Senior Director and Grievance Officer, Appeals and Grievances

Salary Range:  $171,925.00 (Min.) - $232,100.00 (Mid.) - $292,274.00 (Max.)

 

Established in 1997, L.A. Care Health Plan is an independent public agency created by the state of California to provide health coverage to low-income Los Angeles County residents. We are the nation’s largest publicly operated health plan. Serving more than 2 million members, we make sure our members get the right care at the right place at the right time.

Mission: L.A. Care’s mission is to provide access to quality health care for Los Angeles County's vulnerable and low-income communities and residents and to support the safety net required to achieve that purpose.
 

Job Summary

The Senior Director and Grievance Officer, Appeals and Grievances (A&G), is responsible for leadership, operational execution, clinical and regulatory oversight, and enterprise governance of L.A. Care’s grievance, appeal, and State Fair Hearing functions across all product lines. This position ensures all cases are processed accurately and consistently with exceptional quality, and within required timeframes in alignment with federal and state regulations, contractual obligations, accreditation standards, and internal policies.

 

The Senior Director directs a comprehensive operating model that includes centralized intake and triage, general and clinical A&G operations, regulatory auditing and reporting, quality assurance, internal controls, and enterprise-level grievance governance. The Senior Director oversees staff and ensures the organization maintains strong regulatory compliance, service quality, and documentation standards.

 

The Senior Director collaborates extensively with cross-functional key stakeholders to address systemic issues, strengthen preventive controls, improve service delivery, and support enterprise audit readiness. The Senior Director embodies a commitment to operational excellence, accountability, equitable member experience, and disciplined governance.

 

This position is responsible for directing all aspects of running an efficient team, including hiring, supervising, coaching, training, disciplining, and motivating direct reports. Develops strategic plans, drives change and influences critical business outcomes. Oversees operations, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness. Steer top-level decision-making and implement initiatives that drive organization's forward.

Duties

Proactively translates regulatory, clinical, and service strategy into disciplined operational execution by setting clear expectations, establishing consistent processes, and ensuring teams have the tools, training, and data needed to perform at a high level. Serves as the connective tissue between key stakeholders, ensuring complex regulatory requirements are converted into clear workflows, strong internal controls, and reliable, audit-ready outcomes. Strengthens organizational trust and supports L.A. Care’s mission by leading with transparency, leveraging data-driven insights, and prioritizing member and provider experience within a highly regulated environment.

 

Provides senior leadership oversight to ensure all A&G operations are compliant, audit-ready, efficient, and aligned with organizational performance expectations. Leads and is accountable for the overall strategy, direction, and day-to-day operations of A&G, including intake, triage, case handling, documentation, clinical decision coordination, State Fair Hearings, and regulatory submissions. Establishes departmental goals, key performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, reporting structures, and operating rhythms to monitor and drive performance across all A&G functions. Ensures consistent application of regulatory and internal requirements.

Drives operational reliability through standardized processes, workforce management, and transparent performance reporting. Ensures operational capacity aligns with demand through forecasting, workload monitoring, and resource planning. Fosters a culture of proactive issue identification, cross-functional communication, accountability, transparency, and continuous operational improvement.

 

Serves as the enterprise authority on grievance and appeal requirements and ensures all case handling meets federal and state standards. Interprets, applies, and operationalizes regulatory requirements and guidance. Oversees regulatory reporting, including universe submissions, timeliness validation, case audits, quality-of-care review documentation, and readiness assessments. Ensures accurate, complete, and compliant preparation of State Fair Hearing cases, medical records, and evidentiary documentation. Responds to regulatory inquiries and leads root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and sustainability plans for identified compliance issues. Reviews and approves A&G policies, procedures, templates, lett