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IT Systems Analyst, Consultant

Blue Shield of CA
Oakland, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/14/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/14/2026

Your Role

The IT Systems Analyst, Consultant role is responsible for end to end capability planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the vision and roadmap for an area of capability, ensuring application scalability, gap identification, improvement through automation and working closely with applications engineering, enterprise architecture, suppliers as well as key business stakeholders to ensure business goals are met without sacrificing quality or compliance with key non-functional requirements (security, scalability, operability, unit cost, etc).This position reports to the Sr. Manager/Care Management & Quality Platform Team in Woodland Hills.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow - personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience

  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, MBA preferred
  • Requires at least 7 years of directly related professional experience and deep technical abilities in one or more primary products, programs or technologies, preferably implementing and supporting health solutions for a large enterprise
  • Ability to drive Strategic Capability Planning processes
  • Knowledge of Six Sigma and Design Thinking methodologies is desirable
  • Strong knowledge and practice experience working with Agile Methodologies
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Demonstrated success delivering solutions from initiation to production
  • Experience leading organizations through complex change highly desirable
  • Experience working with Epic Payer Platform is a plus
  • Strong conflict management skills are necessary
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams without formal authority
  • Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
  • Healthcare experience strongly preferred
  • Must have experience managing suppliers
  • Must be willing to travel on occasion

Hybrid

This role requires employees to be in-office based on our hybrid workplace model, balancing purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility. For most teams, this means coming into the office two days each week.

Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location will work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.


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.

 

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