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Executive Leader, SCPMG Quality & Systems of Care

Primary Location Pasadena, California Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $223860 - $350556.8 / year
Job Number 1400203 Date Posted 12/22/2025
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Job Summary:

The Executive Leader of SCPMG Quality & Systems of Care is responsible for shaping and executing the regional vision for high quality and efficient health care delivery across the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG). Reporting to the Chief Officer of Quality and Systems of Care, this role drives strategic initiatives that embed quality into all aspects of care delivery, ensuring alignment with SCPMGs operational priorities and long-term goals. They share accountability for overall regional performance in defined areas of operations, ensuring that clinical and quality strategies align with operational strategies set by SCPMG leadership. A key goal for this position is to improve efficiency by coordinating and consolidating multiple initiatives impacting our care delivery model, while also leading the organization toward market-leading performance. The role requires maintaining a broad, systemic view of medical center operations and regional initiatives, and aligning diverse stakeholder interests to improve safety, effectiveness and efficiency across all lines of business. Assigned responsibilities will be guided by the broader Quality & Systems of Care portfolio, using collaborative and shared systems thinking, and will evolve to meet emerging strategic organizational needs.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement regional strategy as a key member of and in partnership with the Quality Leadership Team.
  • Advance key strategic priorities, including, but not limited to: Medicare Clinical Initiatives (Primary Care Plus, Complexity Care/ Elder Care, Readmissions), Medi-Cal Quality (Direct Contract auditing, oversight and compliant systems of care), Dual Complete-D-SNP model of care, Cancer Care Strategy (Excellence in Cancer Care, No Sleepless Nights 2.0), High Value Care initiatives (LabTAC, iMAGAC) including Pharmacy, Continuing Medical Education, Medical Library Services, Research & Evaluation, Institutional Review Board and Human Research Protection Program.  
  • Steward the organization through change, supporting the execution and ongoing success of regional initiatives.
  • Optimize resource allocation to advance regional and medical center priorities while safeguarding quality, performance, and long-term sustainability.
  • Ensure successful implementation and ongoing integration of the Labor Management Partnership within areas of oversight and throughout the organization.
  • Design and maintain organizational structures that enable effective execution of quality and operational plans.
  • Oversee day-to-day operations of assigned departments or initiatives, ensuring alignment with mission, quality, financial, and operational objectives of SCPMG and KP.
  • Build, mentor and develop high-performing teams that embrace accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
  • Promote a culture of professional excellence, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Provide leadership that brings together diverse stakeholders to conceptualize, articulate, and execute a shared vision.
  • Share accountability for developing and implementing national and region-wide solutions that elevate performance and drive system-level improvement.
Other Responsibilities:
  • Provide leadership in creating a high-trust leadership culture amongst and between stakeholders which is decisive, action-oriented, flexible and poised to seize opportunities to advance quality, service, and performance.
  • Establish clearly defined goals and objectives and ensure follow-through in a timely manner.
  • Develop and implement policies and procedures which assure compliance with administrative and regulatory requirements.
  • Provide leadership in mentoring and developing direct reports and staff in a manner which emphasizes the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and the sharing of information, resources, and best practices amongst stakeholders across the organization.
  • Provide leadership and guidance in the development and implementation of ongoing programs to improve performance and manage costs, while improving the quality of patient care delivery.
  • Work with colleagues to identify and eliminate redundant initiatives and operations, or to consolidate and leverage complementary initiatives.
  • Develop and manage department, regional and quality initiative operating and capital budgets.
  • Monitor and assess external environment and internal trends and practices. Adopt and implement market-leading and internal best practices where applicable. Recommend adjustments to operations to meet the changing business and market conditions.
  • Collaborate with medical center and regional leaders to ensure strategic relevance and successful implementation of initiatives.
  • Identify, define, test, and evaluate opportunities for transformative changes in practices, operations and technologies.
  • Establish clearly defined goals and objectives and ensure follow-through in a timely manner.
  • Stay abreast of current Health Care and Public Policy.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
  • Minimum ten (10) years of experience in managing a complex multi-faceted organization in a health care setting.
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience in financial management, budget development, program development, quality improvement and project management.
Education
  • Masters degree in healthcare, hospital, business or public administration, or related field.
License, Certification, Registration
  • N/A
Additional Requirements:
  • Demonstrated strategic and program planning skills in a managed care environment is desirable.
  • Financial planning and management skills are necessary.
  • The ability to balance strategic development and day-to-day operation responsibilities.
  • Demonstrated skills in team building and organizational development.
  • Communication skills characteristic of an executive who excels in communicating in a variety of formal and informal presentation settings, large and small, both inside and outside the organization, and issuing cogent and consistent written messages that build confidence and achieve desired outcomes.
  • Excellent problem solving and negotiating skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to impact outcomes using influencing skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to function collaboratively in a multi-entity partnership environment.
  • Must be able to work in a Labor Management/Partnership environment.
  • Thorough understanding of the healthcare industry, particularly related to physician relationships as well as nurse and ancillary care givers.
  • Thorough knowledge of legal, regulatory, ethical, managerial, organizational requirements, principles and standards of care for hospitals and healthcare systems.
  • Experience assessing programs, evaluating organizational needs, designing process changes, and successfully implementing changes to process flow and patient care.
  • Extensive experience working with physicians and other clinicians; must have examples of successful collaborative efforts in a business partnership with clinical, business, physician, and labor leaders.
  • Demonstrated leadership and an ability to influence and motivate others.
  • Demonstrated success in operations improvement efforts, cost management initiatives, and hospital and health system development and management.
  • Demonstrated success in managing multiple aspects of health care delivery; managing in a complex, managed care environment is desirable.
  • Experience with integrating systems and services to more efficiently maximize service and to support the organizations mission and goals.
  • Demonstrated experience with both strategy and operations.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • N/A
Primary Location: California,Pasadena,Walnut Center - Regional Offices Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Flexible Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Executive/VP Department: Regional Offices - Pasadena - Specialties-Medical(Admin) - 0806 Pay Range: $223860 - $350556.8 / year Kaiser Permanente is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills and geographic location along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure that pay equity is achieved and maintained across Kaiser Permanente. Travel: Yes, 15 % of the Time Flexible: Work location is on-site at a KP location, with the flexibility to work from home. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

  • Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

  • Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

  • Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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