Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

• Develop new product concepts, designs, and/or enhancements to existing product design that reflect business and user needs

• Conduct research and develop a strong understanding of the business' needs, new technologies, technology trends and competitors

• Drive advanced, complex technical product(s) and business issues requiring state of the art technical or industry knowledge

• Invest in product process improvements, utilizing data and organizational strategies to foster and influence change

• Serve as an advocate of product team to Senior Leadership and provides consultation to other product managers

• Lead execution of workstreams and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives and strategy goals 

• Manage end-to-end product lifecycle, from requirements gathering through deployment, launch and business adoption

• Manage and monitor project budgets, resources, and costs to ensure financial efficiency

• Partner with Enterprise Architects and solution delivery leads to design AI driven capabilities, automation, and digital transformation initiatives

• Serve as the primary point of contact for technical product delivery, budget oversight, and enterprise transformation initiatives.

Your Knowledge and Experience 

• Requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years of prior relevant experience

• Requires mastery level knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience

• May have a deep knowledge of product management 

• Requires ability to partner with architects, engineering, analytics, and business leaders to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and strategy. 

• Requires strong understanding of cloud concepts and platform capabilities, and how cloud services support scalable, secure product solutions.

• Requires expertise in identifying technical risks, managing cross‑team dependencies, and ensuring successful delivery of complex, multi‑system initiatives.

• Desired: Experience performing exploratory data analysis (EDA) and shaping AI use cases that translate data insights into actionable product opportunities.

• Desired: Experience collaborating with data science and engineering teams to translate AI models into practical, user‑centric product features. 

• Desired: Project Management Professional and/or Lean Six Sigma certification

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.

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.