Description

The hiring range for this role is:

This is the lowest to highest salary we , in good faith , believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting . We may ultimately pay more or less than the hiring range and t his hiring range may also be modified in the future. A candidate's position within the hiring range may be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, relevant experience, skills, seniority, performance, shift, travel requirements, and business or organizational needs. This job is also eligible for annual bonus incentive pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, 11 holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, generous 401(k) matching , lifestyle spending account and m any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

This role serves as a trusted advisor to the Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO), driving strategic planning, prioritization, and cross-functional alignment across the technology organization. Leads a strategic and operational execution team supporting the CITO and drives enterprise strategic execution by translating IT and Technology priorities into clear roadmaps, governance, and measurable outcomes. This role oversees the portfolio of strategic initiatives, aligns across the IT and Technology teams, and ensures cross-functional alignment, risk management, and disciplined delivery. It is both a thought partner to the CITO and Executive Vice President, Blue Health Intelligence team and an operator who builds mechanisms for execution, visibility, and accountability across the organization. This role will be the liaison between technology and business operations to ensure enterprise priorities align with technology initiatives.

The posting range for this position is:

$307,200 - $460,800

Strategic Advisor

• Serves as the key advisor to the CITO, supporting strategic planning, prioritization, executive communication and cross-functional alignment across the technology org.
  
• Manages and orchestrates the CITO's strategic priorities, ensuring focus on high-impact initiatives, decisions, and enterprise outcomes
  
• Drives execution of operational initiatives that advance organizational goals, ensuring clear alignment to strategic objectives and measurable outcomes.
  

Strategic Execution & Portfolio Governance

• Translates strategy into portfolio roadmaps, OKRs, and cross-functional delivery plans with clear owners, timelines and success metrics.
  
• Establishes and runs governance across transformational technology and IT programs (including AI and Blue Card technology priorities)
  

Business Operations Laison

• Acts as the central point of integration between technology and business operations, ensuring alignment and transparency between enterprise priorities, technology initiatives and programs.
  
• Partners with Business Operations to lead data governance processes, ensuring coordination between Technology and Business Operations governance forums
  
• Drives operational excellence within the technology organization to support business operations
  
• Partners with business leaders to translate operational needs into technology solutions that drive efficiency, scalability and optimal customer experience
  
• Aligns technology investments with enterprise KPIs
  
• Works collaborative and cross-functionally with segment and business strategy leaders to stay aligned, informed and interdependent on critical major milestones across both teams
  
• Facilitates joint planning sessions between IT and business units to synchronize roadmaps, dependencies, and resource allocation
  
• Monitor and report on business impact of technology initiatives
  

Project/Program Management

• Manages the CITO operating cadence, leadership meetings, agendas, decision tracking and follow through
  
• Coordinates technology communications, strategy updates, quarterly progress aligned with enterprise management process and board governance
  
• Supports board and executive committee interactions related to technology strategy, cybersecurity, and digital transformation
  
• Oversees critical programs and managed service vendors
  
• Coaches IT leaders and program owners on execution discipline and change leadership while championing continous improvement
  
• Support budget management, reporting and tracking in partnership with finance
  
• Builds and leads a high performing team and supports CITO cross functionally in maintaining high performance across all departments with technology and IT
  
  

• Strong understanding of AI/ML technologies, technology governance, cloud, architecture, digital platforms
  
• Strength in execution, a drive for results and a commitment to excellence and follow-through using robust organizational skills, program management, collaboration and communication
  
• Articulate and succinct communication, including complex concepts, verbally and in writing, and use synthesized communications to drive execution and results.
  
• High EQ and a collaborative and trust-driven working style to quickly build relationships, internally and externally, to enable our work and culture.
  
• Executive presence and organization to support a team of senior leaders (internal to BCBSA and externally with BCBS Plans and otherwise) to ultimately achieve success, growth and results against mission and vision.
  
• Strategic thinking, including the ability to develop robust insights from various sources, grounded in data and objective analysis, with the ability to make concrete recommendations and outline clear action steps to enable results.
  
• Comfort with dynamic and sometimes ambiguous settings, showing the skill to bring a structured, proactive approach to prioritize and execute in partnership with fast-paced and dynamic leaders
  
• Ability to learn quickly and leverage critical thinking and perseverance to take initiatives, solve problems, operate with autonomy and succeed against outcomes with proactive management and communication
  
• Success in working at the intersection of AI and strategy, with the proven ability to integrate these areas effectively
  

Educational:

• Required - Bachelor's Degree ; or equivalent experience
  

Experience:

• Required - 12+ Years of experience in technology strategy, digital transformation, or enterprise technology leadership roles
  
• Required - Experience with AI strategy, including leading AI initiatives across the Enterprise
  
• Required - Experience working directly with C-Suite leaders and business stakeholders
  
• Required - Experience managing complex projects
  
• Preferred - Experience with Blues Plans