Strategic Planning and Performance, Consultant

Your Role
The Enterprise Portfolio Value Office (EPVO), part of the Office of the Chief Operating Officer, enables Blue Shield of California to deliver enterprise strategy, achieve measurable business value, and improve decision making through Lean Portfolio Management and value management best practices.

The Strategic Planning and Performance Consultant reports to a Senior Manager and plays a key role in shaping and operationalizing enterprise planning and performance management capabilities. This role partners closely with portfolio leaders, finance, and cross functional teams to ensure strategic priorities are clearly articulated, performance is transparently measured, and enterprise deliverables are executed with discipline.

This is a hands-on consulting role that balances analytical rigor, stakeholder influence, and execution-ideal for someone energized by ambiguity, complex problem solving, and executive level work that drives real business outcomes.

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 or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of progressive experience in strategic planning, portfolio management, management consulting, project/program management, or agile delivery
• Demonstrated experience influencing crossfunctional stakeholders and delivering results without formal authority
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear executive insights
• Proven ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fastchanging environments
• Experience supporting or leading enterpriselevel planning or roadmap development
• Track record of companywide or multifunction impact

Preferred experience:

• Lean Portfolio Management or value management practices
• Executivelevel storytelling and presentation development
• Health care, payer, or regulatedindustry experience (helpful but not required)

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.