Executive Director – Rancho, Cucamonga, CA

Optum Behavioral Care, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Executive Director to join our team in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. As a member of the Optum Behavioral Care team, you’ll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

Explore opportunities at Optum Behavioral Care. We’re revolutionizing behavioral health care delivery for individuals, clinicians and the entire health care system. Together, we are bringing high-end medical service, compassionate care and industry leading solutions to our most vulnerable patient populations. Our holistic approach addresses the physical, mental and social needs of our patients wherever they may be – helping patients access and navigate care anytime and anywhere. We’re connecting care to create a seamless health journey for patients across care settings. Join our team, it’s your chance to improve the lives of millions while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As an Executive Director, you will manage  Optum Behavioral Care, including oversight of the clinical, operational, and financial performance all locations and staff under the brand. This includes, but is not limited to, interviewing and hiring staff, creating a collaborative culture across all teams, monitoring the center’s performance, building/center operations, and fostering strong partnerships across other departments to ensure we are providing the best care for those we serve.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Clinical & Operational Management: Oversee the daily operations of all locations, including care delivery, administrative functions and facility management. Maximizes financial and operational performance across key performance indicators; facilitates remediation plans if targets are missed
• Team Leadership: Manages teams across all locations, including workforce management, hiring and staffing, performance management and talent development for all staff members. Inspire and motivate teams to achieve their best performance
• Financial Management: Accountable for {brand} financial performance, including developing and managing monthly and yearly budgets in partnership with your financial partner and RVP
• Community Outreach: Facilitate community outreach and local marketing to drive referrals and partnerships
• Communication: Creates a collaborative culture for {brand]; facilitates meetings and discussions that ensure productive outcomes and team collaboration. Cascades and reinforces communications to ensure teams are informed of key initiatives and processes and other relevant updates
• Change Leadership: Champion changes across the team by effectively with consistent communication, encourage feedback, celebrate success and address resistance
• Best Practices: Collaborate with RVP to guide staff on protocols, practices, processes, duties, rules, regulations etc.
• Quality Improvement: Proactively identifies, mitigates and manages risks associated with the center’s operations
• Strategic Planning: Set goals related to the broader Optum Behavioral Care’s goals including clinical practice, staffing, policies and procedures. Partner with your RVP to develop and assist in the strategic long-range planning process
• Enterprise Collaboration: Actively participates in Optum Behavioral Care leader and team meetings; supports broader priorities by participating in cross-functional work groups
• Partnerships: Demonstrates cross-department collaboration by establishing relationships with key partners to ensure departments work together effectively

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Licensed as an LCSW, LPC, LFMT or Clinical Psychologist (independently licensed) in state of practice 
• 5+ years of experience leading, managing, and driving change in a highly regulated environment
• 5+ years of experience managing teams, and prioritizing many competing priorities to ensure quality, on-time delivery, and appropriate team focus
• 3+ years of experience in behavioral healthcare
• Experience accomplishing work through others and inspiring others through times of ambiguity
• Ability to work in an office-based position in Rancho Cucamonga, CA location
• Ability to travel 20% to our Pasadena office

Preferred Qualifications:

• Licensed Psychologist
• Experience with psychological testing preferable
• Experience working with computers for professional communication and medical documentation – Excel, Outlook, Athena RMS (or other EHRs)
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with equal effectiveness

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with al minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.