Executive Ops Leader for Transformational Public Health System

Contra Costa County; Martinez (CA); On-site; USD 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Contra Costa Health, the public health system serving one of California’s largest counties, seeks an inaugural Chief Operating Officer to modernize operations and align services across the health plan, hospital, community health centers, behavioral health, and public health programs.

The COO will lead organizational strategy, oversee major divisions, and drive efficiency while advancing access, quality, and outcomes for vulnerable populations within a newly transformed system.

Qualifications

• Seven (7) years of full-time progressively responsible management experience within a healthcare or human services organization.
• At least three (3) years in an executive-level leadership role within a large, complex public or nonprofit organization.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the Director of Health Services’ designee in their absence, ensuring continuity of executive leadership, decision-making, and operational performance.
• Plans, develops, and implements long-term system objectives, including modernization initiatives, service expansion, and strategies to support sustainable organizational growth.
• Oversee department-wide operations to improve transparency, reduce duplication, increase efficiency, and implement consistent standards and best practices across the organization.
• Develops and maintains collaborative working relationships with other County departments to strengthen coordination, promote innovation, and optimize service delivery.
• Leads the adaptation of organizational systems and operations to effectively respond to evolving healthcare delivery models, financing structures, and managed care environments.
• Collaborates with the CCH Chief Financial Officer in the financial management of CCH, including long-term budget planning and alignment of operational and fiscal strategy.
• Provides oversight to Deputy Directors across all CCH divisions, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and performance standards.
• Oversee executive responses to regulatory and inspection findings, ensuring compliance, accountability, and continuous improvement across the health system.

Skills

Executive leadership

Healthcare operations

Strategic planning

Data-driven decision making

Union experience

Education

Master’s degree in public health/healthcare administration/business/public administration

Job description

Contra Costa Health, the public health system serving one of California’s largest counties, seeks an inaugural Chief Operating Officer to modernize operations and align services across the health plan, hospital, community health centers, behavioral health, and public health programs.

The COO will lead organizational strategy, oversee major divisions, and drive efficiency while advancing access, quality, and outcomes for vulnerable populations within a newly transformed system.