Benefits Portfolio Product Manager (Oakland or Burbank, CA) Job in Oakland, California US
Benefits Portfolio Product Manager (Oakland or Burbank, CA)
Responsible for the design and maintenance of Kaiser Permanente's benefit policies and portfolio of health benefits available for sale. Role includes both National policy development and application to the California benefits portfolio. This position requires a proactive, creative and critical thinker who is constantly assessing and finding opportunities for improving Kaiser's portfolio of benefits and overall benefits administration. Essential Functions: Stay abreast of competitive market and industry trends in health care benefits and plan designs, including fully-insured and self-funded. Analyze National and Regional markets to ensure that Kaiser's offerings are competitive across the industry and to champion development of future benefit capabilities. Own development lifecycle for new benefit requests: Determine objectives and set priorities for enhancements to the full benefit portfolio as well as meeting custom requests for specific customers. Develop business case for key benefits and benefit designs. Maintain performance metrics for assigned portfolio. Collaborate with Product/Lines of Business/Sales Channel to identify benefit portfolio enhancements and meet needs of respective markets. Support maintenance of Kaiser's benefit compliance by partnering with Legal/Regulatory to address state and federal mandates including Health Care Reform and CMS/Medicare. Lead cross functional teams to meet policy development and implementation project timelines. Ensure successful requirements definition, benefit design, solution development, and approvals. Drive benefit changes through Health Plan and Medical Group governance bodies to ensure adherence to organizational goals, benefit guardrails and medical group philosophy and standards. Present recommendations, and provide supporting analysis for project sponsors and steering committees. Regularly interact with management or executive levels to inform, frame, and influence benefit policy decisions. May manage the efforts of direct and indirect reports. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor degree or 4 additional years of equivalent work experience is required. -Minimum of 8years of marketing, product management, health care industry, or benefits experience. - Strong analytical abilities. Ability to understand and frame complex business problems, apply analytical skills to develop solutions and build a business case for change. -Strong communication and collaboration skills. Experience working across functions and influencing decision making at senior levels of the organization. Preferred Qualifications: - Knowledge of health care industry and trends preferred. - Knowledge of KP benefit offerings and systems preferred. - Master's degree. - Knowledge of project management tools and methods.