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Our purpose, to improve customers’ lives by making healthcare work better, is far from ordinary. And so are our employees. Working at Premera means you have the opportunity to drive real change by transforming healthcare.

To better serve our customers, we are fostering a culture that emphasizes employee growth, collaborative innovation, and inspired leadership. We are dedicated to creating an environment where employees can excel and where top talent is attracted, retained, and thrives. As a testament to these efforts, Premera has been recognized on the 2025 America's Dream Employers list. In 2024, Newsweek honored Premera as one of America's Greatest Workplaces, America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, and America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing. Additionally in 2024, Forbes ranked Premera among America’s Best Midsize Employers for the fourth time.

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The Senior Business Manager, Mental Health Parity partners with executive leadership to manage the development and execution of strategic planning and initiatives for the division. This role applies business expertise, systems thinking, analytical capability and program/project management, to anticipate and plan for long-term needs and trends. This role engages and consults with all levels of the division and Premera, to develop and deliver on new business strategies, projects and programs, providing regular updates to senior leaders on progress. Guides and mentors others to ensure business efficiency and effectiveness, and is recognized across the company as the division’s lead in driving functional and/or technical strategy.

What you will bring:

• Consult and work with executive management to identify key business issues, outline strategic alternatives, and recommend effective solutions.
• Manage division planning process and performs independent analyses for a broad array of complex issues across disciplines and functional areas. Identifies and recommends suggested action steps based on analytic results, makes recommendations to senior management.
• Manage execution of division strategic plan deliverables, including development of department-level goals, objectives and roadmaps.
• Lead the integration of large enterprise projects and programs by development of project team objectives, implementation of team, managing risk and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and outcomes. Provide status updates, ad-hoc strategic and planning discussions, and post project assessment.
• Work closely with leadership/and team associates to design, implement, and operate new programs and/or enhancements.
• Demonstrate a breadth of knowledge across all lines of Premera’s business and provides subject matter expertise in division programs, business processes across the company.
• With leadership partners, establishe governance structures, cost-benefit analysis, ROI, and performance metrics.
• Lead and motivate teams and maintains high quality cross-group relationships.
• In partnership with Corporate Communications, establishe proper organizational communication strategy and, as needed, provides proactive project communications.
• Increase team performance and inter-departmental collaboration.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Healthcare Administration or related field of study or four (4) years' work experience (Required).
• Eight (8) years of experience in developing, implementing, training and supporting new or existing strategic programs and processes. Which includes: Eight (8) years of experience in program, project, and change management or a combination of the three (Required).
• Experience in reading and understanding regulations and working with regulators.
• Knowledge of Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and its implementing regulations.
• Experience in audits, specifically regulatory audits.
• Experience in professional services consulting.
• Master's degree in Business.

Premera total rewards

Our comprehensive total rewards package provides support, resources, and opportunities to help employees thrive and grow. Our total rewards are more than a collection of perks, they're a reflection of our commitment to your health and well-being. We offer a broad array of rewards including physical, financial, emotional, and community benefits, including:

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums.

• Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and, believe it or not, a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service.

• Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents, including counseling services, stress management programs, and mindfulness programs, just to name a few.

• Generous paid time off to reenergize.

• Looking for continuing education? We have tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

• Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more.

For our hybrid employees, our on-campus model provides flexibility to create your own routine with access to on-site resources, networking opportunities, and team engagement.

• Commuter perks make your trip to work less impactful on the environment and your wallet.

• Free convenient on-site parking.

• Subsidized on-campus cafes make lunchtime connections with colleagues fun and affordable.

• Engaging on-site events and activities include food trucks, health and wellness, DEI and disaster preparedness fairs, coffee connects, and more.

• Our complementary fitness & well-being center offers both in-person and virtual workouts and nutritional counseling.

• Need a brain break? Challenge someone to a game of shuffleboard or ping pong while on campus.

Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action:

Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785.

The pay for this role will vary based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographic location, market conditions, and specific skills and experience.

The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range.

National Plus Salary Range:

*National Plus salary range is used in higher cost of labor markets including Western Washington and Alaska.

We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all. We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.