About Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. We are looking for dedicated and motivated individuals who share our vision of transforming healthcare. As a Blue Cross associate, you are joining a culture that is built on values of succeeding together, finding a better way, and doing the right thing. If you are ready to make a difference, join us.

The Impact You Will Have

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Product Consultant to join our Government Markets Product team! This position is responsible for leadership, planning, and strategic direction of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits products. You will support end-to-end supplemental benefit management including, but not limited to, working with vendors to support annual pricing, performance requirements, renewals, amendments, RFP development, and annual benefit readiness. You will also get the chance to develop and build out KPIs to help drive stakeholder decisions and alignment. Overall, the Product Consultant plays a critical role in driving the success of the team and ensuring that the organization is able to deliver high-quality healthcare services to its customers.

This role is hybrid, 2 days a week in office, out of Eagan, MN.

A Day in the Life:

• Lead the strategy execution for supplemental benefits on Medicare products.
• Develops the strategies, plans, and tactics in partnership with product managers and owners to drive profitable customer acquisition and retention which align with overall goals to achieve enrollment, revenue and profit performance and business goals.
• Analyzes data, develop KPIs and provides insights to support decision-making.
• Advances an integrated approach to identification and resolution of market trends in collaboration with Actuary, Vendor Management, Medicare Operations and other functional areas.
• Drives the discovery and validation of market problems and opportunities (both existing and future customers) and translates these to opportunities for the product.
• Directs the product line life cycle management and is responsible for the successful delivery, including re-stages, new offerings, and retirement of existing products, to meet the overall needs of the market and achieve the business and financial objectives.
• Leads the planning and execution with the integrated business design teams and the technical product managers to ensure that the product lines continue to evolve to create market differentiation and are executed in a seamless manner with operations and technical teams.
• Monitors and evaluates the product line performance including market share, profitability, growth, customer feedback and competitive insights.
• Advances strategies that support the overall segment plan, sector plan and corporate initiatives including health improvement, lowering healthcare costs and increasing individual engagement.
• Provides leadership to shape the work of their product line steering teams to support the overall segment goals (these teams include sales, government programs, marketing, research, and operations).
  

Nice to Have:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Product management discipline expertise preferred (ex. Pragmatic Marketing).
• Medicare Advantage knowledge

Required Skills and Experiences:

• 7+ years of related professional experience. All relevant experience including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience will be considered.
• 3 years' experience managing complex projects involving multiple team members and including task assignment, working with key customers (internal or external), managing teams and customer relationships and managing project deliverables.
• Excellent product line management skills and supporting project management skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, innovation, financial and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to communicate and collaborate with multiple audiences (internally – various levels of management; externally – healthcare professional, business people, and consumers).
• Proven experience in developing and executing winning product plans to deliver corporate objectives.
• Skilled at managing products through stage gate development process.
• Ability to drive results in a complex, often ambiguous, environment.
• Proven experience in managing products in a highly regulated environment while meeting overall corporate objectives.
• Self-directed, ability to manage multiple tasks and projects in a timely manner.
• Self- directed to expand industry best practices to extend to BCBSMN.
• Overnight travel may be required infrequently.
• High school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Compensation and Benefits:

Pay Range: $100,000.00 - $135,000.00 - $170,000.00 Annual

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position, including skills, ability, and knowledge the selected individual is bringing to the specific job.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401k
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• And more

To discover more about what we have to offer, please review our benefits page.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, we are committed to paving the way for everyone to achieve their healthiest life. Blue Cross of Minnesota is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains an Affirmative Action plan, as required by Minnesota law applicable to state contractors. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on any legally protected characteristic.

Individuals with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply, please contact us at: talent.acquisition@bluecrossmn.com.

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