IT Product Manager, Consultant

Job Description

Your Role

The Payer Systems Applications team plays a critical role in enhancing customer and technical collaboration while delivering all application development through a Platform and Technology Product Operation Model. The IT Product Manager, Consultant will report to the IT Director, Solution & Delivery Lead. In this role you will be responsible for the development and support of complex technology solutions. This includes interfacing with IT, business, and vendor partners to understand and influence requirements and technical solutions that optimizing for cost, quality, and fit for purpose.

Responsibilities

Your Work

In this role, you will:

• Define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, partnering with across Application Platform and Feature teams supporting Provider Operations workflows
• Create, manage and prioritize product feature backlog
• Work closely with the Product team to deliver iterative deliverables to deliver business value
• Collaborate with cross functional product teams to assess impacts to as-is operations portfolio workflows
• Partner with the Solution Delivery lead, architects, Support team to solution design and support of requirements
• Research and analyze market to influence the technology roadmaps
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
• Provide technical leadership in designing and implementing large-scale, complex enterprise applications requiring high performance and availability

Qualifications

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and minimum 7 years of prior relevant experience
• Requires at least 3 years of directly related professional experience as a Product Manager/Product Owner in a Technology capacity
• Requires strong understanding of Agile delivery models and backlog management
• Requires excellent verbal / written communication, collaboration, analytical and presentation skills
• Requires good organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work with ambiguity and problem solving
• Preferred healthcare experience in provider operations or network management
• Desired experience with AI/ML concepts and tools

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About the Team

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.

Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company.

Stellarus' vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus' objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California's vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.

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.

Our Values:

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Our Workplace Model:

At Stellarus 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:

o Member-facing and approved out-of-state roles remain remote.

o Employees living more than 50 miles from their assigned offices are expected to work with their managers on a plan for periodic office visits.

o 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.