Executive Director, Clinical Institute of Behavioral Health
Cedars-Sinai•Beverly Hills, CA
•$775,000 - $960,000•Hybrid
About The Position
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center seeks a nationally recognized physician leader to serve as Executive Director of the Clinical Institute of Behavioral Health. This enterprise-level role is responsible for defining and executing the strategic vision, clinical excellence, academic advancement, operational performance, and growth of behavioral health services across the Cedars-Sinai Health System. The Executive Director will lead the development of a comprehensive, integrated behavioral health platform spanning inpatient, ambulatory, emergency, consultative, and virtual care settings, ensuring consistent standards of quality, safety, access, and patient experience across all sites.
Requirements
- Nationally recognized physician leader
- Experience in defining and executing strategic vision, clinical excellence, academic advancement, operational performance, and growth of behavioral health services
- Experience leading the development of a comprehensive, integrated behavioral health platform
- Experience ensuring consistent standards of quality, safety, access, and patient experience across all sites
- Experience operating within a matrixed executive structure
- Experience in policy development, system-wide care models, and large-scale performance improvement initiatives
- Experience defining and implementing a multi-year strategic roadmap
- Experience expanding a behavioral health network
- Experience standardizing care pathways and operating models
- Experience leading growth through partnerships, affiliations, joint ventures, and digital health innovation
- Accountability for clinical quality, safety, and patient experience
- Experience overseeing medical staff governance, credentialing, and performance
- Experience leading recruitment, development, and retention of clinicians
- Experience establishing clear performance metrics and accountability frameworks
- Experience providing strategic oversight for training programs
- Experience partnering to expand workforce pipelines
- Experience ensuring national distinction and accreditation excellence in training programs
- Experience setting strategic direction for a research portfolio
- Experience expanding funding through federal, industry, and philanthropic sources
- Experience promoting interdisciplinary and translational research
- Full accountability for financial performance and long-term sustainability
- Experience optimizing resource allocation, workforce models, and operational efficiency
- Experience leading capital planning, infrastructure strategy, and philanthropic initiatives
- Experience driving integration across care platforms
- Uphold the highest standards of clinical excellence
- Advance Cedars-Sinai’s mission as a regional and national leader in healthcare delivery, education, and discovery
- Submit a CV and cover letter outlining leadership experience, strategic vision, and alignment with Cedars-Sinai’s mission.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in academic health systems
- Experience in digital health innovation
Responsibilities
- Provide executive oversight for all clinical, academic, and operational aspects of the behavioral health service line
- Lead transformation into a unified, system-wide behavioral health enterprise
- Serve as primary liaison to executive leadership, medical staff, and external stakeholders
- Drive policy development, system-wide care models, and large-scale performance improvement initiatives
- Define and implement a multi-year strategic roadmap for behavioral health services
- Expand a regional and nationally recognized behavioral health network
- Standardize care pathways and operating models across the system
- Lead growth through partnerships, affiliations, joint ventures, and digital health innovation
- Maintain accountability for clinical quality, safety, and patient experience
- Oversee medical staff governance, credentialing, and performance
- Lead recruitment, development, and retention of top-tier behavioral health clinicians
- Establish clear performance metrics and accountability frameworks
- Provide strategic oversight for residency, fellowship, and interprofessional training programs
- Partner with Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University to expand workforce pipelines
- Ensure national distinction and accreditation excellence in training programs
- Set strategic direction for a robust behavioral health research portfolio
- Expand funding through federal, industry, and philanthropic sources
- Promote interdisciplinary and translational research aligned with institutional priorities
- Maintain full accountability for financial performance and long-term sustainability
- Optimize resource allocation, workforce models, and operational efficiency
- Lead capital planning, infrastructure strategy, and philanthropic initiatives
- Drive integration across inpatient, ambulatory, and virtual care platforms
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation that includes pay, benefits, and other incentive programs
- Comprehensive faculty benefits package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
