Office of CEO, Stellarus
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
The Senior Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO is a strategic leadership role responsible for driving enterprise-wide priorities, ensuring operational excellence, and enabling the CEO's vision across the organization. Serving as a trusted advisor, the Chief of Staff leads cross-functional initiatives, manages Board and executive communications, and facilitates decision-making processes to advance corporate objectives. This role is pivotal in aligning senior leadership, optimizing resources, and fostering a culture of accountability and innovation.
• Minimum of 15 years relevant experience including 10 years in management roles.
• Prior experience as a Chief of Staff or in a similar executive advisory capacity.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• Background in strategy, operations, finance, or consulting preferred.
• Experience driving complex, multi-faceted projects to successful completion.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including executive and board presentation experience.
• Proven ability to influence and drive performance across senior leadership teams.
• Experience managing mid- to large-size teams and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• High emotional intelligence, executive maturity, and resilience in dynamic environments.
• Capable of challenging senior and line management in a constructive, balanced way, offering solutions and fresh thinking.
• Seasoned business judgment, board-level stature and a passion for increasing member value and improving processes across the enterprise.
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• Translate the CEO's vision into actionable strategies and initiatives that align with organizational goals.
• Lead enterprise-wide integration efforts, ensuring cross-functional collaboration and synergy.
• Serve as a thought partner and provide strategic advice and support to the CEO on matters relating to company goals, initiatives, and structure.
• Conduct market, competitive, and organizational analyses to inform executive decision-making and maintain a forward-looking view of opportunities, risks and dependencies affecting organizational performance.
• Drive operational excellence by identifying and implementing process improvements, efficiency measures, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Design, implement, and manage governance models to ensure accountability, compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Program and project manage critical initiatives on behalf of the CEO, ensuring timely and impactful execution.
• Oversee executive-level communications in partnership with Corporate Communications, including briefing materials, board presentations, and enterprise-wide messaging.
• Act as a central conduit between the CEO and key stakeholders, strengthening cross-functional engagement and decision-making.
• Partner with external affairs, community engagement, and government relations to represent the CEO's office with key stakeholders, including regulators, community leaders, and provider partners.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops for the Executive Leadership Team, Board of Directors, and other groups.
• Lead high-performing, matrixed teams; mentor talent and foster an inclusive, innovative culture.
• Champion cultural transformation efforts, ensuring alignment with enterprise values and leadership principles.
• Support the CEO in preparing for board meetings and external engagements.
• Ensure confidentiality and act as a liaison between the CEO and other constituencies.
Auto-ApplyChange Management, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Enterprise Change Management team advances Blue Shield's mission to transform healthcare by catalyzing change and growing our change capability. In this role you will advise, coach and partner with leaders, HRBPs, and other stakeholders across the company to accelerate and amplify outcomes of their change initiatives.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a masters degree or equivalent experience
Requires at least 7 years of prior relevant experience (e.g. change management, organization development, learning and development, executive coaching, internal communications, program management)
Requires fluency in a variety of change models & methodologies (e.g. Prosci, ACMP, AIM, Kotter, GE); formal certification preferred
Requires experience in an internal or external Organizational Development or Change Management consulting role
Requires ability to simplify complex initiatives into a compelling story that motivates and influences adoption of new ideas, behaviors and capabilities
Requires analytics and measurement acumen, with an ability to leverage data to tell a story to drive action
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Support delivery of select enterprise change priorities and lead portions of broader, complex strategic changes for the enterprise.
Own targeted elements of the broader capability development strategy, to potentially include core operations (e.g. knowledge management, metrics, training, toolkits, websites, vendors)
Coach/advise leaders below the VP level through a client coverage model, and partner with key teams within Health Plan Operations (e.g. HRBPs, internal communications)
Establish standards for change management, leveraging internal/external practices, contributing to lessons learned and engaging in the broader community of change practitioners
Develop change collateral such as articles, FAQs, toolkits and resources for key stakeholders to help make meaning of changes
Provide targeted support in a variety of areas: equip leaders on principles of change leadership, provide change measurement/analytics support, develop quick resources to address needs
Auto-ApplyHallmark Field Merchandiser (part-time) - San Leandro, CA 94579
San Leandro, CA job
To learn more about this role, watch our field merchandisers in action.
As a Field Merchandiser, you'll have the opportunity to work independently to showcase your organization and time management skills, your ability to establish retailer relationships, while being the face of Hallmark. You will collaborate with local store teams to optimize product placement and maintain inventory levels as well as support fellow team members with seasonal resets and installations, when needed. On occasion you may have the opportunity to work with other products from other companies in the stores that you service.
SALARY AND SCHEDULE DETAILS
Your starting pay will be $17.00- $17.25 depending on your skills and experience.
This is a Part-Time position with a variable schedule during the work week.
Average weekly hours for this position are between 11-12 hours per week.
Availability the week before and after major holidays, which may include weekends is .
YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE
You'll perform service work in the Hallmark department of various retail stores such as grocery stores, drug stores, department stores, and mass retailers. The retail merchandiser position consists of three major components:
Day-to-day engagement: Utilizing a mobile device provided by Hallmark, you'll restock, organize, and monitor the inventory of Hallmark products within and outside the Hallmark department. The use of technology is critical in this role, for the day-to-day work as well as communication with your supervisor, reporting time, providing feedback, and answering surveys for required merchandising activities. Professional and courteous interaction with store employees, management, and customers is also vital for success in this role. You are responsible for the entire Hallmark product display at your assigned stores.
Holiday support: Hallmark's operations revolve around seasonal demand. Leading up to and following holidays such as Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, you can expect additional days and extended hours during the work week. On occasions like Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day, you may be required to work on the actual holiday itself, which may include the weekend.
Department Resets: At times, you may be part of a team responsible for installations and various tasks like building and installing Hallmark fixtures, relocating card departments and products, as well as resetting card sections. Typically, you will be notified two weeks in advance for remodel assignments. This could include evenings or weekend.
One Team Vision: As part of Hallmark's field organization, you are part of a network of merchandisers professionals that often times will support other team members as needed in their territories.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
This is a physically demanding job that requires a high level of energy and a sense of urgency. You will be working on the selling floor as well as in back stockrooms. You must be able to consistently push, pull, lift, and carry cartons, merchandise, and display fixtures up to 30 pounds throughout the workday and up to 50 pounds on occasion. You will also be required to kneel, squat, walk, and stand throughout your workday, and you may be required to climb stairs and step ladders.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You're at least 18 years of age.
You're able to read, write and understand English.
You have the ability to grasp, pull, lift, and carry products up to 30 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally.
Able to operate a digital hand-held device to open and read documents and interpret information.
You have access to a Wi-Fi network and the internet.
You have access to consistent transportation to travel to and between assigned stores as scheduled.
Part-time employees with a work schedule less than 30 hours have access to a variety of voluntary benefits through Voluntary Benefits including dental, vision, critical illness, accident insurance, hospital indemnity and minimum essential coverage (preventive care).
Prior to applying, watch our field merchandisers in action.
Now's your chance to Make Your Mark-just follow the instructions below to apply.
You must show how you meet the basic qualifications in a resume or document you upload, or by completing the work experience and education application fields. Accepted file types are DOCX and PDF.
Part-time employees with a work schedule less than 30 hours have access to a variety of voluntary benefits through Voluntary Benefits including dental, vision, critical illness, accident insurance, hospital indemnity and minimum essential coverage (preventive care).
In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and its subsidiary companies will hire only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Hallmark does not generally provide sponsorship for employment.
Employment by Hallmark is contingent upon the signing of the Employment Agreement, signing of an agreement to arbitrate in connection with the Hallmark Dispute Resolution Program, completing Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, and successfully pass pre-employment (post offer) background check.
Hallmark is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status. Principals only please.
HALLMARK - Because Connecting With Each Other Has Never Been More Important
For over 100 years, Hallmark has helped people connect and strengthen the relationships that matter most. Today, we're building the next century of connection- blending the warmth of in-store experiences with the ease of digital innovation.
We're looking for empathetic learners, strategic thinkers, and enthusiastic visionaries from all backgrounds to help shape what's next. If you're ready to bring fresh ideas and energy, we'd love to have you on the team!
At Hallmark, you'll feel welcomed from day one- whether you're remote, hybrid, or in-office. We'll tap into your strengths, offer leadership opportunities, and support your growth every step of the way.
Our culture is rooted in care and inclusion. We celebrate diverse perspectives and actively seek out new voices- like yours- to help us grow and evolve. Let's imagine the future of Hallmark together!
Data Scientist, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Advanced Analytics team works in partnership across the entire Blue Shield of CA enterprise to accelerate business outcomes through the application of AI/machine learning, statistical methodologies, or unstructured data analysis techniques to uncover insights, predict behaviors, and ultimately drive automation to create “intelligence at scale”. The Data Scientist, Consultant will report to the Director, Advanced Analytics. In this role you will solve problems which range from but are not limited to, text analytics of customer feedback, conversations, and clinical notes, predicting clinical disease progression, understanding the impact of population health programs, clustering member behaviors, creating propensity models, and geospatial analysis of populations to uncover social determinants of health.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a bachelor's degree in mathematics, statistics, computer science, or an equivalent quantitative scientific discipline
Requires at least 3 years of professional Data Science or ML experience; or a Ph.D. degree in operations research, applied statistics, data mining, machine learning, or other quantitative discipline
Must be able to demonstrate real-world experience to translate business problems into an ML problem and be able to communicate AI recommendations in a business context to a general non-technical audience
Proficiency in scalable data transformation techniques using SQL, SAS, Spark, or equivalent
Proficiency in open-source languages such as Python, R, and Julia
Hands-on experience with cloud environments such as Azure and Google Cloud and nice to have experience in DataBricks
Understanding of statistical methods and advanced modeling techniques (e.g., SVM, K-Means, Random Forest, Boosting, Bayesian inference, natural language processing)
Experience with machine learning and deep learning packages (scikit-learn, XGBoost, Tensorflow, or PyTorch)
Knowledge of evaluating solutions for fairness, bias, accuracy, drift, validity, fit, robustness, and explainability
MLOps experience including good design documentation, unit testing, integration testing, and version control (git)
Experience in experimentation design and A/B testing
Knowledge and experience in Generative AI techniques and applications, including natural language generation, image synthesis, and automated content creation
Experience with Generative AI frameworks and tools such as GPT, GANs, and VAEs
Ability to develop and deploy generative models for various applications
Understanding of ethical considerations and best practices in the development and deployment of Generative AI solutions
Ability to partner, collaborate with, and lead relevant stakeholders across diverse functions and experience levels
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to identify opportunities for process optimization and decision-making improvements
Perform data exploration and visualization using Python on DataBricks, Tableau, and Python Notebooks to understand the signal-to-noise ratio in datasets
Partner with the data engineering team for rapid prototyping of training data sets using SQL, Apache Spark, and other tools
Conduct feature engineering using appropriate techniques for the given data and business problem
Develop robust model validation procedures and generate performance metrics for evaluation and monitoring
Act as the subject matter expert in applied ML for claims, premiums, member risk scores, and other business contexts
Drive the lifecycle of machine learning projects from ideation to deployment, ensuring timely delivery and maintaining documentation
Perform literature reviews to inform statistical modeling approaches and best practices
Translate business requirements into technical specifications and design scalable pipelines with data engineers
Assist in transitioning from on-prem infrastructure to the cloud
Convert text-based data into feature data sets for predictive analytics
Develop materials to explain project findings
Lead and contribute to Generative AI projects, including model development and deployment for applications like natural language generation and image synthesis
Stay updated with advancements in Generative AI and incorporate relevant techniques into projects
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate Generative AI solutions into products and services
Conduct experiments and research to explore new applications of Generative AI in healthcare
Provide mentorship on Generative AI techniques and best practices
Perform other projects or duties as assigned
Auto-Apply2026 Summer Platforms Internship
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Platforms team is focused on optimizing solutions and maximizing value across the enterprise through our strategic platforms, Pega and Salesforce. We are a team of Product Managers, Business Analysts, Platform System Administrators, and strategic shared services who build and maintain technology solutions that run critical business operations including Marketing, Sales, Customer Experience, Care Management, and Operations. Our team drives vendor relationships, product strategy, solution design, and backlog execution in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders. The Platforms team intern will report to the Program Manager Shared Services and Sr. Manager Shared Services. In this role you will learn how to solve business needs through technology and gain key skills to prepare you for your career.
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 Knowledge and Experience
Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
Must reside in the state of California for the duration of the internship
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work in a hybrid environment
Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
Strong Microsoft Suite knowledge (Teams, Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Knowledge of project management, agile methodologies, SDLC
Experience with data analysis
A passion for using technology to achieve business outcomes
Interest in Product Management, Business Analysis, Agile methodology a plus
CRM, SaaS, Pega, and/or Salesforce experience is a plus
Pay
$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate
$30.00 per hour for Graduate
About Our Internships
Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationship and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video.
Our Summer 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026.
Application Process and Timeline:
Now: Actively accepting applications
November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended
As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:
Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Drive a project from concept to completion over the 10-week program. Prior internship projects included:
Collaborated with IT to develop a department-wide intake and prioritization ticketing system
Researched AI tools and developed department training program for creating Copilot agents
Project managed department-wide product management process improvement program
Collect and rationalize business requirements, complex data analysis, future state designs, writing user stories, and more
Document business outcomes and investment value for platform capabilities
Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT, and leadership to maintain product roadmap alignment
Draft communications (slides, memos, emails, blogs) for department and team activities
Support Shared Services team with ad hoc assignments
Auto-ApplyGeneral Manager & Market Growth Leader- Select and Middle Markets (Northern California) - Cigna Healthcare
Walnut Creek, CA job
* Region/Territory: Northern California
BACKGROUND:
Our mission is to improve the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. We do that by making health care affordable, predictable and simple. In an effort to deliver the differentiated value needed to compete in the marketplace, our evolved growth framework-Drive to 2025-will bring our mission and strategy to life and position our company for the next era of growth. The key pillars to achieve our goals will be:
Grow:
we will grow our existing businesses by delivering differentiated value for the customer and clients we serve today.
Expand:
we will broaden our reach to impact more lives beyond our current footprint by entering new businesses, geographies and buyer groups.
Strengthen:
we will continue to invest in our future by enhancing key enterprise capabilities that accelerate efficiency, decision-making and innovation.
How we win in the marketplace will be by retaining, deepening and adding client and customer relationships all the while growing the value of new and existing distribution channels through segment expansion, capability development, broker engagement and successful execution of sales and retention strategies.
OVERVIEW:
Reporting to the Vice President, Regional Growth Leader, this role will function as a key member of the sales leadership team and be responsible for driving a profitable market focused growth strategy and implementing effective management processes across both new and existing sales channels within the Northern California Market Region, U3000 Segment. In alignment with UW market leadership, the GM & Market Growth leader will be committed to direct top and bottom line growth and portfolio management at a market-level, specifically focused on new and existing business growth and retention within the 25-3000 buyer group. This leader will be regarded as the ‘face of Cigna' to clients and producers in the local market and will oversee new and existing business sales teams in the overall delivery and execution of the market growth strategy. This role will collaborate with key segment and matrix partners to drive top and bottom-line growth, including the advancement of market goals for customer growth, account retention and rate execution.
Achievements are and will be largely dependent on successful partnership with multiple internal and external partners inclusive of legislators, public and private employer groups, hospitals, physicians, institutions, affinity partners, as well as brokers, producers and consulting firms.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides management oversight of all day-to-day sales distribution activities within the market and responsible for implementing and executing effective management processes across both new and existing business sales channels that drive market-focused growth; must have working experience and employ a collaborative leadership approach across multiple functions inclusive of distribution, contracting, underwriting and pricing, marketing, product, service and clinical.
- In partnership with the Regional Growth Leader, develops and executes a local market growth strategy and business plan that services both the Enterprise and U3000 Segment overall growth and earning plan goals; maximizes the local market value proposition through partnership across all segment leaders and aligned matrix partners; drives plan results that maximize profitability, membership growth, account retention as well as increased market share.
- Be an established and visible leader in the market, balancing distribution and civic obligations, with priority focus and commitment towards achieving top and bottom line growth (i.e., “hitting the metrics”).
- Represents Cigna in the community; develops and maintains strong external relationships with consulting houses, key customer accounts, health care professionals / delivery systems and civic organizations; has the ability to effectively handle media and/or public relations inquiries, as needed.
- Builds collaborative relationships across the Enterprise to achieve corporate, financial and market objectives while providing the very best in products and customer service; maintains strong external relationships with key broker and consulting firms in addition to key clients and producers across other market to ensure maximum value creation is achieved across and within the buyer group.
- Ensures market level management processes and best practices are in place and being followed by sales management in order to drive accountability and results across all new and existing business teams in order to meet and exceed market plan, membership and earnings goals.
- Partners with UW market leadership to ensure ongoing plan alignment on: identifying critical underwriting and risk management levers that deliver ideal P&L for the market and region; understanding new risk dimensions that can impact market P&L performance; and incorporating a process that balances risk taking with effective decision-making to maximize profitability.
- Committed to hiring and developing a diverse and highly skill sales team across the market that is reflective of Cigna's client base as well as local communities in which we do business. Responsible for building and maintaining a high-performing culture of accountability and sales results.
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare, or related field equivalent experience. Master's and/or MBA degree preferred, but not required.
- Minimum 8+ years in a strategic and leadership role in a service, sales, healthcare, health plan and/or broker/consulting environment; 7+ years leading and managing sales team(s) at a buyer group and/or market level.
- Broad knowledge, expertise and proficiency in all aspects of sales distribution, health care, external broker and customer / client relationship management.
- Ability to be an influential business leader who can impact and garner support from matrix partners across the Enterprise.
- Strong and proven leadership skills including a demonstrated ability to manage required actions in support of delivering on a vision/mission, communicating its purpose, and helping drive outcomes/results.
- Adaptable, flexible and able to lead the organization through transformation; proven track record of delivering results that are high quality, profitable and sustainable.
- Ability to effectively collaborate across the organization with other business units and influence actions/support through critical matrix and business partners.
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills with internal and external clients and customers; develop strong working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Strong leadership, sponsorship and mentoring talents, identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Ability to travel 50%+ (or as needed), both regionally and nationally as required.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an incentive compensation and long term incentive plan.
We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.
About Cigna Healthcare
Cigna Healthcare, a division of The Cigna Group, is an advocate for better health through every stage of life. We guide our customers through the health care system, empowering them with the information and insight they need to make the best choices for improving their health and vitality. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: ********************* for support. Do not email ********************* for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.
The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.
Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.
Auto-ApplyPlatform Engineer, Sr. Principal
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Developer and Employee Experience team is responsible for the creation of the standards and automation pipelines that enable our partnering IT teams to build, release, and manage their systems. We are setting the path for how we'll migrate to the Cloud and ensure that we are guiding the movement to a more modern Agentic AI driven DevOps operating model. The Sr. Principal Platform Engineer will report to the Vice President of Developer & Employee Experience. In this role you will drive the creation and maintenance of enterprise technology capabilities and technology patterns to enable our teams to move to the Cloud. You will also define integrated roadmaps that guide our strategic investments to support our enterprise initiatives for Blue Shield of California. 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 Knowledge and Experience
Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, with a minimum 12 years of relevant IT experience with wide array of cloud services across Azure, GCP, or AWS.
Minimum of 5+ years of architecture practice experience strongly preferred.
Proficiency in at least one relevant programming language (Python, C#, Java, etc.) strongly preferred.
Expert architect who champions and continuously drives the advancement of the architecture operating model, governance, processes, policies, standards, and framework for the Enterprise Architecture capability
Creates, refines and puts into practice repeatable architecture frameworks and processes to enable complex cross-functional initiatives related to major business initiatives
Provides vision and strategic direction for one or more architecture domains (business, information, application and technology)
Develop and maintain strategies and solutions for the enterprise in collaboration with executive leadership across the business and IT
Possesses the excellent interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the value of a strong enterprise architecture function to critical business stakeholders
Advanced knowledge and experience with cloud technologies, defining technology standards and implementation roadmaps for one or more of the following: Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services.
In-depth knowledge of implementing and leveraging AI, Agentic AI and LLM models strongly preferred.
In depth knowledge of multiple cloud hosting providers, including Microsoft Azure and AWS, Kubernetes experience strongly desired
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Responsible for the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture blueprints that articulate our business strategy, future state business and technology architecture, and multiyear execution roadmap, with a focus on AI and Agentic AI best practices.
Applies expert level architecture knowledge and skills across multiple domain areas (business, information, application and technology) in driving the advancement of our corporate strategy.
Collaborates with and leads other architects to create and document standards and patterns that can be leveraged for future re-use, and actively seek opportunities to leverage industry solutions for new business offerings and services
Develops and maintains reference architecture which includes the reference model, guiding principles, standards, patterns and usage guidelines
Create contextual and conceptual models that help document and simplify potentially complex topics
Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders and business stakeholders in the development of the strategic portfolio or business unit plans
Provides comprehensive analytical thinking to ensure transformation costs, impact and value are properly understood, estimated and controlled across people, process and technology
Collaborate with customers, vendors, industry consultants and senior company leadership to continuously learn and identify opportunities to advance on our business strategy
Defines the technology roadmap and architecture to accelerate cloud initiatives, using AI and Agentic AI tools and capabilities.
Understanding of business process design methods and tools a plus
Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities
Ability to tailor communications to the C-suite level
Auto-Apply2026 Summer Law Internship
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Law Department Intern will work with the attorneys in the Law (Corporate Law, Litigation, Health Law, Privacy, and Compliance) and Government Affairs teams to support clients across the Company.
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 Knowledge and Experience
Must be a current 1st or 2nd year Law School Student
Must reside in the state of California
Requires strong research, analytical, writing skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills
Requires at least 1 year of related professional experience, project, or coursework
Requires strong communication skills, particularly writing for publication
Experience analyzing and presenting sets of data and reports preferred
Interest in health care preferred
Proactive, solution focused mindset with demonstrated creative, problem-solving skills
Pay:
$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate
$30.00 per hour for Graduate
About Our Internships
Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationship and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video.
Our Summer 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026.
Application Process and Timeline:
Now: Actively accepting applications
November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended
As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:
Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Review and draft pleadings, contracts, board minutes, and legal memos
Attend client meetings
Conduct legal and policy research
Perform other special assignments
Auto-Apply2026 Summer Global Business Services Internship
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Global Business Services (GBS) organization at Blue Shield of California leads the Enterprise Procurement practice as a partner with business and functional stakeholders to plan, select and contract with third-party suppliers, as well as to advance environmental/social/governance outcomes of supplier relationships. The Procurement Intern will report to a Procurement Manager. In this role you will work alongside highly specialized functional teams who perform sourcing, contracting, governance and risk management activities along the procurement life cycle. There will be opportunities to contribute to the Procurement Center of Excellence to implement rigor and readiness for all the controls, processes, policies that these activities must comply with. As an intern, you will collaborate, transform and deliver on GBS's critical operational and strategic goals.
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 Knowledge and Experience
Required: Currently pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree. Emphasis in finance, supply chain management and/or healthcare highly desirable.
Required: Must reside in the state of California for the duration of the internship, with ability to be productive while working remotely.
Required: High proficiency with Microsoft Office/365 and tools (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint), and ability to learn new systems and applications as needed.
Preferred: Microsoft 365 applications (Forms, Lists, Power Automate, Power BI), Tableau and Visio.
Preferred: Robust skills in data analysis, problem-solving and process improvement. Ideally has project management experience working with cross-functional teams in a corporate environment.
Pay:
$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate
$30.00 per hour for Graduate
About Our Internships
Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students with experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationships and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video.
Our Summer 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026.
Application Process and Timeline:
Now: Actively accepting applications
November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended
As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:
Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Gain exposure to the complex contracting and procurement processes that our Sourcing/Contracting Specialists must be proficient in, and gain exposure to the structure, basic language and controls within contractual agreements.
Utilize various enterprise tools, systems and platforms, with focus on increasing data integrity within and between systems.
Measure how documented processes and controls can be used to reduce unpredictability and risk of complex activities, as managed in a continuous improvement framework that is designed to set teams up to succeed.
Map processes and workflows to document current states and propose future states.
Apply automation and artificial intelligence into workflows to improve cycle time and accuracy of tasks, enable system-driven controls and promote self-serve adoption.
Mine and enrich transactional data to assess audit readiness and drive executive decisions.
Collaborate and problem solve with critical partners within our Procure-to-Pay ecosystem (Finance, Accounts Payable and Information Technology).
Apply Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) methods and strategies to assess supplier risk ratings and remediate compliance gaps.
Design, test and calibrate contingency plans and workarounds that support business continuity and disaster recovery components of a Business Resilience plan.
Address contractual impacts that continually arise from mandates and other requirements imposed by internal Legal team and external Regulatory agencies.
Auto-ApplyApplication Developer, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
The IT Health Solutions Portfolio team delivers and supports new solutions and enhancements to multiple systems and applications . The Full Stack Engineer will report to the Senior Manager .
In this role, you will be deeply involved in the design, development, and deployment of secure, high-quality software solutions. Your role will focus on integrating security and automation throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with an emphasis on writing clean, maintainable code and building infrastructure that supports CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and cloud-native delivery. You'll implement and enforce DevSecOps best practices tailored for Azure, contribute to infrastructure as code, and work closely with developers, testers, and cloud engineers to ensure code is secure, scalable, and production-ready from day one. This role requires a hands-on engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment and is passionate about code quality, automation, and secure cloud development.
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 Knowledge and Experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience), with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in enterprise application support and cloud-based solution delivery.
Must have AI (agentic or generative) or LLM experience
Must have cloud implementation experience
Proven hands-on experience in the design, coding, integration, and deployment of applications on Microsoft Windows and/or Linux Server platforms, including strong knowledge of N & N-1 operating systems, Remote Desktop Services, and server technologies.
Skilled in modern front-end frameworks such as React and/or Vue, with proven experience in component-based architecture and state management (e.g., Redux, Pinia).
Solid experience with JavaScript, along with CSS responsive design practices
Strong scripting and automation skills using tools such as PowerShell, ANT, Jython, Python, InstallShield, and SCCM, with experience in automating builds, deployments, and configurations.
Expertise in supporting applications built on COM+, DCOM, .NET (2.0+), and Java, hosted across Windows and Linux environments.
Familiarity with networking and security protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL, DNS, LDAP, Active Directory, XML, IIS, authentication protocols, SSH, and SFTP.
Solid SQL/PL-SQL knowledge and experience with API integrations using Java and other tools.
Proficiency in Unix command-line operations, including directory navigation, file manipulation, and shell scripting, along with utilities like awk, sed, and Perl.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Bitbucket Pipelines, GitHub Actions) and Infrastructure as Code tools like Ansible to automate cloud deployments.
Working knowledge of deploying and managing applications using containerization (Docker) in cloud environments like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies, service-oriented architecture, and enterprise cloud integration, preferably with experience in Microsoft Azure and virtualization platforms such as Citrix.
Excellent ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional teams, with excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate and execute technical deliverable
Preferred Experience with Sales Force Health Cloud and Data Cloud solutions and integrations implementation and support
Preferred experience in the healthcare industry and working knowledge of Epic software.
Strong process orientation with the ability to follow and improve procedures for critical maintenance and operational tasks.
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Your Work
In this role, you will:
Design and develop user interfaces and application programs using technical specifications and design documents, with a focus on cloud-native solutions and modern frameworks.
Develop the most efficient and cost-effective implementation, leveraging reusable features where possible
Drive operational excellence, including but not limited to Incident Management, process automation leveraging AI, and ensuring smooth deployments for your technology products/platform features.
Recommend and implement improvements to departmental processes to enhance agility and efficiency.
Enhance the reliability, scalability, and utilization of systems and applications through continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
Monitor and manage software configuration changes to anticipate and address data reliability and customer satisfaction issues, leveraging cloud monitoring tools and practices.
Coordinate sustaining support for multiple application platforms or business processes, ensuring seamless integration and operation in a cloud environment.
Be self-directed, work with limited management direction and exercise considerable latitude in determining the technical objectives of the assignment.
Apply significant knowledge of IT and healthcare industry trends.
Auto-ApplyProduct Designer, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Stellarus Product and UX team defines and designs technology products, creating solutions for users across the spectrum of healthcare. The Product Designer, Consultant will report to the Director of UX Research & Product Design. In this role you will work with internal stakeholders and team members to design digital product solutions that solve and support our user's needs, expectations, and pain points. 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 Knowledge and Experience
Requires at least 8 years relevant UX, Product, Research or Design experience
Requires at least 2 years of experience digital product development lifecycle
Bachelor's degree in design, or applicable field, a plus
Requires a portfolio to be submitted in application
Competency in any of the other design disciplines - User Research/User Testing, Visual Design, Motion Design, Human Factors Engineering; a big plus
Experience in the health or wellness industry, a plus
Experience on teams shipping digital product, a plus
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Lead a wide variety of projects from concept, discovery through production stages of the product lifecycle.
Utilize a wide range of skillset across the UX/UI spectrum - from user research to wireframes to high-fidelity conceptual product prototypes
Define and scope UX sprints in collaboration with business, product and engineering teams
Help shape UX strategy for digital tools across a range of end-users
Design end-to-end product functionality that balances what a user wants, and what they don't know they need
Design digital product protypes that are beautiful, usable and useful
Assist in the creation and maintenance of our design system (asset & pattern libraries), and collaborate with our Engineering Team on utilization of the design components
Tackle complex and often opaque problems, and help establish a process for solving them
Auto-ApplyDirector, Sourcing - Stellarus Product Division
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Global Business Services team sources for all vendors and goods needed for Blue Shield of California and other entities under the Ascendiun holding company umbrella. This role oversees Stellarus procurement and sourcing for the Product division of Stellarus. The Director, Sourcing for Stellarus will report to the Sr. Director, IT Enterprise Sourcing.
In this role, you will be responsible for contracting for new products for Stellarus to commercialize in the marketplace and contracting with potential health plan customers. This role is also to develop this contracting and sourcing muscle, as we build our product strategy. Working closely with the VP, Product and Chief Technology Officer, this role will be responsible for supporting the commercialization contracting. As new partnerships and health plan customers come on board, this role will be responsible for the sourcing, contract and procurement needs.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires at least 10 years of prior relevant experience, including 4 years of prior management experience with direct reports
Requires prior experience in negotiating mulit-year service agreements with single contract values greater than $5M per year
Requires prior supplier relationship management, business process outsourcing strategy and managing complex operations that are distributed globally
Requires experience with IT sourcing on a global scale
Requires one to be comfortable with sourcing for different financial entities
Prior product sourcing/contracting for revenue generation preferred
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Create and develop a program that will secure contracts and services for our Product Development team within Stellarus
Maintain alignment with the corporate objectives and strategy to optimize business value through strategic, operational and transactional sourcing relationships
Provide business sourcing strategic advice, consultation & business case development expertise
Foster cooperation, communication and partnership to increase competition throughout the vendor supply chain including placing greater emphasis on relationship-building to facilitate and ensure collaboration.
Maximize vendor relationships to deliver value to our stakeholders and be managed to the same high-quality standards as those within Stellarus Product division
Assess critical vendors' performance outcomes with stakeholders through quarterly business reviews.
Leverage semi-annual balance scorecards that measure business performance, security posture, financial viability and compliance and report out to Operating Committee/Audit Committee as requested/annually
Operate as a trusted advisor to deliver on culture of affordability initiatives and furthering the supplier relationship management operating model and practice
Support the company performance acceleration and transformation plan leveraging traditional procurement levers and strategies to develop, lead and execute multiple Tier 1 procurement initiatives including bolder North Star savings initiatives to deliver financial value creation of at least $5M-$10M in cost savings annually
Manage the contracting enterprise Procurement sourcing initiatives, negotiations & deliverables management processes
Execute any new corrective plan development and remediation timely. Self-assess, document process and controls, and engage with Internal Control Advisory Program quarterly to design any new internal control structure to have zero repeat audit findings
Deliver a proactive schedule of sources and needed contracts for all IT services in a 1-3-year plan working with Executive leadership for Stellarus - IT division
Auto-ApplyRetail Merchandiser (part-time) - Hayward, CA 94541
Hayward, CA job
To learn more about this role, watch our retail merchandisers in action.
As a Retail Merchandiser, you'll have the opportunity to work independently to showcase your organization and time management skills, your ability to establish retailer relationships, while being the face of Hallmark. You will collaborate with local store teams to optimize product placement and maintain inventory levels as well as support fellow team members with seasonal resets and installations, when needed. On occasion you may have the opportunity to work with other products from other companies in the stores that you service.
SALARY AND SCHEDULE DETAILS
Your starting pay will be between $17.25- $17.75 depending on your skills and experience.
This is a Part-Time position with a variable schedule during the work week.
Weekly hours for this position are between 5-8 hours per week.
Availability the week before and after major holidays, which may include weekends is .
YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE
You'll perform service work in the Hallmark department of various retail stores such as grocery stores, drug stores, department stores, and mass retailers. The retail merchandiser position consists of three major components:
Day-to-day engagement: Utilizing a mobile device provided by Hallmark, you'll restock, organize, and monitor the inventory of Hallmark products within and outside the Hallmark department. The use of technology is critical in this role, for the day-to-day work as well as communication with your supervisor, reporting time, providing feedback, and answering surveys for required merchandising activities. Professional and courteous interaction with store employees, management, and customers is also vital for success in this role. You are responsible for the entire Hallmark product display at your assigned stores.
Holiday support: Hallmark's operations revolve around seasonal demand. Leading up to and following holidays such as Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, you can expect additional days and extended hours during the work week. On occasions like Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day, you may be required to work on the actual holiday itself, which may include the weekend.
Department Resets: At times, you may be part of a team responsible for installations and various tasks like building and installing Hallmark fixtures, relocating card departments and products, as well as resetting card sections. Typically, you will be notified two weeks in advance for remodel assignments. This could include evenings or weekend.
One Team Vision: As part of Hallmark's field organization, you are part of a network of merchandisers professionals that often times will support other team members as needed in their territories.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
This is a physically demanding job that requires a high level of energy and a sense of urgency. You will be working on the selling floor as well as in back stockrooms. You must be able to consistently push, pull, lift, and carry cartons, merchandise, and display fixtures up to 30 pounds throughout the workday and up to 50 pounds on occasion. You will also be required to kneel, squat, walk, and stand throughout your workday, and you may be required to climb stairs and step ladders.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
You're at least 18 years of age.
You're able to read, write and understand English.
You have the ability to grasp, pull, lift, and carry products up to 30 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally.
Able to operate a digital hand-held device to open and read documents and interpret information.
You have access to a Wi-Fi network and the internet.
You have access to consistent transportation to travel to and between assigned stores as scheduled.
Part-time employees with a work schedule less than 30 hours have access to a variety of voluntary benefits through Voluntary Benefits including dental, vision, critical illness, accident insurance, hospital indemnity and minimum essential coverage (preventive care).
Prior to applying, watch our retail merchandisers in action.
Now's your chance to Make Your Mark-just follow the instructions below to apply.
You must show how you meet the basic qualifications in a resume or document you upload, or by completing the work experience and education application fields. Accepted file types are DOCX and PDF.
Part-time employees with a work schedule less than 30 hours have access to a variety of voluntary benefits through Voluntary Benefits including dental, vision, critical illness, accident insurance, hospital indemnity and minimum essential coverage (preventive care).
In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Hallmark Cards, Inc. and its subsidiary companies will hire only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Hallmark does not generally provide sponsorship for employment.
Employment by Hallmark is contingent upon the signing of the Employment Agreement, signing of an agreement to arbitrate in connection with the Hallmark Dispute Resolution Program, completing Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, and passing a background check.
Hallmark is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other legally-protected status. Principals only please.
HALLMARK - Because Connecting With Each Other Has Never Been More Important
For more than a century, Hallmark has been bringing people together and improving the relationships that matter most. That's why millions of people all over the world connect with the Hallmark brand. It has always been a mission so much bigger than any one of us who work here.
Today, we need empathetic learners, strategic thinkers, and enthusiastic visionaries with diverse experiences and skills to help us create the rest of Hallmark's second century as we shift to a more digitally savvy, unified approach that combines the best of brick-and-mortar retail with the efficiency of dot-com spaces. Help us imagine what our next hundred years could look like!
When you join Hallmark, we will go out of our way to make you feel like part of the team. In the day-to-day, we'll make the best use of the skills and talents you already have. We'll also give you leadership opportunities and show you multiple potential pathways to future success.
Our culture of care for our consumers and for one another shows in the way we embrace different backgrounds, identities, and working styles, deliberately seeking out ways to be more inclusive both internally among our work groups and externally through the things we make and sell to our retail partners and consumers. We believe that a broadly inclusive, equitable approach is also our best path to future success. We're seeking out those who can bring a fresh perspective to our business and would love your input as someone new to our team! We can only change and grow when we intentionally include new perspectives-like yours.
DevOps Analyst, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Application Services team plays a critical role in enhancing customer and technical collaboration while delivering all application development through a Platform and Technology Product Operation Model. The DevOps Analyst will report to the Senior Manager, Product Line Manager. In this role you will be the comprehensive subject matter expert in the technology products/platform feature space and apply, learn, and extend your skills beyond formal role boundaries. Having a desire to help achieve transformational healthcare improvement should serve as the inspiration behind the ideal candidate's willingness to participate across many different activities within an agile working model. 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 Knowledge and Experience
Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent technical experience.
Requires at least 7 years of directly related professional experience and deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs, or technologies.
Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to influence stakeholders and technical counterparts.
Demonstrated experience in collaborating with development and operations teams to streamline the product delivery lifecycle.
Experience documenting agile workflows and processes.
Experience utilizing the tools and protocols such as EDIFACT, X12, XML, AS2, SFTP, SQL, and Sterling Integrator for secure and efficient data exchange.
Requires basic technical knowledge and experience including adherence to architectural design, development standards, security policies, and sustainable design practices
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Formulate and define system scope and objectives based on user needs for the highest complexity changes.
Analyze all aspects of business unit functions and mappings to determine application, integration, and optimal use of information systems.
Analyze, design, and implement EDI specifications and mappings to support electronic data interchange between internal systems and external trading partners.
Monitor and troubleshoot EDI transactions, ensuring timely and accurate processing of enrollment, claims, billing statements, and payments
Maintain documentation of EDI system changes, updates, and troubleshooting actions to ensure compliance and audit readiness.
Work directly with the Product Owner and business stakeholders to understand the business domain and upcoming required features.
Assist in creating, refining, and maintaining user stories and associated deliverables such as process flows and test cases to meet development and stakeholder needs.
Design and develop user interfaces and application programs using the technical specifications and design documents.
Monitor software configuration changes to anticipate and address the impact of data reliability and customer satisfaction issues.
Coordinate sustaining support for 1-2 application platforms or business processes.
Auto-ApplyInternal Auditor, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Internal Auditor Consultant will report to the Internal Audit Senior Director. In this role you will be responsible for providing objective examinations of evidence for providing independent assessment to the Audit Committee, management and outside parties on the adequacy and effectiveness of governance, risk, management and control processes.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or related field
Requires a minimum of 7 years of prior relevant experience
Requires at least 3 years of internal audit experience
At least 2 years of healthcare experience preferred
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred
Other certifications are a plus
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Independently execute end-to-end internal audits, including performing effective risk assessments, planning, assessing the design of controls, testing the effectiveness of controls and reporting results to management
Conduct financial, operational and compliance audits and provide consulting services to the organization's management and staff
Assist in identifying and evaluating the organization's risk areas and provide input to the development of the Annual Audit Plan
Perform audit procedures, including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analyzing evidence, and documenting client processes and procedures
Identify, develop, and document audit issues and recommendations using independent judgement concerning areas being reviewed
Communicate the results of audit and consulting projects via written reports and oral presentations to management and the Board of Directors
Conduct interviews, review documents, develop and administer surveys, compose summary memos, and prepare working papers
Develop and maintain productive client and staff relationships through individual contacts and group meeting
Pursue professional development opportunities, including external and internal training and professional association memberships, and share information gained with co-workers
Perform related work and other duties as assigned by audit management
Auto-ApplyMarketing and Campaign Data Analytics, Principal
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role The AI and Analytics team oversees the artificial intelligence platform and analytical functions. In this role, you will be providing critical analytics support to our healthcare insurance clients (BlueShield of California and other health plans). This role is responsible for driving data-informed strategies and delivering actionable insights to optimize marketing campaigns and improve business outcomes. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with a strong analytical mindset and a passion for using data to solve complex Marketing business problems. They would be leading projects end-to-end, independently presenting insights to senior leadership, and mentoring junior analysts.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Marketing, Business Analytics, or related quantitative field
Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics or Business Analytics (preferred)
Requires 10+ years of experience in a marketing analytics role
Proven experience in providing analytics support to clients or internal stakeholders in a consultative capacity.
Experience with meeting with senior stakeholders within or external to the company
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex ideas clearly, with strong presentation skills and a proven track record of delivering impactful insight to diverse stakeholders.
Strong proficiency in SQL for data extraction, manipulation, and analysis.
Expertise in Python for statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and data automation.
Advanced skills in Tableau for creating interactive dashboards and data visualizations.
Demonstrable experience in building and deploying marketing mix models, acquisition and retention models and brand effectiveness models for marketing teams.
Solid understanding of web analytics and customer journey analytics.
Proven experience with experimentation methodologies (A/B, MAB, MVT)
Requires five years of experience in Health Care (managed care, academic, or gov't payer)
Experience with Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) in a marketing or analytics context (preferred)
Hands-on experience with the Databricks platform for large-scale data processing and analytics (preferred)
Experience with CRM platforms (e.g., Salesforce) (preferred)
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud experience (preferred)
Certifications in analytics tools like Adobe Analytics and Databricks (preferred)
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Your Work
In this role, you will:
Design, execute, and analyze marketing campaigns across various channels to measure their effectiveness and provide recommendations for optimization. Develop and maintain dashboards and reports to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and communicate campaign performance to stakeholders.
Utilize advanced analytical techniques to segment customer data, identify target audiences, and personalize marketing messages. Develop and refine customer personas to enhance campaign relevance and drive engagement.
Build and deploy predictive models to forecast marketing outcomes, identify at-risk customers, and uncover new growth opportunities. Generate actionable insights from Marketing datasets to inform strategic decision-making and drive business growth.
Develop marketing mix, brand effectiveness, and acquisition/retention models
• Design and implement A/B and multivariate tests to optimize website performance, user experience, and conversion rates. Analyze test results and provide data-driven recommendations for continuous improvement.
Create and maintain interactive dashboards and data visualizations using Tableau to provide real-time insights into marketing performance. Communicate complex data stories in a clear and compelling manner to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Provide detailed specifications for the marketing Datamart to IT developers and ensure it is built in alignment with the analytics team's requirements. This DataMart will support key functions such as insights generation, dashboarding, model development, and facilitate self-serve Adhoc requests via agentic solutions.
Independently lead and execute complex marketing analytics projects from start to finish, delivering insights and strategic recommendations to senior leadership with a sharp focus on uncovering opportunities that drive business growth.
Serve as a trusted advisor to Stellarus clients, providing expert analytics support and strategic guidance. Collaborate with client teams to understand their business objectives and translate them into analytical requirements.
Apply strong critical thinking and presentation skills to effectively communicate insights to stakeholders. You will also manage stakeholder relationships with professionalism, demonstrating the ability to navigate conflicts and foster collaboration.
Mentor and guide junior analysts on the team.
Auto-ApplyGovernment Programs Compliance Analyst, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Promise Medi-Cal Compliance team oversees and coordinates Blue Shield Promise Health Plan's (BSCPHP) compliance program. The Government Programs Compliance Analyst, Consultant will report to the Senior Director, Government Programs Compliance. In this role you will provide assistance with driving and managing the identification and scoping of impacts across cross-functional business areas due to ongoing, newly enacted, or federal and state regulatory requirements.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a college degree or equivalent experience
Requires a minimum of 7 years of prior relevant experience
Requires extensive experience in the compliance department for a managed care health plan
Extensive and expert knowledge of Knox-Keene Act, California Code of Regulations Titles 22 and 28, and Code of Federal Regulations Title 42 regulatory compliance standards and processes
Strong analytical and investigative skills including risk assessment, mitigation and corrective actions plans
Experience working directly with the California Department of Health Care Services and the California Department of Managed Health Care
Competent in Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
Professional certifications and additional degrees a plus
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Provides assistance with driving and managing the identification and scoping of impacts across cross-functional business areas due to ongoing, newly enacted, or federal and state regulatory requirements
Work collaboratively and advises diverse business areas across the enterprise on the development of legally compliant solutions for newly enacted or revised Medi-Cal requirements
Support the implementation of quality, repeatable, and documented CMS, DMHC and DHCS regulatory compliance processes
Conduct decision-making guided by resource availability and functional objectives
Conduct audits of complex issues independently
Conducts calibration of risk and controls with business units supporting the Medi-Cal line of business
Escalates and proposes resolution for low to moderately complex CMS, DMHC and DHCS regulatory and process issues
Develops, prepares, and presents low to complex analyses, reports, and recommendations on Medi-Cal requirements to department management
Supports day-to-day operations of the Medi-Cal Compliance department
Supports other Medi-Cal Compliance department initiatives and projects
Auto-ApplyCloud Network Engineer, Consultant
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Cloud Networking team is responsible for architecting, implementing and managing the cloud networking infrastructure. The Cloud Engineer, Consultant will report to the Manager, Developer Experience. In this role you will be responsible to implement the best practices of Cloud Networking as well as manage the cloud networking infrastructure.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience in cloud networking across multiple platforms
Deep expertise in multi-cloud (especially Azure) networking services and architecture
Experience working in DevOps environments with familiarity in GitOps practices
At least 3 years of experience in scripting/programming (e.g., Python) and infrastructure automation using tools like Ansible
Strong understanding of network protocols, routing, switching, and security
Proficiency in VPN technologies, firewalls, and network performance monitoring
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or similar
Familiarity with using AI for Cloud Infrastructure
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Network Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect).
Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud networking environments.
Familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Architect and deploy secure, scalable, and highly available network solutions across Azure, AWS, and GCP
Configure and manage virtual networks, subnets, and network security groups
Implement and maintain connectivity solutions such as VPNs, ExpressRoute, and other hybrid networking technologies
Implement and maintain multi-cloud connectivity solutions using Aviatrix and Equinix
Monitor network performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure reliability and efficiency
Collaborate with DevOps and development teams to support seamless application deployment and integration
Ensure adherence to security policies and industry best practices
Automate network operations using scripting and infrastructure-as-code tools
Stay current with emerging cloud networking technologies, especially within Azure
Auto-ApplySr. Director, IT Enterprise Sourcing
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Global Business Services team sources for all vendors and goods needed for Blue Shield of California and other entities under the Ascendiun holding company umbrella. This role oversees all IT procurement and sourcing for the health plan, and Ascendiun's subsidiary, Stellarus IT. The Senior Director will be a key member of the Procurement Management team, responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and structure for the company's procurement practices.
The Senior Director, Enterprise IT Sourcing will report to the VP, Global Business Services & Blue Partnerships department that is led by Pradip Khemani.
In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team in delivering and collaborating on all aspects of the execution of the enterprise sourcing process at Blue Shield of California and Stellarus, including supporting the business to make effective sourcing decisions and establish vendor contracts. The Senior Director, IT Enterprise Sourcing role will also provide the community of practice to deliver strategic sourcing, culture of affordability and supplier relationship management excellence at Blue Shield and Stellarus.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires at least 12 years of prior relevant experience in executing strategic initiatives with a track record of delivering results across a diverse portfolio of enterprise sourcing and supplier activities
Requires a minimum of 8 years of management experience with direct reports
Requires prior experience in negotiating multi-year service agreements with single contract values greater than $5M per year
Requires proven ability to draft contractual provisions based on strategy discussions, stakeholder input, and organizational needs and expectations
Requires ability to effectively manage and serve a wide range of internal business groups, including senior executives.
Requires experience with IT sourcing on a global scale.
Requires significant experience in contracting, negotiations and advising on commercial related issues
Requires comfort with sourcing for different financial entities.
Requires strong knowledge of a wide variety of contract types, including but not limited to pilot agreements, agreements with healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations, distribution agreements, quality agreements, outsourcing agreements, services agreements, and software / IT services agreements
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Maintaining alignment with the corporate objectives and strategy to optimize business value through strategic, operational and transactional sourcing relationships.
Provide business sourcing strategic advice, consultation & business case development expertise.
Support Ascendiun, Stellarus, Blue Shield of California and its subsidiaries prioritized procurement initiatives funded under strategic investment portfolio and run business plan approved in 2026 operating plan.
Foster cooperation, communication and partnership to increase competition throughout the vendor supply chain including placing greater emphasis on relationship-building to facilitate and ensure collaboration.
Maximize vendor relationships to deliver value to our stakeholders and be managed to the same high-quality standards as those within Health Plan/Entities.
Assess critical vendors' performance outcomes with stakeholders through quarterly business reviews.
Leverage semi-annual balance scorecards that measure business performance, security posture, financial viability and compliance and report out to Operating Committee/Audit Committee as requested/annually.
Operate as a trusted advisor to deliver on culture of affordability initiatives and furthering the supplier relationship management operating model and practice.
Support the company performance acceleration and transformation plan leveraging traditional procurement levers and strategies to develop, lead and execute multiple Tier 1 procurement initiatives including bolder North Star savings initiatives to deliver financial value creation of at least $20M-$25M in cost savings annually.
Manage the contracting enterprise Procurement sourcing initiatives, negotiations & deliverables management processes.
Have the ability to effectively lead and manage multiple projects with competing priorities and tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Be always audit ready for any internal and external audits.
Execute any new corrective plan development and remediation timely.
Self-assess, document process and controls, and engage with Internal Control Advisory Program quarterly to design any new internal control structure to have zero repeat audit findings.
Deliver a proactive schedule of sources and needed contracts for all IT services in a 1-3-year plan working with Executive leadership for Stellarus - IT division.
Auto-ApplyFinancial Analyst, Principal - Stellarus
Blue Shield of California job in Oakland, CA
Your Role
The Stellarus Finance team supports financial reporting, analysis, product support and information technology support to Stellarus, a new technology company. The Principal Financial Analyst, Principal will report to the Director of Finance for Stellarus. The primary responsibility of the role is to develop the costing models for Stellarus products and to play a key role in helping to define pricing and margin goals for the business. This will include helping to develop a cost allocation model, and to group direct costs into cost centers and financial systems to systemically determine product and customer profitability. This role will partner closely with the Stellarus finance team, and the Ascendiun financial systems team to define the systems build needed to generate product and customer profit and loss statements. This role will also partner closely with the product management team to help driver pricing decisions, and support requests for proposal and corporate development transactions.
Your Knowledge and Experience
Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Requires at least 10 years of prior relevant experience
Requires prior experience with product financials
Requires prior experience in a technology startup or similar type of environment
Prior experience with M&A transactions, as well as joint ventures and partnerships a plus
Prior experience with transition services agreements a plus
Experience growing new businesses with a larger entity a plus
Your Work
In this role, you will:
Monitor and measure cash flow and product and customer profitability
Collect and evaluate data, develop and maintain financial models, analyze results and conduct scenario analysis to forecast balance sheet, cash flow and profit/loss
Reconcile data results from different sources and combine them into integrated reports spanning product, customer and entity
Participate in internal workgroups and committees to provide analytical insight and support for the implementation and enhancement of new programs, products, and services
Own and develop product costing to include cost allocation and direct cost assignment
Drive product pricing in partnership with the product management team considering margin as well as competitive position
Support corporate development transactions from a finance standpoint, and support request for proposal and other partner projects
Lead and drive, in partnership with the financial systems team, creation of product and customer profit and loss statements
Identify cost savings provided by Stellarus for purposes of internal and external reporting
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