Deputy Executive Director for Health Systems Organizational

Adams County Health Department is a newly-formed, local public health agency in the State of Colorado and part of the Adams County Government. The department was formally formed on January 1, 2023. As of June 1, 2023, the department is composed of 5 Divisions including Strategic Health Initiatives, Epidemiology and Data Science, Public Health Nursing, Environmental Health, and Nutrition and Family Health, as well as unique organizational units such as the Office of Strategic Affairs, Finance Program, Performance Management and Quality Improvement (PMQI), and employs approximately 200 staff and has an annual operating budget of approximately $30M.

The Deputy Executive Director of Health Systems and Organizational Performance performs executive-level duties for the Adams County Health Department and serves as the executive leader responsible for organizational excellence, enterprise quality, compliance, financial stewardship, organizational development, accreditation, enterprise risk management, and performance management. This position provides executive oversight of the Nursing and Strategic Health Initiative divisions and enterprise support functions that enable the organization to achieve its strategic priorities while maintaining compliance with federal, state, local, and accreditation requirements.

The Deputy Executive Director provides direct supervision of the Finance Manager, the Performance and Business Excellence Manager, Nursing Division Director, and Strategic Health Initiatives Division Director, and may supervise additional staff or divisions as determined by the Executive Director. The Deputy Executive Director serves as the Department's Chief Compliance Officer and executive sponsor for enterprise quality improvement, accreditation, ethics, organizational development, and continuous improvement initiatives.

In partnership with the Executive Director, this position provides executive leadership across the organization by establishing systems that strengthen organizational effectiveness, accountability, fiscal stewardship, performance excellence, and public trust. During the Executive Director's absence, provides executive leadership in coordination with the Deputy Executive Director for Community-Based Services. This mirrors the responsibilities of the existing DED while shifting the focus from service delivery to organizational performance and governance.

This post is scheduled to close on our website at 4:30pm Mountain time on 10/13/2026:

• Provides executive leadership for enterprise quality, compliance, organizational excellence, finance, and administrative services.
• Maintains awareness of policy, public health law, regulations, and political landscape and collaborates closely with the County Attorney’s Office and other subject matter experts in the interpretation and application of policy to health department operations.
• Dedication to and promotion of psychological safety and staff development throughout the agency by fostering an environment of learning, development, and growth for all Adams County Health Department staff.
• Serves as Executive Sponsor on large-scale, cross-divisional, multidisciplinary strategic projects, innovation, and organizational transformation efforts. Provides executive leadership and sponsorship of large-scale, cross-Division and multidisciplinary projects, including special projects, policy initiatives, community engagement efforts, and change management efforts as assigned.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to the Executive Director on organizational effectiveness, governance, enterprise risk, and performance.
• Promotes a department-wide mindset focused on organizational excellence, accountability,…