Assistant Clinical Director
Executive Clinical Leadership Track
Role
Assistant Clinical Director - Executive Clinical Leadership Track
Compensation (Full-time)
$88,000 - $112,000/year (Exempt, Salaried)
Employment Type
Full-time, Exempt
Reports To
Clinical Director (Jazmin)
Location
Cross-site clinical leadership with primary assignment to KEBM's Inland Empire SoCal region or McDonough GA, as appropriate
Service Setting
Cross-clinic executive clinical oversight with required on-site presence
Credential
Active BCBA Certification • Master's degree required • 5+ years post-certification leadership experience • Multi-site clinical leadership experience preferred • CA licensure / GA LBA as required
Why This Role Exists
The Assistant Clinical Director role exists as the bridge between senior clinical leadership (BCBA Lead) and executive clinical (Clinical Director). This isn't a placeholder or a title inflation - it's a real operational role with its own scope. The ACD partners with the Clinical Director on cross-site clinical operations, holds quality standards across multiple locations, and is the named successor pathway for future Clinical Director seats. KEBM deliberately built this tier so that clinical leadership succession is planned, not improvised.
How S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. Work
S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. is our proprietary pod-based group ABA model. Clients are grouped 3-6 per pod at a 1:3 facilitator ratio, with a supervisor always on-site and clinical support always available in every pod. We use a push-in / pull-out model for group and 1:1 work, and BCBAs provide real-time clinical oversight across pods. As a clinical leader, you'll shape how this methodology evolves, how your team is trained to deliver it, and how we measure whether it's actually producing outcomes for clients.
Who We Serve
KEBM serves every client who walks through our doors - no tiers, no priority treatment, no "real clients vs. drop-ins." That means:
- Insurance-funded ABA clients (Medi-Cal, Medicare, commercial insurance)
- Private pay therapy clients
- Open play participants at our Sensory Spot locations
- Camp participants - spring break, winter break, summer, and any seasonal KEBM camp
- Consultation clients in adult residential and group home settings (Program Supervisor Master's level and above)
A camp kid gets the same quality of care as an insurance client. An open play family gets the same respect as a full-time ABA family. If that feels natural to you, you're going to fit here. If the idea of treating any of those clients as less-than bothers you, this isn't the place.
The Role - What You'll Actually Do
In this role, you'll:
- Partner with the Clinical Director on cross-site clinical operations - program fidelity, quality standards, clinical staffing decisions, and methodology consistency across all KEBM locations.
- Oversee BCBA Leads across assigned regions - performance evaluation, development planning, clinical quality assurance at the multi-site level.
- Drive clinical program development initiatives - new service line design, S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. methodology evolution, clinical protocol standardization across sites.
- Own clinical strategic initiatives - as assigned by the CD or CCD. Expansion readiness, new site clinical setup, program scaling, clinical audit responses.
- Mentor Clinic Managers, BCBA Leads, and senior BCaBAs/BCBAs - the clinical leadership pipeline is succession-planned, and the ACD is central to that succession.
- Represent the clinical team in executive conversations - when the CD is unavailable or the scope is delegated. Real executive representation, not ceremonial.
In your first 90 days, success looks like:
Full integration with the CD's operational rhythm, regional clinical quality baseline established, first strategic initiative scoped and underway, and succession planning assessment complete for assigned clinical leaders.
Who You Are
You might be perfect for this if:
- You hold your BCBA with 5+ years of leadership experience - multi-site or complex single-site. You've led BCBAs, not just worked alongside them.
- You want the bridge role - real clinical operations with executive-track development. You're building toward Clinical Director and you want to develop under a CD, not in parallel to one.
- You want partnership with the CD (Jazmin) and CCD (Maritza) - not isolation. The clinical leadership team at KEBM is small and integrated, which means visibility and development, not loneliness.
- You're building toward Clinical Director - the named next step. This role is structured as a succession pathway, not a permanent parking lot.
Bonus points if you have:
- Prior multi-site clinical leadership in ABA or adjacent behavioral health
- Clinical program design, scaling, or turnaround experience
- Organizational development or operations coursework/training
- Bilingual (Spanish)
- LBA license in Georgia
What You Get
Compensation
$88,000 - $112,000/year (Exempt, Salaried) - salaried, exempt, published transparently.
We don't play the "competitive compensation" game, and we don't bait candidates with the top of the band and pay the bottom. Where you land in the range depends on credential level, experience, and market - and we'll tell you exactly why during the offer conversation.
Benefits - Full-Time (Executive & Clinical Leadership)
Full medical, dental, and vision coverage • Generous PTO • Paid holidays • 401(k) with employer contribution • Executive-level CEU budget • Conference attendance budget • Professional liability coverage • Clinical autonomy within the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. framework • Annual professional development allocation
Growth
At KEBM, your next role isn't hypothetical. We built a 15-step clinical pipeline from Social Skills Assistant through Chief Clinical Director, and every seat has a real compensation band, a real scope of responsibility, and a real path to get there.
Your direct next step from this role: Clinical Director - the named succession path. ACDs who demonstrate excellence are the named internal candidates for future CD seats across KEBM's footprint.
Ask about it in the interview - we'll show you the map.
Culture
We run on the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. framework, which means structured collaboration - not chaos. Our leadership team (COO Lynda, Chief Clinical Director Maritza, Clinical Director Jazmin) actually leads, so you're not reporting into a black hole. Our CEO is a BCBA who built this from the ground up starting at $8.50/hour as a paraeducator in 1999 - she gets what your day looks like.
Physical Requirements
This role is primarily administrative and clinical leadership, with on-site presence across locations. Physical demands are moderate: travel between sites as clinically indicated, periodic participation in clinical sessions, and the standard requirements of running clinical oversight across physically distributed operations.
- Frequent: sitting, standing, walking, keyboarding, travel between KEBM locations
- Occasional: fine manipulation, lifting or carrying 1-25 lbs, stairs, direct participation in clinical sessions
- Crisis readiness: clinical leadership presence during escalations; full crisis intervention training required regardless of current session frequency
The KEBM G-W-C Test
Three questions. Take 60 seconds with them before you apply. If you can answer all three with an honest "yes," send your resume today. If any one is a no, that's information too - we'd rather you filter yourself now than find out three months in.
1. Do you GET IT?
Do you understand what this role actually is - the real work, the hard days, the kids and families we serve? Not the idealized version. The actual job.
2. Do you WANT IT?
Not the paycheck. Not the title. The work itself. Do you want to do this specific job, with these specific clients, inside the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. model?
3. Do you have the CAPACITY?
Time, skill, emotional bandwidth, physical readiness. The capacity question is not whether you're smart or capable - it's whether your current life has room for this role to be done well.
How to Apply
Apply at the link in this posting, or send your resume and a short note about why this role caught your eye to [redacted]. Questions before you apply? Call us at [redacted] - a real person will answer.
We review every application and respond to every candidate. You're not shouting into the void.
Screening questions
Please answer both in your application:
- Describe the clinical leadership infrastructure you'd build for a three-site clinical organization. What are the non-negotiables, and why?
- Tell me about a time you had to restructure a clinical team - performance issues, scope changes, or strategic redirection. What did you actually do, and what was the outcome?
