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About the Role

The Deputy Director serves as a senior BHS executive responsible for advancing divisional strategy, policy, and operations. Working with the BHS Director and other Deputy Directors, the position leads strategic budgeting, priority implementation, grant and restricted-fund administration, divisional resource planning, coordination of BHS communications and external affairs, and Behavioral Health Commission support. The Deputy Director works at the divisional level, partnering with DPH’s centralized functions to secure the financial, workforce, technology, facilities, contracting, and other support needed to advance BHS priorities. Success requires sound judgment, political acumen, strategic budgeting expertise, and the ability to build alignment and achieve results across BHS, DPH, City departments, State agencies, elected officials, and community partners.

Responsibilities

Advance Strategy and Priorities: Turn BHS priorities into clear plans, defined accountability, measurable outcomes, and consistent follow-through.
Lead high-priority policies, grants, investments, and divisional initiatives from planning through implementation.
Use data and performance information to measure progress, identify risks, and remove barriers.
Align Divisional Resources and Operations: Align BHS staffing and hiring plans, facilities needs, contracts, funding, and other divisional resources with client needs, strategic priorities, and mandated timelines.
Lead BHS divisional planning and coordinate with DPH’s enterprise finance, human resources, information technology, facilities, capital planning, and contracting functions to advance BHS priorities.
Strengthen the divisional operations that allow clinical and program leaders to focus on access, capacity, and quality of care.
Lead Strategic Budgeting and Funding: Lead BHS strategic budget planning and coordinate with DPH Finance to align divisional resources with BHS priorities.
Direct divisional planning and administration of Behavioral Health Services Act funding, opioid settlement funds, State and federal grants, and other restricted revenues.
Connect funding requirements and investment decisions to equity priorities, mandated services, and intended outcomes.
Ensure that required financial, programmatic, and performance reports are timely, accurate, and complete.
Coordinate BHS Communications and Partnerships: Coordinate BHS-specific communications with DPH External Affairs, including communications with elected officials, government agencies, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
Coordinate internal communications so BHS leaders and staff receive clear and timely information about divisional priorities, decisions, implementation, and progress.
Direct support for the Behavioral Health Commission and ensure timely and responsive engagement.
Build alignment across BHS, DPH, City departments, the State, and community partners and represent BHS before public and governmental bodies.

Requirements

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
Four (4) years of managerial experience overseeing operations in health care, behavioral health or a government agency providing social services, all of which must include supervising professionals.
Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis for up to two (2) years.
One year (2,000 hours) of qualifying experience will be considered equivalent to 30 semester units/45 quarter units.

Skills

Senior leadership experience in a complex behavioral health, healthcare, public health, or human-services organization.
Demonstrated success moving strategy and policy into implementation and measurable results.
Experience with strategic budgeting, public-sector contracting, grants, restricted funding, facilities, and resource planning.
Experience using data and performance information to strengthen operations, equity, and accountability.
Experience presenting to governing bodies, elected officials, government agencies, and community organizations.
Demonstrated ability to build alignment, navigate competing interests, and achieve results in a highly visible public-sector environment.

Location

Onsite

Work Type

Permanent Exempt
Regular

Experience Level

Managerial experience overseeing operations
Supervising professionals

Education Level

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university
Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the degree requirement on a year-for-year basis for up to two (2) years.

Salary/Compensations

$243,100 and $310,206 annually (Range A)

Benefits

Employee Benefits Overview

About the Company

The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce.
All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH) operates one of the most complex and integrated public health systems in the nation, encompassing approximately $3.6 billion in annual funding, a workforce of nearly 9,000 employees, and services delivered through two hospitals, more than 45 primary and specialty care clinics, behavioral health programs, population health services, emergency preparedness, managed care, and a broad network of community-based partners.
Tackling the behavioral health and homelessness crisis is one of DPH’s highest priorities.
Behavioral Health Services (BHS) advances this mission by expanding treatment and recovery capacity, improving timely access to care, and shaping services around the needs of clients and communities.
Major policy changes and public investments give BHS new opportunities to accelerate this work.
They create the potential to strengthen the system behind care and make lasting improvements in how San Franciscans access and experience behavioral health services.
DPH is seeking an impact-driven Deputy Director for Strategy, Policy, and Operations to help BHS realize this opportunity.
The Deputy Director will shape how BHS puts strategy and investment into practice, bringing together divisional resources and partnerships to advance major priorities and strengthen the support behind care.

Equal Opportunity

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply.
Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.