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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. Newsweek honored Premera as one of America's Greatest Workplaces, America's Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion, and America's Greatest Workplaces For Mental Well-Being, 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/.

Senior Business Manager

Are you ready to shape the future of our organization and drive meaningful impact? As the Senior Business Manager supporting the VP, Human Capital, you’ll serve as a strategic partner, supporting organizational effectiveness, talent development, employee experience, and priority initiatives.

Why Join Us?

• Represent an Employee-Centric Culture: You’ll have the opportunity to influence key decisions and help steer our company from “good” to “great” in a company that has a strong commitment to employee growth and satisfaction.
• Work with an Inspiring Leader: Partner directly with a passionate, empathetic leader who values authentic relationships and open, crucial conversations.
• Thrive in a Dynamic Environment: If you love variety and fast-paced challenges, you’ll excel here—adaptability and quick thinking are crucial for our success.
• Grow Your Strategic Skills: As a systems thinker, you’ll identify and address both upstream and downstream impacts, developing a holistic view of the business.
• Join a Caring, Close-Knit Team: Experience a workplace where colleagues genuinely support one another and are deeply committed to employee well-being.

What you will do:

Strategic Planning and Execution:

• Consult and partner with executive management to identify key business issues, outline strategic alternatives, and recommend effective solutions to align with Premera's strategic goals.
• Perform independent analyses for a broad array of complex issues across disciplines and functional areas. Identify and recommend suggested action steps based on analytic results, and make recommendations to senior management.

Communication and Presentation:

• Create, leverage, align, and integrate communication strategies and collateral. Collaborate with others to gain buy-in on programs and processes from business stakeholders.
• Shape sensitive messages and leader-level communications, propose wording, and merge drafts to land the right tone and messaging before distribution.

Project and Program Management:

• Lead the integration of priority projects and programs by developing project team objectives, managing risk, and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and outcomes.
• Partner closely with teams and leaders to design, implement, and operate new programs and/or enhancements.

Collaboration and Performance:

• Increase team performance and inter-departmental collaboration through contributing insights, leveraging resources, and providing support via scalable projects, programs, and/or initiatives.
• Partner with the Compliance and Ethics team to refine policies and guidelines, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in business, healthcare, or related field or four years of work experience.
• Eight years of experience in developing, implementing, training, and supporting new or existing strategic programs and processes.
• Eight years of program, project, or change management experience (or a combination of the three).
• Experience in human resources or a similar field is preferred.

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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.

• Participate in engaging on-site activities such as health and wellness events, coffee connects, disaster preparedness fairs 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 an environment where all employees are celebrated for their unique skills and contributions.