Director of Organizational Effectiveness & Strategic Ops

UCSF Health; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSF Health in San Francisco seeks a Director of OE Strategic Operations & Impact to align enterprise priorities with organizational effectiveness and enterprise learning.

The role oversees portfolio planning, budget governance, and executive decision support while driving integration across Leadership Development, Talent Management, and Organization Design. It emphasizes measurable impact and continuous improvement across UCSF Health and Campus.

Qualifications

• Experience in strategic operations, enterprise planning, portfolio prioritization, governance, and strategy execution in large, complex organizations.
• Exceptional executive partnership, synthesis, communication, and decision-support skills.
• Ability to work horizontally across expert functions and drive cross-functional follow-through.
• Strong customer orientation with data-driven decision making.
• Finance and operations acumen including budgeting, forecasting, and investment analysis.
• Experience leading enterprise initiatives from strategy to sustained impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead OE strategic operations, including portfolio planning, prioritization, budget and resource governance.
• Provide executive decision support and manage cross-pillar integration.
• Ensure enterprise priorities translate into OE strategies and measurable outcomes.
• Establish governance and learning mechanisms to drive evidence-based improvements.

Skills

Strategic operations

Enterprise planning

Portfolio prioritization

Governance

Strategy execution

Executive partnership

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Project/Program management certifications (Pref: PMP/PGMP/Prosci)

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Job description

UCSF Health in San Francisco seeks a Director of OE Strategic Operations & Impact to align enterprise priorities with organizational effectiveness and enterprise learning.

The role oversees portfolio planning, budget governance, and executive decision support while driving integration across Leadership Development, Talent Management, and Organization Design. It emphasizes measurable impact and continuous improvement across UCSF Health and Campus.