Director, Strategic Planning and Performance

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.