General InformationPress space or enter keys to toggle section visibility
Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USAOnsite or Remote Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Posted Date 07/31/2026
Salary Range: $132300 - 307100 Annually
Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career
Duration indefinite
Job # 32165
Primary Duties and ResponsibilitiesPress space or enter keys to toggle section visibility
The Executive Director will provide direct support to the Department of Medicine Executive Administration. They will support the Chief Administrative Officer, department administrative operations, and strategic initiatives. The incumbent will also oversee areas of staff career development and engagement initiatives.
Annual salary range: 132,300.00 - 307,100.00. The department's target salary range is 213,300.00 - 220,000.00
Job QualificationsPress space or enter keys to toggle section visibility
Required:
- Bachelor's Degree (BA, Health Care Administration, Public Health, or related field, and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of five years Healthcare leadership experience along with an understanding of clinical, research, and education operations.
- Demonstrated strategic leadership, planning and change management skills in a highly matrixed environment, preferably a research-intensive medical school/health system.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of diplomacy in persuading and influencing a wide variety of people at various levels to achieve results.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze all pertinent information/data to make and communicate executive level recommendations and decisions.
- Exceptional negotiation and effective interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to establish a culture of integrity and accountability.
- Advanced expertise in financial planning and analysis and decision support as it pertains to academic health care, research and higher education.
- Demonstrated skills as a receptive listener, influential and persuasive and seeks to understand the differing sides of each situation. Makes decisions effectively and decisively.
- Strong knowledge of industry standards, trends and regulatory requirements.
- Advanced expertise using computer software such as Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, database management and timekeeping software.
- Ability to use high-level discretion and maintain a high level of confidentiality.
Preferred:
- Education Master's Degree (Health Care Administration, Public Health, or Related Field)
- Knowledge of academic and/or administrative structure of institutions of higher education.
As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
