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Blue Shield of California · 9 hours ago

Senior Director, Product Management for Core Health Plan

California, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

12+ years exp

Blue Shield of California is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management for Core Health Plan who will be responsible for the strategy, outcomes, and technology enablement of core health plan offerings. This role involves driving product vision and strategy, managing the product lifecycle, and collaborating with various teams to deliver innovative healthcare solutions that meet market needs and regulatory requirements.

Financial ServicesHealth InsuranceNon Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Drive AI forward vision and strategy by developing and championing a bold product vision, driving solutions that leverage AI across all stages of the product lifecycle, and partner closely with AI-forward engineering and operations teams to create transformative products for the health plan ecosystem

Define commercial and strategic value and take full accountability for the commercial success of your product portfolio by collaborating with internal and external partners to determine strategic product value, and own the pricing and packaging of product offerings to align with the overall portfolio and go-to-market strategy

Own the full product lifecycle and roadmap and lead the management of your product offerings across the entire development lifecycle; this includes owning the strategic product roadmap, leading customer discovery and validation, guiding teams through successful launches, and driving continuous enhancement post-launch; establishing direction for strategic initiatives for multiple product lines within offering portfolio; define and develop a comprehensive product roadmap that aligns with the company’s strategic goals and market demands; ensures product development product launch and marketing align with business, market and technology strategies

Establish product roadmap with a three-five-year horizon with operational plan for year 1, representing cross functional team integration; oversee cross functional product squads to ensure the teams are advancing product capabilities required to meet market, business and user need; oversee the design and development of the products, technology and services, ensuring they meet customer needs and regulatory requirements; document as needed functional requirements to enable product and service development within product squads; collaborate with technology and engineering leaders to support a AI forward agile development process

Perform a deep into market research, competitive analysis, and direct customer discovery to become the company's leading expert on the pain points and unmet needs of our health plan customers

Collaborate seamlessly with Engineering, Design, Data Science, go to market to rally the organization around a unified vision and own the "what" and the "why," empowering your cross-functional partners to own the "how"

Collaborate with engineering, technology, marketing, sales, partnerships and other departments to ensure cohesive product and service development, integration and successful launches; communicate with parties within and outside of own job function; work to influence others to accept view/ practices and agree or accept new concepts and approaches

Foster a culture of rapid execution in a fast-paced, agile environment, guiding your product portfolio from initial concept through design, development, launch, and iteration

Define and analyze the metrics that inform product success; drive a culture of rapid experimentation, learning, and data-driven decision-making within your team and the broader organization

Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team of product managers, fostering their skills and career development

Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and guide future development efforts and foster a culture of continuous improvement, identifying and implementing best practices in product management

Manages a small team of product managers responsible for advancing product requirements and creating product prototypes for user feedback and iterative agile development. Responsible for creating workforce and staffing plans aligned with product offering roadmap

Qualification

Product ManagementAI/ML ExperienceU.S. Health Plan ExpertiseCommercial Product ManagementAnalytical MindsetStakeholder CommunicationAgile DevelopmentMarket ResearchTeam Leadership

Required

Requires a bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Public Health, or Information Technology

Requires a minimum of 12 years of experience in Product Management, Management Consulting, Technology Strategy or Entrepreneurship, including 6 years of management experience gained as a team leader, supervisor or project/program manager

Requires deep domain expertise in the U.S. core health plan ecosystem is required, with an understanding of the complexities of areas like claims, benefits, enrollment, or provider networks and are passionate about creating change

Requires direct experience developing or managing products with a significant AI/ML component

Requires direct experience with technology and engineers teams and working closely on squads to deliver the product

Requires experience with the commercial aspects of product management, including pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategy

Requires demonstrated ability to translate complex user needs and ambiguous market problems into a clear, prioritized product backlog and a compelling strategic roadmap

Requires an analytical mindset with a history of using both qualitative and quantitative data to build business cases and guide product strategy

Requires experience creating and developing communications that tell a compelling story to inspire and align stakeholders from the engineering team to the executive suite

Company

Blue Shield of California

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Blue Shield of California is a health insurance service provider.

Founded in 1939

San Francisco, California, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.blueshieldca.com

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