Senior Medical Director Culture and WPMG Compliance Program

Senior Medical Director, People & Culture and WPMG Compliance Program

Washington Permanente Medical Group (WPMG) is a clinician-led, self-governed, and independent multi-specialty group practice, providing care to Kaiser Permanente patients in Washington state. We work unencumbered by traditional health care obstacles and without silos; prioritizing people over profits, collaboration over ego, and driven by a singular goal: our patients' health. At WPMG, we take care of the whole person, with a team to address the fundamental, social, and emotional needs that contribute to total health.

We are clinicians motivated by the desire to make a purposeful difference in the communities we serve, and in how health care is delivered.

Admin FTE for this role is 0.6. Minimum of 0.2 FTE of clinical practice is required and can be up to 0.4.

Pay range: minimum $331,919 and maximum $454,683 + clinical

Please submit a CV and letter of intent. Deadline for submission 9/11/26

The Senior Medical Director, People & Culture and WPMG Compliance Program reports directly to the Executive Medical Director (EMD) and serves as the senior physician leader responsible for advancing clinician engagement, organizational culture, wellness, inclusion, professional conduct, disciplinary action, performance management program and compliance across WPMG. Working in close partnership with Foundation and Health Plan People & Culture leaders, this role helps implement enterprise workforce and culture strategies within the Medical Group while ensuring alignment with WPMG priorities and organizational objectives.

The Senior Medical Director serves as a trusted advisor to physician, operational, and executive leaders, supporting complex personnel issues. They help drive organizational effectiveness, leadership development, conflict resolution, and change management efforts across the Medical Group. This leader plays a critical role in fostering collaboration, strengthening trust, improving team dynamics, and helping leaders and departments successfully navigate organizational challenges and transformation.

They oversee performance management of clinicians, and revisions to HR policies and procedures to ensure consistent interpretation of regulations and procedures.

In addition, the Senior Medical Director leads the WPMG Compliance Program and provides oversight of clinician-related compliance, professional conduct, Medical Group bylaws and policies, and applicable regulatory requirements. Through proactive consultation, education, risk identification, and partnership with compliance and operational leaders, this role promotes a culture of integrity, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement in support of exceptional patient care and organizational performance.

Culture, Professional Development & Workforce Wellness:

• As a leader of a team, demonstrates continuous learning and maintains a highly skilled and engaged workforce by aligning resource plans with business objectives; partnering with the Foundation for recruitment, selection, and development of talent; motivating teams; preparing individuals for growth opportunities and advancement; staying current with industry trends, benchmarks, and best practices; providing guidance when difficult decisions need to be made;
  
  and ensuring performance management guidelines and expectations drive business needs.
• Provides executive oversight of clinician wellness and professional fulfillment activities within WPMG. Through leadership of the Wellness function, partners with Foundation and enterprise leaders to implement organization-wide wellness strategies, standards, and programs within the medical group. Ensures effective local execution of wellness initiatives; identifies and escalates clinician well-being risks and opportunities; monitors outcomes and engagement; and advises medical group leadership on actions to strengthen clinician resilience, professional satisfaction, retention, and workforce sustainability.
• Provides executive oversight of clinician inclusion and belonging initiatives within WPMG. Through leadership of the Inclusion function, supports the implementation of Foundation-established inclusion strategies, standards, and priorities within clinician operations. Partners with Foundation, HR, and operational leaders to promote an inclusive culture, support leadership accountability, monitor progress against established goals, and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, organizational values, and workforce objectives.
• Partners with Market HR Leadership Team to ensure the delivery of high-quality, timely and responsive services aligned to the goals of the enterprise. Evaluates the effectiveness of services and recommends modifications/changes for areas of responsibility based on client feedback.
• Promotes a culture of integrity, inclusion, and ethical practice across clinician services. Acts as a visible role model for Kaiser Permanente's Code of Ethical Conduct (Principles of…