Chief Programs Officer

Chief Programs Officer

South San Francisco, CA | Turlock, CA

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Location:

Hybrid– South San Francisco, CA

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Schedule:

Full-Time / Exempt

💼 Department: HQ - Executive

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Reports to:

Chief Executive Officer

💰 Pay Range: $ - $/Annually

✨ Make a Meaningful Impact

Aspiranet, a leading California‑based nonprofit dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking a dedicated and detail‑oriented Chief Programs Officer to join our team. If you thrive in a fast‑paced, mission‑driven environment and have a passion for providing excellent operational support while collaborating and working with the HQ team, we’d love to hear from you.

Aspiranet is a mission‑driven social services agency with a proud legacy of supporting California communities since 1975. We are committed to ensuring that every child is loved, every family is supported, and every individual has the tools to succeed. Our services span the state and are delivered through six dedicated divisions:
Foster Care and Adoption, providing support for children and families throughout the foster and adoption journey;
Transitional Aged Youth (TAY), offering programs that guide young adults as they transition from foster care to independent living;
Residential, delivering therapeutic care in structured, supportive environments to help youth thrive;
Intensive Home‑Based Services, focused on meeting individualized needs within the home, school, and community;
Behavioral Health, delivering short‑term, intensive mental health services for youth at risk; and Family and Community, emphasizing early intervention and family‑strengthening supports. At Aspiranet, every role contributes to something greater—helping to create a future where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

The Chief Programs Officer (CPO) is responsible for leading the strategy, oversight, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of Aspiranet’s diverse portfolio of statewide programs and services. As a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, the CPO advances program excellence across service areas serving children, youth, young adults, and families, with a strong emphasis on trauma‑informed, strengths‑based, equitable, and outcomes‑driven care.

The CPO ensures programs are effective, scalable, sustainable, and responsive to community and system needs, using data, performance metrics, and continuous quality improvement practices to guide decision‑making.

Aspiranet delivers a full continuum of care, including early intervention and family support, behavioral health services, residential treatment, foster care and adoption, transitional age youth services, and intensive home‑and‑community‑based supports. In this role, the CPO provides strategic leadership and operational oversight across all programs, leading change management initiatives, executing program strategy, ensuring efficient operations, maintaining high‑quality service delivery, and prioritizing the wellbeing and support of staff.

• Lead and oversee all program divisions, including but not limited to Behavioral Health, Residential Services, Family & Community Services, Intensive Home‑based Services, Foster Care & Adoption, Transitional Age Youth supports, and related education and enrichment programs.
• Supervise senior program leaders and directors, guide professional learning, development, and performance accountability.
• Oversee programs’ operational workflow, staffing plans, staffing allocations, and professional development to meet strategic priorities and quality standards.
• Lead the development, implementation, integration, and evaluation of Aspiranet’s program portfolio, aligned with organizational strategic priorities.
• Establish annual performance goals and measurable objectives for each program area; monitor progress, quality, compliance, and outcomes.
• Champion trauma informed, culturally responsive, equitable models of care across all service lines, ensuring service delivery reflects best practices and meets regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to ensure…