Business Process Analyst, Consultant

Your Role

The Customer Experience Program Management Team is responsible for managing agent requirements and readiness for projects and programs that impact Customer Experience. The Business Process Analyst, Consultant will report to the CE Manager of Program and Project Management. In this role you will support member, broker, and provider phone teams in delivering projects that impact frontlines. You will be required to work with multiple cross-functional teams as a representative of Customer Experience to define requirements and needs to make the project successful. This work is overwhelmingly project-based; performing change management and business readiness to ensure all front-line agents are prepared for incoming changes. (Examples include: project plans, business readiness plans, communication plan, process updates, training plan and coordination, change management approaches and leadership alignment). 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.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Lead cross functional teams through BPM process steps, guide development of data collection/root cause analysis, data interpretation, customer journey mapping, process mapping and forecasting of benefits, guide prioritization of efforts based on impact, cost and ease of implementation
• Provide inputs on business models, incentive systems and performance management tools and support engagement with business owners to assess and evaluate specific recommendations around optimization
• Analyze and assure the quality of data collected and develop data collection plans
• Define highly complex business and customer needs and provide analysis toward operational efficiency and drive change within the organization
• Develop methodology for forecasting of benefits and guide prioritization of efforts based on impact, cost and ease of implementation

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience required
• Advanced Business Process expert highly skilled in business process management, project management, strategic thinking and change leadership.
• Requires a Green Belt designation from either Six Sigma or LEAN with work towards a Black belt, Agile, or Change Management Certification (Prosci, ACMP, GAWM, CMI etc.
• ​5 years of experience leading BPM/continuous improvement activities from ideation through execution​
• Proficiency in driving cross functional projects
• Excellent coaching, interpersonal, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Superior math, analytical and problem-solving skills and use of analytical tools (e.g. MiniTab, Excel graphs) ability to provide coaching and mentoring on the use of analytical tools.
• Mastery level knowledge of process improvement typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. Knowledge of project management strongly preferred.

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.

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.