Business Analyst, Experienced (Pharmacy Operations)
Blue Shield of California
Long Beach, CA · Posted November 13, 2026
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November 2026
- #2Best all-round cities for new graduates72 / 100 · of 100
- #2Best all-round cities for new graduates in the West Coast72 / 100 · of 39
- #3Cities that post pay most often53% · of 100
- #7Cities hosting the most business conferences in the West Coast8 conferences · of 17
- #8Best cities for manufacturing and industrial pay after cost of living$140k · of 35
- #11Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the West Coast1.1% · of 66
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
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- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
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About the job
Your Role
The Pharmacy Operations and Stabilization team provides end to end oversight of all Pharmacy benefit intent, quality assurance, testing, and production stabilization activities ensuring benefit changes are clearly defined, accurately validated, and effectively managed from issue identification through resolution within a matrixed environment. The Business Analyst, Experienced will report to the Manager, Business Analysis. In this role you will support translating pharmacy benefit intent into clear business requirements, assist with QA and testing efforts to validate benefit accuracy, and contribute to issue analysis and resolution across matrixed business, clinical, technical, and vendor teams.
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:
Provide analytical support through the analysis and interpretation of data in support of cross-functional business operations
Contribute to annual operating plans, capital budgets and forecasts, and build business cases for new business initiatives (cost/benefit analysis)
Develop, prepare and analyze reports for management review, and present to various levels of management
Define business requirements and provide analysis to increase operational efficiency
Analyze actual results against plan and forecast and recommend interventions where appropriate
Translate pharmacy benefit intent, business needs, and operational inputs into clear requirements, process flows, test scenarios, and supporting documentation
Support quality assurance and user acceptance testing by validating benefit configuration, documenting results, and coordinating defect resolution
Analyze production issues, trends, and root cause indicators to support timely triage, escalation, remediation, and prevention efforts
Partner with business, clinical, technical, and vendor teams to clarify requirements, resolve questions, and ensure alignment across implementation and stabilization activities
Maintain dashboards, trackers, reports, and issue documentation to support operational visibility, leadership updates, and decision-making
Your Knowledge and Experience
Bachelor’s degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience
Requires at least 3 years of prior relevant experience
Requires Experience developing business requirements, process documentation, test scenarios, or operational reporting
Experience supporting QA, UAT, production validation, issue triage, or root cause analysis in a cross-functional environment strongly preferred
Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills required
Healthcare, pharmacy benefit management, managed care, or claims/benefit configuration experience strongly preferred
Experience working with vendors, technical teams, or matrixed business partners to resolve operational issues experience strongly 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.