Government Program Analyst Jobs in Minnesota (NOW HIRING)

The Impact You Will Have

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is hiring a Manager of Government Submissions. The Manager of Government Submissions leads a high-performing team responsible for government submissions across BCBS MN's government programs - Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act (ACA). This position is responsible for supporting all data-driven initiatives concerning government submissions including our risk adjustment and quality programswhile leading, mentoring, and motivating a diverse team of business and data analysts. This role requires coordination with multiple stakeholders to implement and execute the accurate, complete, and truthful submission of data to multiple entities including vendors performing activities or analyses on our behalf, third-party data collection and submissions entities, and government bodies such as CMS, HHS, and DHS.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of Government Submissions experience and at least 3 years of direct people leadership experience. This individual will have significant Medicare experience as a core requirement, with broader experience across Medicaid and ACA preferred, and a solid understanding of healthcare data. This role requires hands-on experience with SQL, Power BI, and encounter data submissions. Strong leadership, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills are essential to support teams and ensure compliance in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop, lead, and provide strategic direction for a high-performing team responsible for the execution and day-to-day management of data submissions for ACA Commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid risk adjustment and quality programs.
• Oversee the development, implementation, and automation of business and reporting strategies concerning government submissions by partnering with key stakeholders to ensure their design, planning, and implementation needs are being met while ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives.
• Directresearch, analysis, and interpretation of risk adjustment and quality data and provide technical assistance to other departments including Underwriting, Government Programs, Finance, Network Management, Health Management, Sales and Marketing, Legal, and Senior Staff.
• Responsible for synthesizing complex findings into clear, compelling narratives that support strategic decision-making and stakeholder alignment.
• Review and maintain processes to assess and prevent data loss that may impact risk adjustment accuracy or quality programs.
• Engage, participate, and present in risk adjustment and quality strategic planning activities by partnering with internal stakeholders to develop strategies, goals, objectives and initiatives that align to corporate and divisional priorities.
• Manage the department, interviewing and hiring employees following required EEO and Affirmative Action guidelines, and ensure employees receive the proper training.
• Conduct performance evaluations, and is responsible for managing employees, including skill and career development, policy administration, discipline, employee relations and cost control.

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of related professional experience, with 3+ years of management experience. All relevant experience including work, education, transferable skills, and military experience will be considered.
• Excellent knowledge of Medicare Advantage and/or the ACA marketplace and understanding of CMS initiatives and reasoning.
• Expert level knowledge of SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS.
• Expert level knowledge of MS Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Word.
• Strong knowledge of data visualization software.
• Exceptional creative thinking, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong data analysis skills including ability to analyze and interpret data using SQL or comparable data tools and develop strategic recommendations.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, consultation, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Clearly and effectively communicates technical concepts, issues, and solutions to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to lead others and build relationships.
• Demonstrated delegation and management skills.
• High school diploma (or equivalency) and legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Mathematics, Computer Science, Health Science or Data Science.
• Experience leading Risk Adjustment submission teams in a health insurance companies, Healthcare providers, Healthcare technology and regulators (CMS, department of health, etc) and consulting companies.
• Experience leading HEDIS data collection and submissions.
• Knowledge of statistical software (R or SAS).