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Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives

Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.

To better serve our customers, we are fostering a culture that emphasizes employee growth, collaborative innovation, and inspired leadership. We are dedicated to creating an environment where employees can excel and where top talent is attracted, retained, and thrives. As a testament to these efforts, Premera has been recognized on the 2025 America's Dream Employers (https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-dream-employers/) list. Newsweek honored Premera as one of America's Greatest Workplaces (https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-greatest-workplaces-2024) , America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion (https://rankings.newsweek.com/americas-greatest-workplaces-diversity-2025) , and America's Greatest Workplaces For Mental Well-Being (https://rankings.newsweek.com/americas-greatest-workplaces-for-mental-well-being-2025) , Forbes ranked Premera among America’s Best Midsize Employers (https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-midsize-employers/?sh=58210f5e210f) for the fourth time.

Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/ .

Join us as a **Senior Healthcare Program Manager** , where you’ll lead cross-functional strategies and oversee transformative affordability initiatives in oncology and other key healthcare areas. You’ll be responsible for managing program operations, partnering with clinical and operational leaders, strengthening capabilities, and developing robust reporting to track progress. This position offers the opportunity to shape and expand high-visibility programs, directly influencing both strategy and operations across diverse healthcare domains. Your contributions will drive major affordability efforts, helping to make healthcare more accessible and reducing overall costs, while building programs that have a significant organizational impact.

What** **you’ll** **do:

+ Drive cross functional strategy for specific condition management programs

+ Oversee the day-to-day operations of the programs, managing tasks, resources, and timeline to meet deadlines and milestones

+ Work with clinical and operational leaders to build support and foster effective communication

+ Build and manage roadmap of capability enhancements for condition management programs and other key affordability initiatives

+ Support market scan and vendor assessments for capabilities and solution

+ Support implementation of new programs and capabilities

+ Build reporting that allows for oversight and management of the efficacy of programs

+ Collaborate with business partners such as legal and regulatory to ensure appropriate scope and considerations are included in project plans

+ Oversee and coordinate resources, ensuring accountability and effective collaboration across various teams to drive engagement.

+ Support teams in clarifying and negotiating ownership of program impacts and work with stakeholders to align on desired outcomes and responsibilities.

+ Lead research efforts and guide the team in defining and assessing the impact of changes, ensuring a smooth transition of responsibilities. Offer innovative solutions to help the team address and overcome program challenges.

+ Workcollaboratively with key stakeholders to evaluate and solve difficult problems that impact the overall success of the work efforts.

+ Monitor implementation goals and schedules. Drive solutions for problem-solving issues in order toachieve program goals.

+ Document activities and decisions and identify any gaps in processes, ensuring that solutions are found, communicated, and documented.

What** **you’ll** **bring:

+ Bachelor’s degree in business or the equivalent of (4) years business experience **(Required)**

+ (8) years of business management, project management or implementation management experience **(Required)**

+ (5) years of healthcare experience preferred

+ Demonstrated expertise in program management, including project planning, task coordination, and thriving in matrixed environments

+ Proven ability to excel in unstructured and ambiguous settings.

+ Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and communication skills

+ Ability to provide leadership and direction to team members from multiple areas while influencing successful outcomes.

+ Good negotiation skills with ability gain consensus on project elements and proven history of fostering teamwork and collaboration across multiple functional areas with competing priorities.

+ Ability to drive and deliver needed messaging and decision-making with all audiences, including leadership, and in all forms (e.g., written, verbal, developing and performing presentations).

Premera total rewards

Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:

+ Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.

+ Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.

+ Life and disability insurance.

+ Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.

+ Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.

+ Generous paid time off to reenergize.

+ Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

+ Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.

For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.

+ Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.

+ Free convenient on-site parking.

+ Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.

+ Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs and more.

+ Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.

+ Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.

Equal employment** **opportunity/affirmative** **action:

Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at [email protected] or via phone at 425-918-4785.

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.

The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.

National Plus Salary Range:

$109,000.00 - $185,300.00

_*National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska_ _._

We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. We’re committed to creating an environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.

At Premera, we make healthcare work better. By focusing on improving our customers’ experience purposefully and serving their needs passionately, we make the process easier, less costly, and more positive. Through empathy and advocacy, we change lives.

As the leading health plan in the Pacific Northwest, we provide comprehensive health benefits and services to more than 2 million customers, from individuals to Fortune 100 companies. Our services include innovative programs focused on health management, wellness, prevention, and patient safety. We deliver these programs through health, life, vision, dental, disability, and other related products and services.

Premera Blue Cross is headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, WA, with operations in Spokane and Anchorage. The company has operated in Washington since 1933 and in Alaska since 1952. With more than 80 years of experience in the region, we deliver innovation, choice, and expertise.