Strategic Planning and Delivery, Consultant

Digital Strategic Planning, Delivery & Performance Consultant

The Digital Strategic Planning, Delivery & Performance team is responsible for digital planning, project management and delivery for key initiatives, vendor support/partnership, and digital operations. The Strategic Planning & Delivery Consultant will report to the Principal Delivery Project Manager with a dotted line to the Senior Director. In this role you will be responsible for supporting planning and monitoring activities directly or on behalf of the Planning, Delivery team or Senior Director for key operational and strategic initiatives. You will assist in aggregating monthly and quarterly reporting for the Enterprise Portfolio Value Office and Marketing and Strategy Strategic Planning and Performance Team. Additionally, this role may be assigned as a Project Manager for moderately complex projects.

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.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Be responsible for planning and implementation of moderately complex projects as assigned
• Be responsible for supporting annual and quarterly strategic and operational planning activities
• Assist drivers, planners, and financial partners to obtain estimates to support business planning and forecasting, benefits, and ongoing costs
• Assist drivers and planners in obtaining initial estimates for annual planning or for new initiatives. Oversee and partner with delivery project managers to update business cases and as part of the annual and quarterly cycle
• Assist in tracking progress against goals including metrics and performance tracking in coordination with project managers and drivers
• Facilitate collaboration within the team, build and maintain key stakeholder relationships. Assist leadership in development of presentations and talking points for presentations and meetings
• Aggregate strategic plans and planning materials; budgeting artifacts; presentations and speaking points for leaders; goal/metrics dashboards and performance tracking outputs
• Responsible for recommending moderate to significant improvements of processes, reporting, and tools

Qualifications

In this role, you will need:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• At least 7 years of prior relevant experience in delivery of digital transformation, technology-driven initiatives, or related
• Expertise in PlanView, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or similar project management tools
• Agile Product Management and/or Information technology/technical background
• Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid SDLC delivery experience
• SAFe Scrum Master Certification strongly preferred
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager Certification strongly preferred
• PMP and/or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification strongly preferred
• Executive level communications and ability to synthesize and communicate information

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 Us

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.

Our Workplace Model

We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:

• For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
• For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.

The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.

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.

Job Info

• Job Identification 20260910
• Job Category Business Operations
• Posting Date 05/14/2026, 12:27 AM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations El Dorado Hills, CA, United States Lodi, CA, United States Oakland, CA, United States Rancho Cordova, CA, United States
• Pay Range for California $123090.00 to $184800.00
• Pay Range for Bay Area $138756.00 to $208320.00
• 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 experience, location (California, Bay Area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.
• Role can be filled by a candidate requiring sponsorship No