Your Role
The New Product team is responsible for product strategy, planning, development, and go-to-market of new and emerging products, including the development of novel plans, benefit structures, value-added services, customer experiences, networks, and health solutions capabilities. The Product Strategist, Consultant will report to the Product Manager, Principal. In this role you will support the development of product strategy, help manage product performance, and assist in the development and go-to-market of new Tandem and BlueHPN product initiatives.
Please note, this is a Short-Term Employment Opportunity.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Be responsible for evolving business line portfolios to deliver membership/OI targets and designing a competitive portfolio, accounting for acquisition, retention, and performance improvement
- Assist in architecting product strategy/plan designs based on benefit intent and functions as a central resource as products/plan designs move through the implementation life cycle
- Prepare materials in a story-board fashion, expressing concepts in a way easily understood by anyone who may not have the same background or expertise
- Assist in creation and interpretation of business product performance analytics to drive ongoing portfolio management and strategy
- Ensure delivery of innovation pipeline submissions from product line management, facilitating translation of product strategy to formal business requirements
- Develop Tandem and BlueHPN presentations, materials, and metrics for cross-functional partners, such as Sales and Operations
- Support Tandem and BlueHPN compliance with internal and external audits, mandates, and regulatory requirements
- Regularly monitor Tandem and BlueHPN product performance and escalate issues and recommend areas for improvement
- Conduct intermediate to advanced data analysis including use of pivot tables, charts, data tables, sensitivity analysis, financial modeling, and charting
Qualifications
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Master's degree in business (MBA), public health (MPH), or other health care field and/or equivalent experience highly desirable
- Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience in product management and strategic planning concepts and practices
- Demonstrated experience working autonomously with business partner collaboration, reporting, analytics, and developing key performance metrics in complex environments
- Requires substantial knowledge and experience using tools such as Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience in health insurance and/or healthcare strongly preferred
- Effective verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create and deliver clear, powerful, and concise presentations/proposals and translating strategic and business goals into visual deliverables
Pay Range:
The pay range for this role is: $ 118800.00 to $ 178200.00 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 Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California’s mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. 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 fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion upholds our values and advances our goal of creating a healthcare system that is worthy of our family and friends while addressing health disparities, promoting social justice, and integrating health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.
Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work, Military Friendly Employer, People Companies that Care, a Leading Disability Employer, and one of California’s top companies in volunteering and giving. 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 be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes.
- 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:
Blue Shield of California is dedicated to making work-life balance a reality. Whether you prefer to work in an office or from home, we understand flexibility is more important than ever. That’s why Blue Shield is a hybrid company, offering you the opportunity to decide where you can do your best and most meaningful work.
Two ways of working: Hybrid (our default) and office
- Hybrid – In a business unit approved office a few times per year to 3 days per week, on average
- Office – In a business unit approved office 4+ days a week, on average. If the role you’re applying for is deemed an “Essential Role,” the company has determined that the role can only be performed in a Blue Shield office or in the field and would require your to meet the office worker classification.
Physical Requirements:
Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Due to the current public health emergency in California, Blue Shield employees are almost all working remotely. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.
