About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate, you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together, finding a better way, and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference, join us.

The Impact You'll Have


This position provides leadership, strategic direction, and program management for key enterprise initiatives and transformation projects to ensure expected progress and achieve desired outcomes. The individual in this role will directly engage with key senior leaders and stakeholders, ensuring coordination and integration with product teams and initiatives, while ensuring collaboration, coordination, and timely issue resolution.



What You'll Do




How You'll Do It

• Drive the coordination of development and documentation for design, requirements/user stories and implementation across 1-2 divisions that align with strategic priorities.
• Develop relationships and partner with key resources, both internal and external, to collaborate on the implementation plan and dependencies to ensure all considerations are factored into the initiative.
• Partner in the business/product team decision making process to ensure capabilities, systems and processes meet expectations and potential issues/solutions are vetted and explored.
• Manage related ongoing program management work to understand what is needed to recommend strategy and solutions, while influencing and steering others to accomplish that strategy across initiatives.
• Data-Driven Decision Making – Utilizes data to prioritize initiatives that create the most value
• Develop and update program plans, timelines, and deliverables while coordinating multiple sub-processes to expand and/or improve programs across initiatives.
• Stakeholder Management – Communicates updates and milestones to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment across all levels of the organization.
• Coordinates and delivers cross enterprise initiatives in a product led organization, while ensuring quality and timeliness criteria are met to achieve initiative objectives
• Ensures strategic initiatives adhere to a standard change control process and budget tracking
• Cross-Functional Coordination – Work across teams to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and remove roadblocks, enabling faster execution.
• Performs additional responsibilities consistent with the scope and level of the role, as assigned.




Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of related project/program management professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree; in lieu of a degree, an additional two years of relevant experience beyond the qualifications listed above may be accepted.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Ability to tailor communication to varied audiences, actively listen to uncover requirements, and ensure accurate and timely information exchange.
• Ability to analyze information, identify patterns and root causes, and collaborate with partners to implement practical solutions.
• Ability to effectively organize work, balance competing priorities, and manage time across multiple responsibilities and deadlines.
• Healthcare or managed care experience.
• Experience managing complex projects which may involve multiple team members, task assignment, working with internal or external clients, managing teams and customer relationships, and managing project deliverables.
• Experience in data-driven decision-making.
• Process improvement (Lean / Six Sigma) experience.
• Familiarity with PM tools & Microsoft analytics tools.




Licensure/Certifications


Preferred -
Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI)



Role Designation


Hybrid



Role designation definition:

• Teleworking is working full time remote.
• Hybrid is a minimum of 2 days onsite.
• Onsite is full-time onsite.

Anchored in Connection

Our hybrid approach is designed to balance flexibility with meaningful in-person connection and collaboration. We come together in the office two days each week – most teams designate at least one anchor day to ensure team interaction. These in-person moments foster relationships, creativity, and alignment. The rest of the week you are empowered to work remote.




Compensation and Benefits


$90,800.00 - $120,300.00 - $149,800.00 Annual

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including skills, ability, and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Life insurance

• 401k

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)

• And more

To discover more about what we have to offer, please review our benefits page.




Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affirmative Action plan, as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic.

Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply, please contact us at: talent.acquisition@bluecrossmn.com.

Blue Cross® and Blue Shield® of Minnesota and Blue Plus® are nonprofit independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

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