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Remote Director, Healthcare jobs are open across the U.S. at remote-first firms, distributed health tech companies, and national healthcare organizations that run fully distributed leadership teams. Employers hiring remotely right now include Huron Consulting, ServiceNow, and Aramark, across sectors from managed care and digital health to population health management and health system consulting. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Your Role
The Network and Provider Partnerships organization is responsible for advancing innovative healthcare delivery models that improve quality, affordability, provider performance, and member experience across Blue Shield of California's network. The Director, Healthcare Delivery will report to the Sr. Director of Network Strategy and work in close partnership with the Network Strategy, Clinical Operations, Pharmacy, Digital Health, and Population Health leaders. In this role you will bring a unique combination of health plan experience, network management, clinical operations expertise, provider partnership leadership, digital health transformation, and value-based care innovation. You will demonstrate ability to successfully translate strategy into scalable healthcare delivery models that improve member outcomes, provider performance, and affordability.
Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Strategize Health Care Delivery
- Participate in the development (with the Sr. Director of Network Strategy) and lead execution of enterprise healthcare delivery strategies aligned to organizational objectives
- Develop strategic business cases, implementation of roadmaps, and executive recommendations for healthcare delivery transformation initiatives
- Partner with Network Strategy and Provider Partnerships leadership to establish long-term healthcare delivery priorities and implementation plans to carry out strategies for Network Management
- Partner/collaborate - Provider Digital Transformation
- Partner with Ancillary contracting and provider organizations to develop and implement provider-facing and consumer-facing digital health strategies
- Advance digital capabilities that improve care navigation, access, engagement, and provider experience
- Collaborate with Digital Health, Clinical Operations, and Technology teams to implement innovative digital solutions across the provider network
- Monitor adoption, performance, and outcomes of digital initiatives and recommend enhancements
- Develop Center of Excellence (COE)
- Execute strategy, development, governance, and implementation of enterprise COE
- Collaborate to execute on the design of provider participation standards, quality requirements, operational models, and performance measures
- Implement organizational strategies for programs such as Transplant, Cell & Gene Therapy, and Pharmacy Reimagined
- Collaborate to execute care delivery models supporting specialized and complex healthcare services
- Lead Cross-Functionally
- Facilitate collaboration across Network Strategy, Network Management, Provider Partnerships, Clinical Operations, Pharmacy, Digital Health, Population Health, Medical Management, and Finance
- Influence executive leadership, provider organizations, and key stakeholders without direct authority
- Serve as an execution expert on healthcare delivery innovation and transformation
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree. Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Nursing, or related field is preferred
- Requires 10 years of prior relevant experience in healthcare leadership, leading healthcare transformation, network strategy, healthcare delivery innovation, or provider performance initiatives. Building and implementing enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and operational programs, as well as developing executive-level business cases, strategic plans, and performance reporting
- Requires 6 years of prior people management experience with direct responsibility for supervising, coaching, and evaluating direct reports
- Experience working in network management, clinical operations, health plan, provider organization, or integrated delivery system experience is preferred
- Experience developing and scaling provider-focused digital health or consumer experience initiatives is preferred
- Strong knowledge of healthcare operations, value-based care, population health, and provider partnership models
- Knowledge of specialty care delivery models, including transplant services, cell and gene therapy, and specialty pharmacy is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs within highly matrixed organizations Strong analytical, financial, communication, and stakeholder management skills
-
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 THE TEAM
About Blue Shield of California
As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.
At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.
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.
Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair360 as a Top Regional Company, and one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities – join us!
Our Values:
- Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
- Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
- Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.
Our Workplace Model
We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:
For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.
The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.
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.
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.
Your Role
The Network and Provider Partnerships organization is responsible for advancing innovative healthcare delivery models that improve quality, affordability, provider performance, and member experience across Blue Shield of California's network. The Director, Healthcare Delivery will report to the Sr. Director of Network Strategy and work in close partnership with the Network Strategy, Clinical Operations, Pharmacy, Digital Health, and Population Health leaders. In this role you will bring a unique combination of health plan experience, network management, clinical operations expertise, provider partnership leadership, digital health transformation, and value-based care innovation. You will demonstrate ability to successfully translate strategy into scalable healthcare delivery models that improve member outcomes, provider performance, and affordability.
Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.
Your Work
In this role, you will:
- Strategize Health Care Delivery
- Participate in the development (with the Sr. Director of Network Strategy) and lead execution of enterprise healthcare delivery strategies aligned to organizational objectives
- Develop strategic business cases, implementation of roadmaps, and executive recommendations for healthcare delivery transformation initiatives
- Partner with Network Strategy and Provider Partnerships leadership to establish long-term healthcare delivery priorities and implementation plans to carry out strategies for Network Management
- Partner/collaborate - Provider Digital Transformation
- Partner with Ancillary contracting and provider organizations to develop and implement provider-facing and consumer-facing digital health strategies
- Advance digital capabilities that improve care navigation, access, engagement, and provider experience
- Collaborate with Digital Health, Clinical Operations, and Technology teams to implement innovative digital solutions across the provider network
- Monitor adoption, performance, and outcomes of digital initiatives and recommend enhancements
- Develop Center of Excellence (COE)
- Execute strategy, development, governance, and implementation of enterprise COE
- Collaborate to execute on the design of provider participation standards, quality requirements, operational models, and performance measures
- Implement organizational strategies for programs such as Transplant, Cell & Gene Therapy, and Pharmacy Reimagined
- Collaborate to execute care delivery models supporting specialized and complex healthcare services
- Lead Cross-Functionally
- Facilitate collaboration across Network Strategy, Network Management, Provider Partnerships, Clinical Operations, Pharmacy, Digital Health, Population Health, Medical Management, and Finance
- Influence executive leadership, provider organizations, and key stakeholders without direct authority
- Serve as an execution expert on healthcare delivery innovation and transformation
Your Knowledge and Experience
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree. Master’s degree in Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Nursing, or related field is preferred
- Requires 10 years of prior relevant experience in healthcare leadership, leading healthcare transformation, network strategy, healthcare delivery innovation, or provider performance initiatives. Building and implementing enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and operational programs, as well as developing executive-level business cases, strategic plans, and performance reporting
- Requires 6 years of prior people management experience with direct responsibility for supervising, coaching, and evaluating direct reports
- Experience working in network management, clinical operations, health plan, provider organization, or integrated delivery system experience is preferred
- Experience developing and scaling provider-focused digital health or consumer experience initiatives is preferred
- Strong knowledge of healthcare operations, value-based care, population health, and provider partnership models
- Knowledge of specialty care delivery models, including transplant services, cell and gene therapy, and specialty pharmacy is preferred
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional programs within highly matrixed organizations Strong analytical, financial, communication, and stakeholder management skills
-
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 THE TEAM
About Blue Shield of California
As of January 2025, Blue Shield of California became a subsidiary of Ascendiun. Ascendiun is a nonprofit corporate entity that is the parent to a family of organizations including Blue Shield of California and its subsidiary, Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan; Altais, a clinical services company; and Stellarus, a company designed to scale healthcare solutions. Together, these organizations are referred to as the Ascendiun Family of Companies.
At Blue Shield of California, our mission is to create a healthcare system worthy of our family and friends and sustainably affordable. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.
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.
Blue Shield is a U.S. News Best Company to work for, a Deloitte U.S. Best Managed Company and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace. We were recognized by Fair360 as a Top Regional Company, and one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the United States by Points of Light. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities – join us!
Our Values:
- Honest. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
- Human. We strive to listen and communicate effectively, showing empathy by understanding others' perspectives.
- Courageous. We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.
Our Workplace Model
We believe in fostering a workplace environment that balances purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility - providing clear expectations while respecting the diverse needs of our workforce. Our workplace model is designed around intentional in-person interaction, collaboration, connection, creativity and flexibility:
For most teams, this means coming into the office two days per week.
Employees living more than 50 miles from an office location, out of state employees, and employees in certain member-facing roles should work with their manager to determine in-office time based on business need.
For employees with medical conditions that may impact their ability to work in-office, we are committed to engaging in an interactive process and providing reasonable accommodations to ensure their work environment is conducive to their success and well-being.
The Company reserves the right to require more presence in the office based on business needs, and requirements are subject to change with periodic reviews.
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.
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.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Marketing & Advertising
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote Director, healthcare jobs.
- Five or more years of progressive leadership experience in a healthcare setting
- Bachelor's or master's degree in healthcare administration, nursing, or a clinical field
- Demonstrated experience managing budgets, staffing, and operational performance metrics
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements including CMS, Joint Commission, and HIPAA standards
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems and healthcare analytics platforms
- Relevant clinical or administrative licensure such as RN, LNHA, or FACHE preferred
Tips for Your Remote Director, Healthcare Job Search
Show your async leadership style clearly
Remote healthcare director roles require managing teams without hallway conversations. Highlight examples of written project updates, async decision-making, and distributed team management in your resume and cover letter so hiring managers can see you lead effectively at a distance.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote director, healthcare openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly. Applying within the first few days of a posting going live increases your chances before the pool grows.
Target remote-first healthcare organizations specifically
Remote director roles at digital health companies and telehealth platforms are often fully distributed by design, not retrofitted. These employers have built the infrastructure for remote leadership, which means fewer friction points and clearer expectations for candidates coming in remotely.
Prepare for structured written interviews
Many remote healthcare employers replace or supplement video calls with written screening exercises, case briefs, or async video responses. Practice articulating your clinical or operational reasoning in writing before interviews, since your written clarity is itself a job skill being evaluated.
Remote Director, Healthcare Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote director, healthcare job?
Remote director, healthcare roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strategic leadership without in-person oversight. Remote employers screen for strong written communication, proven ability to manage distributed teams, and experience owning outcomes independently. Candidates who document their work in writing, show comfort with async collaboration tools, and can speak to measurable results they drove with minimal supervision stand out clearly.
Which companies hire remote director, healthcares?
Companies hiring remote director, healthcares right now include Huron Consulting, ServiceNow, and Aramark, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first digital health companies, national managed care organizations, and health tech firms that run distributed leadership teams.
Can you get a remote director, healthcare job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level director roles are harder to land because you must demonstrate leadership and independent judgment from day one with no on-site mentorship. Health tech startups and telehealth companies occasionally hire emerging leaders remotely. Showing documented project ownership, strong written communication, and familiarity with distributed team workflows can open doors when formal experience is limited.
Do you need a degree for remote director, healthcare jobs?
Usually, but the weight of a degree depends on the employer. Many remote healthcare director roles expect at least a bachelor's in a health-related field, and some prefer a master's or clinical credential. Remote employers also weigh demonstrated program leadership, measurable outcomes, and subject-matter depth heavily, so a strong results record can offset a less traditional educational background.
Which industries hire the most remote director, healthcares?
Most remote director, healthcare openings sit in Technology & Software, Marketing & Advertising, and Consulting & Professional Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire director, healthcares remotely because their organizations operate distributed care delivery, compliance, or consulting teams that require centralized leadership across multiple geographies.
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