Senior Regional Vice President, Quality & Performance Excellence

Easterseals

Senior Vice President providing strategic leadership for quality and performance excellence in Autism Services. Leading compliance initiatives and driving organizational readiness with a focus on data-driven improvements.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeIrvine • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $133,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide strategic leadership for service quality, performance excellence, and compliance across Autism Services
Establish vision, standards, and operating approach for quality assurance, performance monitoring, and regulatory adherence
Drive consistency, accountability, and sustained improvement in service delivery
Lead root cause analysis and remediation governance for quality gaps
Monitor regulatory, payor, and contractual changes
Build and maintain a data-informed quality strategy
Lead continuous quality improvement and process redesign initiatives
Build and lead a high-performing Quality Performance Excellence team
Maintain awareness of emerging best practices and evolving standards relevant to autism services

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s degree or higher in behavior analysis, psychology, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, healthcare administration, public health, organizational leadership, or a related field
Active clinical licensure or certification required (e.g., BCBA/BCBA-D, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed SLP, Licensed OT)
Professional certifications related to quality, compliance, or performance improvement strongly preferred (e.g., CPHQ, Lean, Six Sigma, OBM)
Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive experience in healthcare, behavioral health, human services, or related field
At least seven (7) years of leadership experience in roles with increasing scope and complexity
Demonstrated experience leading quality assurance and compliance functions, including oversight of audits, monitoring programs, and remediation of gaps
Proven experience designing and implementing performance and quality improvement systems
Experience partnering with clinical leadership and service teams to define performance expectations
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives
Experience building, leading, and scaling teams
Experience working within highly regulated environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Social Impact
Education Easterseals is a national nonprofit that empowers children and adults with disabilities, older adults, veterans, and their families to live independent, full lives. Through a network of local affiliates, it delivers a wide range of services including therapy and rehabilitative care, early childhood education and developmental screening, assistive technology, employment and job training, mental health and caregiving support, transportation and mobility services, and community integration programs. Easterseals also raises funds, advocates for disability inclusion, and provides resources and research to support caregivers and communities across the United States. Senior Regional Vice President, Quality & Performance Excellence Job not on LinkedIn 🔥 3 hours ago 🏢 Irvine – Onsite 💵 $133k / year ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior 👔 Vice President Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Provide strategic leadership for service quality, performance excellence, and compliance across Autism Services
Establish vision, standards, and operating approach for quality assurance, performance monitoring, and regulatory adherence
Drive consistency, accountability, and sustained improvement in service delivery
Lead root cause analysis and remediation governance for quality gaps
Monitor regulatory, payor, and contractual changes
Build and maintain a data-informed quality strategy
Lead continuous quality improvement and process redesign initiatives
Build and lead a high-performing Quality Performance Excellence team
Maintain awareness of emerging best practices and evolving standards relevant to autism services 🎯 Requirements
Master’s degree or higher in behavior analysis, psychology, speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, healthcare administration, public health, organizational leadership, or a related field
Active clinical licensure or certification required (e.g., BCBA/BCBA-D, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed SLP, Licensed OT)
Professional certifications related to quality, compliance, or performance improvement strongly preferred (e.g., CPHQ, Lean, Six Sigma, OBM)
Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive experience in healthcare, behavioral health, human services, or related field
At least seven (7) years of leadership experience in roles with increasing scope and complexity
Demonstrated experience leading quality assurance and compliance functions, including oversight of audits, monitoring programs, and remediation of gaps
Proven experience designing and implementing performance and quality improvement systems
Experience partnering with clinical leadership and service teams to define performance expectations
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives
Experience building, leading, and scaling teams
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Hard Skills & Tools

quality assuranceperformance monitoringregulatory adherenceroot cause analysiscontinuous quality improvementprocess redesignperformance improvement systemsaudits oversightremediation of gapsdata-informed quality strategy

Soft Skills

strategic leadershipaccountabilitysustained improvementteam buildingcross-functional collaborationcommunicationvision establishmentorganizational leadershipperformance expectations definitionawareness of best practices

Certifications

BCBABCBA-DLicensed PsychologistLicensed SLPLicensed OTCPHQLeanSix SigmaOBM