Your Role
The People and Engagement (P&E) Enterprise Planning, Principal will report to the Director, P&E Strategy and Planning. In this role you will support the creation, ongoing execution and reporting of P&E's enterprise-impacting plans and initiatives, and maintain alignment with our people strategy and P&E annual planning efforts. This will include Blue Shield's human capital and strategic workforce planning processes, select high-priority initiatives that have organization-wide impacts and interdependencies, and the systems that support these efforts. The role is cross-functional and will have frequent collaboration with stakeholders across the P&E team, enterprise planning community and other leadership.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Lead Blue Shield's annual human capital planning process for 7000+ full-time employees across all business units, in coordination with the planner, people strategy, HR business partner and finance teams; own the leadership-level reporting of plan performance and partner with Analytics and Reporting teams on data and dashboarding capabilities
- Own, maintain and improve the position management and related workforce planning systems that facilitate Blue Shield's human capital management, collaborating with P&E Tech and enterprise IT teams on enhancements
- Manage the proposal and ongoing review process for P&E's strategic and enterprise operational initiatives (including financial requirements and operational milestones)
- Partner with Human Resources Business Partners to identify, approve and manage the workforce required to execute on Blue Shield's unique, strategically-funded enterprise initiatives
- Collaborate with business unit planners to identify and prepare P&E-team-based support and thought partnership for initiatives (e.g., change management, talent acquisition, learning and training)
- Research best practices, industry trends and new innovations regarding strategic workforce planning that drives P&E's continued maturity in this space, including contingent workforce planning opportunities
- Be responsible for planning and implementation of complex programs spanning across business areas which encompass multiple projects and initiatives
- Ensure strategic direction of programs are in line, and design strategies for alignment with goals and objectives
- Be responsible for facilitating the annual strategic planning process, in partnership with current P&E Strategy and Planning leaders
- Work in conjunction with financial partners to complete business planning and forecasting
- Manage budget planning as part of the annual budget cycle, in partnership with P&E Planning leaders
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- Requires at least 10 years of prior relevant experience, with a focus on-
- Strategic workforce planning and position management
- Program and project management
- Senior-leadership-level communication (verbal and written)
- Interdisciplinary team, stakeholder, and initiative management
- Requires the ability to operate autonomously with limited oversight, and think proactively around next steps for achieving goals and creating value
- Requires experience managing complex cross-functional partnerships within and across business units
- Requires the ability to think strategically and problem-solve complex, dynamic issues
- Requires the ability to develop streamlined and polished content for a wide range of audiences (PowerPoint decks, financial and analytical presentations, leadership dashboards, operating initiative progress reports, etc.)
- Requires ability to maintain high levels of organization in the face of a changing environment or priorities
- Knowledge of change management principles and practices preferred
- Competency across Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word), Oracle, and Airtable products preferred
- Healthcare experience strongly preferred
- Master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration or similar field preferred
Pay Range:
The pay range for this role is: $ 145970.00 to $ 218900.00 for California.
Note:
Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.