Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is one of the most recognized and trusted health care brands in the world with 2.9 million members. We’re committed to reinventing health care to improve health for our members and the community. We hope you'll join us.

How Is This Role Important to Our Work?

This is a great opportunity to gain valuable HR experience and you will work on various enterprise talent initiatives. You will report to the Senior Director of Talent Strategy and work on projects that impact associate and leadership development, talent management, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. Collaboration, influencing, and execution skills are critical in this role. You will work closely with the Talent Strategy team and the Culture and Change team to implement programs to accelerate out high-performing culture and ensure, robust, diverse, and agile talent pipelines.

A Day in the Life:

• Provide project support to leadership programs, performance management, diversity and inclusion initiatives that drive talent retention, performance and development.

• Support the creation and deployment of leadership and associate development programming, processes and metrics. Identifying new and creative ways to drive development (i.e. podcasts, TikTok, other avenues, etc.)

• Evaluate new hire and new manager onboarding processes and recommend improvements to ensure a successful start at Stella.

• Support initiatives to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion best practices throughout all programs, processes, systems and programs.

• Analyze data to help us identify strengths, opportunities, and gaps in our offering. Partner with internal communication to highlight the teams work and progress.

• Remains abreast of current best practices. Ensure our solutions reflect strategic alignment of business priorities, leading-edge thinking, and proven effective practices in the industry.

Nice to Have:

• Previous career development and performance.

• Experience in other human resource roles (HRBP, talent analytics, HR operations, etc. )management experience and knowledge.

• Continuous learner to keep up with emerging trends and integrate latest evidence and insights in the industry.

• Experience and interest in DEI.

• Ability to maintain professional discretion and confidentiality.

• Execution of complex initiatives, processes and programs.

• Excellent communications and influencing skills.

• Excellent collaboration and project management skills.

• Analytical thinking, skilled at deriving insights from data and conceptualizing strategies to address business-critical issues.

• Ability to effectively work under pressure, handle highly sensitive issues and manage competing priorities.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• College student or recent college graduate.

Make a difference

Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross. Be part of a company that lets you be you — and make a healthy difference in people’s lives every day

Blue Cross is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer that values diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.

About Us

Chartered in 1933 as Minnesota’s first health plan, this company is one of the most recognized and trusted health care brands in the world. It has more members, the largest network of doctors, and more products and services than any other health plan in Minnesota.

Headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota with offices in North Minneapolis and Virginia and retail centers in Edina, Roseville and Duluth.

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