Director, Government Relations - Hybrid

Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.

At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:

• Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week

• Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week

• Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month

• Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job

• Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building

Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week.

This position requires work and residency within the state of Arizona.

Purpose of the job

• Manages BCBSAZ’s government relations, corporate legislative affairs, and public policy activities on local, state and federal levels, involving local and state elected officials, Congress and key state and federal agencies.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Required Work Experience

• 3 years of management experience
• 8 years of experience in legislative processes with emphasis in insurance and healthcare policy.

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, public policy, or related field

Required Licenses

• N/A

Required Certifications

• N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Work Experience

• 10 years of experience in legislative processes with emphasis in insurance and healthcare policy.

Preferred Education

• Master’s degree in business administration, healthcare administration, public policy, or related field
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree

Preferred Certifications

• N/A

ESSENTIAL job functions AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify and present to management legislative issues that impact the corporation and spearhead corporate response. Develop corporate positions on public policy issues.
• Coordinate business strategy analysis of public policy and legislative issues that affect the corporation.  Supervise the development and execution of strategies to address those issues.
• Manage the corporation’s contract lobbyists and outside public policy consultants.
• Develop and implement internal and external communications on legislative and health policy issues.
• Maintain strong relationships with Arizona congressional delegation, governor, legislators, agency directors, and their staffs to effect public policy consistent with company position.
• Oversee communications with policymakers, testify in legislative committees and represent the corporation in all public policy-related meetings and hearings.
• Serve as corporation's representative to the BCBS Association on congressional and state legislative matters. Attend Association meetings on federal and state government relations, communicate company’s position.
• Serve as a liaison between corporation’s political action committee and candidates and political organizations. Generate PAC member interest in elections and politics. Develop a participation strategy for employees of the corporation who wish to become involved in the political process. Work with Finance and Legal Departments and outside consultant to ensure compliance with campaign finance laws.
• Represent corporation on public policy and legislative issues in the community.
• Secure appointment of BCBSAZ executives on executive and legislative committees considering health insurance or important business matters. Place corporate employees as speakers, panel members, consultants or members