Technical Delivery Lead, Consultant

Your Work

• In this role, you will: 
• Own end-to-end delivery for directly owned and executed strategic initiatives – from intake and scoping through implementation and formal closure – ensuring scope, schedule, and quality targets are met
• Track and actively manage cross-functional programs in coordination with business and platform teams, surfacing risks, resolving blockers, and maintaining accurate status on behalf of Technical Delivery
• Produce and maintain delivery artifacts including project plans, RAID logs, milestone trackers, and executive status decks aligned to Stellarus and BSC reporting standards
• Facilitate structured working sessions, sprint reviews, stakeholder alignment meetings, and executive briefings; serve as the primary TD point of contact for assigned platform towers
• Apply AI tools and prompt engineering (including Claude/Anthropic ecosystem and Microsoft Copilot) to accelerate delivery workflows – including automated status summarization, risk narrative development, decision documentation, and meeting preparation
• Champion responsible AI adoption within the team; contribute to emerging AI delivery frameworks, playbooks, and best practices across the Technical Delivery organization
• Coordinate with Release & SCM management on change management requirements and release readiness for managed programs
• Identify systemic delivery impediments and escalate proactively to management with structured problem framing and recommended paths forward
• Maintain delivery classification integrity for assigned work; flag scope or ownership changes as initiative needs evolve

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional experience in lieu of a degree
• 7 years of prior relevant experience in technology project or program delivery, delivery management, or a closely related discipline
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
• Financial literacy required to help maintain project budgets 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated experience preparing executive-facing materials (status decks, briefings, escalation memos)
• Proficiency with AI tools and prompt engineering – active experience using LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) to improve delivery quality, throughput, and documentation
• Working knowledge of at least one delivery framework (Agile/Scrum, SAFe, Waterfall, or hybrid); ability to adapt approach to initiative needs
• Comfort operating in ambiguity; proven ability to create structure, establish cadence, and drive clarity where none yet exists
• Healthcare technology experience (payer, provider, or health tech services) – preferred, not required
• Familiarity with cloud modernization, enterprise SaaS, or platform migration programs – preferred
• Experience with JIRA, Smartsheet, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery tooling – preferred
• PMP, SAFe, or equivalent delivery certification – preferred

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.

About Stellarus and the Ascendiun Family of Companies

Stellarus, launched in January 2025, is designed to scale innovative healthcare solutions that support customers in creating a health care experience deserving of their family, friends, and neighbors.    
 
Stellarus is part of a family of organizations that is overseen by a nonprofit corporate entity named Ascendiun. The Ascendiun Family of Companies also includes Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan and Altais, a clinical services company. 

Stellarus’ vision is to empower its customers to create a healthcare experience that is worthy of their family, friends, and neighbors. Stellarus’ objective is to offer innovative, modern, scalable solutions that challenge the health care status quo. This very closely aligns with Blue Shield of California’s vision by using innovation to improve quality, affordability, and experience for members.   

To achieve our mission, we foster an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute fully to address the needs of the various communities we serve. We are committed to creating and maintaining a supportive workplace that upholds our values and advances our goals.

Our Values: 

At Stellarus, our core values of agility, trust, drive, courage and service shape our approach to developing innovative product offerings.

Physical Requirements:

Office Environment - roles involving part to full time schedule in Office Environment. Based in our physical offices and work from home office/deskwork - Activity level: Sedentary, frequency most of work day.

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest records and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, State and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability status and any other classification protected by Federal, State and local laws.