Director, Strategic Planning and Performance

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 Fair360 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. 

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. 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.

Your Role 

The Director, Strategic Planning and Performance will report to the SVP, Provider Partnerships & Network Management leader. In this role you be responsible for the overall development and supervision of the long-range strategy and planning functions. You will define and plan for the achievement of goals and objectives. Assist management with growth and profitability objectives and develop strategic plans for their achievement. 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.

Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

• Oversee budget planning as part of the annual budget cycle. Provides budget support and coordination with Finance. 

• Perform business planning, support human resource planning and budgeting for Line of Business (LOB). 

• Monitor and represent goals from initiation through delivery and track progress against 
  goals including metrics and performance tracking. 

• Oversee delivery of business plans, by designing and operating robust performance management and reporting processes and intervening personally. Build and maintain key 
  stakeholder relationships. Manage development of agendas, presentations, and 
  speaking points for presentation and meetings. 

• Facilitates the strategy, design, development and alignment of the organizational business plan inclusive of goals and objectives to achieve it. 

• Planning and implementation of LOB/Functional areas key initiatives to drive strategy, 
  regardless of size or complexity

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

• Requires broad management knowledge to lead project teams in one department/function or large centralized function

• Requires business acumen, strategic thinking, financial analytical skills and decision-making skills.

• In-depth knowledge of Blue Shield of California’s mission, vision and strategy and healthcare industry environment

 

 

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

 

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.