Executive Assistant, Experienced

Your Role

The ​Provider Network Management Team is responsible for the development, negotiation, implementation, and ongoing management of Blue Shield of California's provider contracting across California. The team oversees relationships and contractual arrangements with hospitals, health systems, medical groups, IPAs, and ACOs across Commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medi-Cal, and other government-sponsored programs. The ​Executive Assistant, Experienced, will report to the ​VP, Provider Network Management​. In this role you will serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external constituencies on all matters pertaining to the office of the executive and the leadership on the Provider Network Management Team. You will be the liaison to Network Strategy, Network Operations and Clinical Teams within Healthcare Quality & Affordability (HQA) Team; monitor and respond to emails, heavy scheduling and managing calendar meetings; organize and coordinate all travel and arrange special events and onsite/offsite events.

The Executive Assistant, Experienced must be creative, agile and nimble, and enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment that is member-driven, results-driven, and service-oriented. The ideal individual will have the ability to exercise good judgment and high level of discretion, with strong written and verbal communication, scrupulous administrative and organizational skills, and the ability to maintain balance among multiple competing priorities. The Executive Assistant, Experienced position requires the ability to work independently as well as within a team environment on projects from inception to completion and must be able to work under pressure to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.

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.

This person will be required to live within 50 miles of the Woodland Hills office. Hybrid in-office expectation will be 2x per week, 8x per month.

Your Knowledge and Experience

- ​​​​​​Requires a Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree
- Requires at least 3 years of prior relevant experience​ executive support
- Requires 3 years of prior scheduling meetings and traveling for at least 1 senior level manager
- Requires this person to live within 50 miles of the Woodland Hills office
- Requires experience working at a health plan (managed care, government payer, or academic)
- Requires ability to occasionally travel to offsite team events and/or meetings as needed​
- At least 3 years of experience supporting two or more leaders in a fast-paced professional environment desired
- ​​Requires expert proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including PowerPoint and electronic communications
- ​​Requires the ability to be both service-oriented and behind the scenes leader
- Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
- Possess excellent organizational skills and ability to design, set-up and manage internal processes and protocols
- Manage collaboratively and thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
- Possess a positive, can-do attitude and value continuous professional development; good judgement, attention to detail, keen sensitivity and responsiveness to executive's needs and requests​

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.