• Represent UC Health and serve as spokesperson for the health campuses to the UC Regents and external stakeholders
• Lead an effective coalition across the UC’s health campuses for solutions and initiatives which position UC as a partner to the State on public health and health care priorities.
• Facilitate collaboration amongst the campuses, advance distinctive programs, and increase access to the underserved.
• Oversee and maintain an effective organization, directing the selection, employment, compensation, and evaluation of employees in areas of direct responsibilities which currently include the following major programs:
  • Leveraging Scale for Value: the shared services supply chain organization which encompasses pharmacy, laboratory services, capital initiatives, and information technology procurement
  • CDI2 Center for Data-driven Insights and Innovation: the centralized clinical data warehouse and analysis services which supports operational and research initiatives ranging from cost-reduction to patient-care optimization
  • Clinical Strategy & Operations: the development center for innovative cross-UC initiatives including the UC Health Cancer Consortium, Population Health Consortium, and clinical programs
  • Academic Health Sciences: coordination and advancement of the PRIME and GME programs, DEI in health sciences, and the Global Health Institute
  • Health Policy: the locus for developing and executing policy positions relating to Medi-Cal, and other State and Federal policy issues
  • Finance and Administration: oversight and implementation of commercial payer contracting on behalf of the medical centers collectively, coordination between UC Health and UC-wide climate and sustainability policy and implementation, and other strategic initiatives

• Provide government relations leadership, contracting expertise and facilitation, and select shared services implementation for the collective health enterprise
• Represent UC in State and Federal health care forums
• Cultivate coordination amongst the campuses to improve health sciences education, research, patient care, and community collaboration
• Ensure the facilitation and execution of a UC Health strategy to stabilize and sustain the clinical enterprises at UC Riverside and UC Merced
• Develop and ensure the implementation of the UC Health Strategic Plan
• Catalyze transformational change, linking stakeholders and finding common needs and goals to create alignment and achieve superior results
• Represent the health campuses in UCOP Labor Relations strategies and initiatives
• Coordinate a UC Health obligated group and develop strategies for optimal capital/debt allocation among campuses

• Lead collaborative efforts amongst health campuses, counties, the State, and key constituents to increase health services access in regions that have been underserved
• Maintain a systemwide focus on clinically proven, effective care with an emphasis on strategies to enhance disease management, care coordination and population health improvement
• Support initiatives leveraging the UC Health clinical data warehouse that effectuate reductions in harm, mortality, variations in care and readmissions
• Coordinate and direct future public health emergency responses and health security initiatives

• Establish and promote methods to enhance clinical research coordination across the UC campuses
• Develop programs on behalf of the campuses to leverage collective patient services and health services research data

• Develop and coordinate proposals and programs to address the State’s workforce challenges
• Support planning and development across UC’s 20 health science schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, optometry, pharmacy, public health, and veterinary medicine

• Provide leadership on issues of State and Federal policy
• Serve as the primary UC advocate for health care financing from Medi-Cal and Medicare
• Leverage the innovative data analytics of 16 million+ unique patient records within the system to advance California health care policy

• A proven leader in an academic medicine environment with relevant health care financing, policy, and advocacy expertise
• A visionary and strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and administrative leadership.
• A senior leader with first-hand experience in, knowledge of, and appreciation for the research, education, clinical, and community missions of a preeminent academic health system.
• Extensive knowledge and experience with the complexities of health care financing including Medicaid and Medicare
• Proven experience with complex contracting negotiations and commercial payer relationships
• Experience building coalitions and establishing effective working relationships with legislatures, State health officials, associations, and other external stakeholders.

Please note that this application requires the submission of each of the following 4 items to be complete. Only complete applications will be considered.

1. University of California applicant Self-Identification Survey
2. Cover letter
3. Resume
4. Contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement (prompt provided below)

We recognize that excellence is inextricably linked to the diversity of our faculty, staff, and student body. The University of California defines diversity very broadly and takes seriously Regents Policy 4400 which states: