Salary: $176,903.58 - $224,235.86 Annually
Location : King Street Center - 201 S Jackson St, Seattle, WA
Job Type: Career Service (Exec)
Job Number: 2026JI27825
Department: DES - Executive Services
Division: FBOD-Finance & Business Ops
Opening Date: 08/26/2026
Closing Date: 9/21/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Exempt
Bargaining Unit: Z3 : KC Personnel Guidelines
Full- or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours/Week: 40 hours/week

Summary
Join Us as Our Next Deputy Division Director - and Help Shape the Future of Finance & Business Operations!

Are you an innovative, people-centered leader who thrives on collaborating with teams to drive meaningful change? Do you champion continuous improvement, find ways to embed equity into the work, and love delivering exceptional service? If so, we'd be excited to meet you.

We're seeking a confident, collaborative leader who brings maturity, curiosity, and heart to their work. Someone who coaches, empowers, and develops talent-raising the bar for what's possible while demonstrating strong communication skills and the ability to discuss ideas openly, align quickly, and move forward together. We are looking for someone who can influence through trust and relationships rather than authority alone, and navigate complex environments with adaptability, agility, and clarity. Our successful candidate will bring strong financial acumen with an understanding of government finance. Equally important is the ability to build and sustain relationships at all levels, internally and externally, creating alignment and momentum across diverse stakeholders. As a mature, thoughtful leader, this person will manage performance effectively and model steady, composed leadership during change and ambiguity.
The Director's Office supports and leads the portfolio of countywide services, including treasury operations, procurement & payables, financial management, and small business support and pro-equity contracting. FBOD's vision "Count on Us" reflects the division's deep-seated commitment to customer success, equity, employee engagement, resource stewardship, and operational excellence. Our Leadership team is committed to creating and fostering a workplace where empathy, self-awareness and effective communication thrive.

The individual selected for this opportunity will join an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment.

Job Duties
Scope of Job Duties: To be considered for this opportunity, you must at a minimum, demonstrate knowledge, skill and ability to:

• Foster a workplace grounded in providing excellent customer service, respect, continuous improvement, and equity.
• Lead and support the Director's Office team including Finance, HR, Continuous Improvement, Equity & Social Justice, and special projects.
• Collaborate with the Director to shape and execute our strategic vision, goals, workforce plans, operational strategies, and best practices.
• Build strong partnerships across agencies to solve financial challenges and advance consistent, equitable countywide standards.
• Use data and performance metrics to drive action.
• Communicate clearly with senior leaders and elected officials to provide recommendations on critical financial issues that influence decisions.
• Possess an executive presence to manage complex, multi-agency projects with ease, clarity, and confidence.
• Model King County's values through everyday actions and leadership behaviors.

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
We are looking for candidates who have:

• Proven leadership experience overseeing people, operations, and/or analytical teams.
• A strong commitment to Equity & Social Justice, including understanding systemic racism and engaging in authentic conversations about race and equity.
• Deep knowledge of continuous improvement practices, standard work, and customer-driven performance measures.
• A standout track record implementing strategic initiatives, policies, and systems-and skill in managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Creative ideas and strategies to strengthen employee engagement, learning, coaching, and team-building.
• Strong financial acumen across accounting, debt and investment concepts, and government finance.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and comfort partnering with senior and executive leaders.
• Strong collaboration and conflict resolution skills, plus the courage to ask tough questions and make difficult decisions.
• Emotional intelligence, humility, and an ability to create a fun, vibrant, and recognizing work environment.

Supplemental Information
WORK LOCATION and Other Information: This team works in a hybrid model, with days in the office as well as telecommuting. The ratio of remote to onsite work will be dependent on business needs and is subject to change. The primary onsite location is the King Street Center at 201 S Jackson St., Seattle, Washington, 98104.

Employees must reside in Washington state and within a reasonable distance to their King County worksite to respond to workplace reporting requirements. When working remotely employees must maintain a workspace with an internet connection (access may be supplemented in some situations) where they can reliably perform work, remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours, and follow FBOD's Hybrid and Remote Guidelines including on-camera participation during virtual video meetings. King County has a robust collection of to support working remotely.

Are you ready to make a difference? dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Why King County?

• Competitive - healthcare plans
• Free - transportation options
• Manager Support - structured employee assistance program
• Paid - vacation time (in addition to paid holidays)
• Paid - sick leave
• Deferred - compensation plan
• Twelve - paid holidays
• Awesome - Employee Giving Program

Are you ready to make a difference? dedicated to serving one of the nation's best places to live, work and play.

Application Process

If you are interested in pursuing this position and supporting King County's vision for unified, equitable, and high-performing government, please follow the application instructions carefully. Provide us with your work history as applicable, ensuring that you provide details that highlight your ability to fulfill the requirements for this position.

If you need this announcement in an alternate language or format, or you would like to request accommodation or assistance in the application or assessment process, please contact Jen Irwin at [email protected].

For inquiries about the specifics of this position, please contact the recruiter identified on this job posting.
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Are you applying to this position as an eligible Priority Placement Program Participant who is a current or previous King County Employee impacted by layoff? ANDIs this position the same or lower percentage of full-time when compared to the position held at the point of the notification of layoff? ANDDo you possess the skills and abilities to qualify for this position?

• Yes, I was given a layoff notice from my Career Service role at King County and I am within two years of the effective date of my layoff. Additionally, the position I was laid off from was the same or a higher percentage of FT status when compared to this one.
• No.

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If you answered yes to the question above and you are applying for this position as a Priority Placement Participant, to be considered, you must provide the following three pieces of information in the space provided:1. The title you held when you received your layoff notice2. The department you worked in3. The effective date of your layoff
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