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Sr. Manager, Program and Project Management- Pharmacy Accounts and Sales Support

Blue Shield of CA
Oakland, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/7/2026

Your Role

The Pharmacy team provides pharmacy benefit management services and strategies to support Blue Shield of California's affordability and membership goals. The Sr. Manager, Program and Project Management will provide pharmacy accounts and sales support and will report to the Director, Pharmacy Services. In this role, you will support pharmacy membership growth and retention strategies and initiatives. Additionally, this role is responsible for the leadership of the pharmacy accounts and sales support team to support employer group account management and client renewal, as well as new membership acquisition activities for fully insured and self-funded pharmacy membership. This role will also play a critical part in supporting pharmacy products and initiative strategies development. 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.

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.

If you are in one of the states - outside CA- listed on the locations for this role, you will be remote. We are only able to hire from those specific locations.

If you are located in CA and within 50 miles of an office, you will be hybrid.

Your Knowledge and Experience

  • Requires a college degree or equivalent experience
  • Requires 10 years of prior relevant experience, including 4 years of management experience
  • Requires prior experience in presenting pharmacy program value and observations to clients, brokers, and consultants
  • Requires prior experience in pharmacy benefit client contracting with understanding of pharmacy contracting tactics and marketplace requirements
  • Excellent presentation, verbal, and written skills with the ability to understand and convey complex ideas to audience with diverse backgrounds is preferred
  • Strong business acumen with proven experience in strategy development and planning is preferred
  • Proficiency in MS Office, particularly MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel is preferred

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 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.

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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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