Assistant Deputy Director, Managed Care - Career Executive Assignment Level B
Job details
- Location
- Sacramento County, California
- Work type
- Hybrid
- Compensation
- $145,572 - $177,768/yr
- Posted
- 2 weeks ago
- Apply on
- calcareers.ca.gov
About this role
Job Description and Duties
DHCS is seeking an experienced managed care (MC) professional to fill the role of Assistant Deputy Director (ADD), MC in the Health Care Delivery Systems (HCDS).
The ADD, MC assists in overseeing the planning, implementation, coordination, evaluation, and management of the Department’s managed care delivery systems services, programs, and policies. The ADD, MC provides guidance and direction to two divisions: Managed Care & Quality Monitoring Division (MCQMD) and Managed Care Operations Division (MCOD).
The ADD, MC builds collaborative working relationships with the DHCS Directorate, Executive Staff, internal partners, and external stakeholders, including the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS), the legislature staff, Department of Finance (DOF), Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as other governmental entities at local, state, and federal levels.
The ADD, MC works under the general direction of the Deputy Director (DD), HCDS, and is a member of the DHCS Executive Staff.
This position is subject to the Department's Conflict of Interest Code and filing a Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) upon assuming office, annually while in office, and upon leaving office.
If you are interested in helping Californians by serving as the ADD, MC, complete and submit the required application package documents and apply today!
Do you have questions and/or need assistance?
Contact [email protected]. We are here to help you through the CEA application process.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Working Conditions
Please see the Telework and Salary Information section below for telework, reporting location, and temporary statewide salary reduction/Personal Leave Program 2025 details.
Minimum Requirements
This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement. For additional questions, please contact the hiring department listed below.Additional Documents
Position Details
Department Information
DHCS' purpose is to provide equitable access to quality health care leading to a healthy California for all.
DHCS is a dynamic organization with ambitious goals and talented, committed employees. We work hard every day to fulfill our vital responsibility to support the delivery of quality health care to Californians. DHCS is committed to addressing disparities within our organization and in our communities through efforts toward greater diversity, equity, and inclusion. This is accomplished, in part, by a commitment toward employing a diverse workforce that reflects the many communities we serve, and by promoting and enforcing equal employment opportunity.
Application Instructions
Completed applications and all required documents must be received or postmarked by the Final Filing Date in order to be considered. Dates printed on Mobile Bar Codes, such as the Quick Response (QR) Codes available at the USPS, are not considered Postmark dates for the purpose of determining timely filing of an application.
Final Filing Date: 11/6/2026Who May Apply
How To Apply
Address for Mailing Application Packages
You may submit your application and any applicable or required documents to:
Address for Drop-Off Application Packages
You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:
Required Application Package Documents
The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
- Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
- Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
- Supplemental Application - Responses to the five supplemental questions.
Examination Qualification Requirements
Note: Eligibility to take a CEA examination does not require current permanent status in the civil service.
General Qualifications
State civil service employees must possess essential general qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, and ability to work cooperatively with others.Knowledge and Abilities
Applicants must demonstrate the ability to perform high administrative and policy – influencing functions effectively. Such overall ability requires possession of most of the following more specific knowledge and abilities:
These knowledge and abilities are expected to be obtained from the following kinds of experience with substantial participation in the formulation, operation and/or evaluation of program policies (experience may have been paid or volunteer; in State service, other government settings, or in a private organization):
CEA Level A - Responsible for broad administrative and program activities, including the execution and/or evaluation of program policies.
CEA Level B - Responsible for extensive managerial and program administration or broad program manager experience with substantial participation in the formulation, operation, and/or evaluation of program policies.
CEA Level C - Responsible for extensive highly professional influence and contributes to program, policy, and the methods to provide professional services needed to set policies, to meet the mission of the State department and often exercising technical and or professional skills that are required at this level.
Desirable Qualifications
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience formulating, directing, and managing managed care policy, ensuring alignment with state and federal requirements across complex health care delivery systems.
- Demonstrated ability to lead policy development efforts by collaborating effectively with internal teams, external advocates, managed care plans, provider associations, legislative entities, and federal partners to implement initiatives and adapt policies for evolving managed care environments.
- Demonstrated experience providing day-to-day operational management of an executive office; skill in supervising and guiding staff, managing workloads, reviewing work products, and ensuring alignment with organizational mission, policies, regulations, and strategic goals.
- Demonstrated ability to advise and consult with executive management on issues of significant policy impact related to managed care delivery systems, including strategic problem-solving, impact assessment, and recommendations for action.
- Demonstrated ability to lead coordination and collaboration with divisions such as Health Care Benefits and Eligibility, Quality and Population Health Management, Health Care Financing, Enterprise Data and Information Management, and Program Operations to drive consensus, resolve issues, and ensure program coherence for managed care populations.
- Demonstrated experience representing a department or large public agency in high-stakes settings—including meetings with managed care plans, advocacy groups, CHHS, legislative staff, DOF, CMS, public forums, and media—on sensitive or complex managed care delivery system issues.
- Demonstrated ability reviewing, editing, and approving complex work products (e.g., bill analyses, All Plan Letters, budget proposals, audit responses, stakeholder communications) to ensure compliance with departmental mission, policies, and state/federal laws.
Examination Information
- Responses must be typewritten on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, using no smaller than a 12-point font.
- Responses to the five supplemental application items must be limited to a total of four pages, single-sided. Therefore, the supplemental application document must not exceed four pages.
- Identify each page with his/her full name.
- Responses are to be complete, specific, clear, and concise.
- Answer each numbered item separately, indicating the corresponding item number for each response.
1. Describe your leadership experience, style, skills, and demonstrated ability, using specific examples, to effectively direct, lead, and motivate multi-disciplinary team members in a managed care environment to implement policy change, initiatives, or make programmatic changes.
2. Describe your knowledge and experience, working in a fast-paced, multi-faceted business environment with competing priorities and diverse business partners, including your role in ensuring the organizational goals are met.
3. Using specific examples, describe a time when you formulated or led the implementation of a major policy initiative impacting a health care delivery system.
4. Describe your experience developing or overseeing initiatives, budgets, legislative proposals, or program improvements. Include specific examples describing your role and methods that were used.
5. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are a priority at DHCS. DHCS is actively working to improve the equity of health outcomes for our members and professional opportunities for employees. Provide specific examples of how you have addressed inequities in the workplace or in programs and how you have supported diversity, equity, and inclusion for employees.
If you meet the requirements stated in this announcement, you may take this competitive examination. Possession of the Examination Qualifications requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination will be compared with the performance of others who take this examination, and all successful candidates will be ranked according to their scores.
A minimum rating of 70% must be attained in the Examination to obtain list eligibility for this position. All candidates will receive written notification of their examination results.
The results of this examination will only be used to fill this position. Applications will be retained for twelve months.
Hiring interviews for the Job may be conducted with the most qualified candidates.
The examining Department reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service law and rules and all competitors will be notified.
Special Testing Arrangements
Benefits
Full benefits information can be found on CalHR's California State Civil Service Employee Benefits Summary.
Contact Information
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position or application process.
Please direct requests for Reasonable Accommodations to the interview scheduler at the time the interview is being scheduled. You may direct any additional questions regarding Reasonable Accommodations or Equal Employment Opportunity for this position(s) to the Department's EEO Office.
EEO Contact:EEO Officer
(916) 440-7370
[email protected]
Telework and Salary Information
Telework Information: This position is currently eligible for telework. The amount of telework is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change consistent with DHCS’ Telework Program and Government Code sections 14200 – 14203. Telework is available to California residents, and proof of residency may be required.
Reporting Location: Business travel may be required, and reimbursement considers an employee’s designated office and residence subject to regulations and bargaining unit contract provisions. All commute expenses to the reporting location will be the responsibility of the selected candidate.
The DHCS office location for this position is: 1501 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Salary Information: Effective July 1, 2025, the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) implemented the temporary Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025). PLP 2025 directs employees for this position to receive a 3 percent temporary reduction in pay in exchange for 5 hours of PLP 2025 leave credits per month. The salary range(s) included in this job advertisement do not include the temporary salary reduction. Please reach out to the hiring unit contact listed on this job advertisement for more information.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.