiatives are organized so that programs are resourced, managed, and tracked efficient and aligned to the organization's goals

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Requires at least 10 years prior relevant experience, including 6 years of management experience
• Medicare Business line experience
• Change management experience- LEAN, Six Sigma
• Super communication, organizational and motivational skills
• Healthcare and Consulting experience a plus
• AI/ Advanced Excel/ Copilot/ finance/ data analytics knowledge and background needed

About the Team

About Blue Shield of California

As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan;
Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.

At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair
360 as a Top Regional Company, and one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities - join us!

Our Values:

• Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
• Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
• Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

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…