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Join Our Team: Do Meaningful Work and Improve People’s Lives

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.

Learn how Premera supports our members, customers and the communities that we serve through our Healthsource blog: https://healthsource.premera.com/.

As a Capability Product Group (CPG) Program Manager, you will provide program management services for business unit(s) and/or company-wide initiative(s) with oversight for small to medium-scale projects. Project durations will vary but could last approximately 1-12 months, and you may manage multiple projects at a time with supervision. You will be responsible for planning through implementation, applying standard project management methodologies to manage scope, budget, and timing.

This is a hybrid role on our campus in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and manage project plans for assigned projects, escalate conflicting priorities with other projects and/or matrixed team members, influence team members to successfully execute on plan, and track project costs.

• With guidance and coaching from leadership as required, evaluate and solve problems that impact the assigned project; escalate information and/or problems as needed.

• Develop and communicate expectations and success measures with team and partners, monitor process, progress, and results against success measures.

• Communicate both orally and in written forms (formal and informal), with project team and partners.

• May serve as team member on large-scale projects or programs.

• May maintain project budget.

• Operate in a highly technical environment.

• Appropriately engage teammates and leadership for direction.

What you’ll bring:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or (4) years of work experience.

• (3) years of project/program management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP Certificate.

• Healthcare industry knowledge.

• Experience working in different industries; demonstrated history of natural progression with responsibilities and/or project size/complexity.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to operate a computer in a Windows environment utilizing Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Exposure to SharePoint, Microsoft Project, and Visio.

• Must have a basic knowledge of the SDLC and how it relates to the project lifecycle method.

• Knowledge of project planning/management; able to develop and manage project plans; identify and secure needed resources; escalate conflicting priorities with other projects and matrixed team members; influence team members to successfully execute on plan.

• The ability to effectively communicate needed messaging and decisions with all project audiences in all forms (e.g., written, oral, developing, and performing presentations).

• Must have PPM tool experience in the PM role and have accountability for ensuring adherence with the project team.

• Must have exposure to multiple project management methods (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Lean).

• Experience with technology implementations and deployment of business systems.

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.