Product Manager, Consultant

Job Description
Your Role
The Digital Member Experience team is reimagining our digital customer experience and leading the transformation of the healthcare industry. The Product Manager, Consultant will report to the Sr. Manager, Product Management – Digital Member Experience.

In this role you will leverage your expertise in Product Management and consumer experiences to help us define the short-term and long-term product roadmaps, collaborate with internal business partners on product deliverables, and work with cross-functional teams in a fast paced, agile environment. You will be responsible for managing product development deliverables such as requirements documentation, analytics, design reviews, implementation, and delivery.

Platform Knowledge: We are seeking a seasoned Product Manager with deep expertise in both web and mobile application development. The ideal candidate will bring a strategic mindset to mobile app innovation, with a strong command of native mobile experiences and a proven ability to drive user-centric solutions across platforms.

Responsibilities
Your Work
In this role, you will:

• Determine and analyze KPIs at a product level to establish experience success, failures, and next steps through iteration
• Conduct secondary market research
• Write detailed user stories and acceptance criteria covering multiple user-types
• Utilize tools for basic analytics to inform product decisions and show measurable outcomes of product releases
• Utilize and synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to continuously drive product improvements
• Communicate user needs hypothesis to ensure desired product outcomes
• Exhibits natural and intuitive user empathy
• Effectively organize and lead brainstorming sessions
• Understand and drive User Research, UX to design and craft quality experiences
• Advise and collaborate on test creation and setup

Qualifications
Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, public health, or information technology
• Requires at least 6 years of prior relevant experience in product management consulting or entrepreneurship
• Requires at least 3 years of experience delivering feature enhancements on native mobile app platforms (iOS and Android)
• Requires the ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams without authority
• Requires ability to perform as a product area SME to educate others of product
• Requires experience in an agile software development environment, with rapid feedback loops and quick release cycles
• Outstanding public speaking and presentation skills, including written communication

About The Team
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 isa 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:
At Blue Shield of California and the Ascendiun Family of Companies, we believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. As we continue to evolve our workplace model, our focus remains on creating spaces where our people can connect with purpose – whether working in the office or through a hybrid approach – by providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce.

Two Ways of Working:

• Hybrid (Default): Work from a business unit-approved office at least two (2) times per month (for roles below Director-level) or once per week (for Director-level roles and above).Exceptions:
• Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.
• Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.
• 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.
• On-Site: Work from a business unit-approved office an average of four (4) or more days a week.

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.