Lead Broad Certified Behavior Analyst-BCBA Lead

KEY ESSENTIALS TO BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT CORP

BCBA Lead

Senior Clinical Leadership

Role

BCBA Lead Senior Clinical Leadership

Compensation (Full-time)

$100000 $125000/year (Exempt Salaried)

Compensation (Part-time)

$48 $60/hr

Employment Type

Full-time and Part-time positions available

Reports To

Chief Clinical Director (Maritza)

Location

Primary assignment to one KEBM region (Inland Empire SoCal or McDonough GA) with cross-site clinical oversight responsibilities

Service Setting

Clinic-based leadership with cross-site travel as clinically required

Credential

Active BCBA Certification Masters degree required 3 years post-certification leadership experience Demonstrated clinical program development experience CA licensure / GA LBA license as required

Why This Role Exists

BCBA Lead is where senior clinical authority meets real operational leadership. You oversee a team of BCBAs shape the clinical program hold quality standards across your region and have a direct seat at the clinical strategy table with Maritza and Jazmin. This isnt a senior BCBA retitle with the same workload its a distinct leadership role with distinct authority. Most ABA companies dont have this layer which is why BCBAs top out and leave. KEBM built it because the pipeline has to extend beyond the BCBA seat.

About Us

Were a five-clinic ABA therapy company with four locations across Southern California and one in Georgia founded in 2016 by a BCBA with 25 years in the field. Our team of 68 professionals delivers evidence-based therapy through our proprietary S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. methodology and our Sensory Spot locations prove that therapy can actually feel like play.

We serve every client who walks through our doors insurance-funded private pay open play and camp families alike. Were women-founded minority-owned and we dont sacrifice clinical quality for profit. If you want to work somewhere thats serious about outcomes and serious about its people youre in the right place.

How S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. Work

S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. is our proprietary pod-based group ABA model. Clients are grouped 36 per pod at a 1:3 facilitator ratio with a supervisor always on-site and clinical support always available in every pod. We use a push-in / pull-out model for group and 1:1 work and BCBAs provide real-time clinical oversight across pods. As a clinical leader youll shape how this methodology evolves how your team is trained to deliver it and how we measure whether its actually producing outcomes for clients.

Who We Serve

KEBM serves every client who walks through our doors no tiers no priority treatment no real clients vs. drop-ins. That means:

• Insurance-funded ABA clients (Medi-Cal Medicare commercial insurance)
• Private pay therapy clients
• Open play participants at our Sensory Spot locations
• Camp participants spring break winter break summer and any seasonal KEBM camp
• Consultation clients in adult residential and group home settings (Program Supervisor Masters level and above)

A camp kid gets the same quality of care as an insurance client. An open play family gets the same respect as a full-time ABA family. If that feels natural to you youre going to fit here. If the idea of treating any of those clients as less-than bothers you this isnt the place.

The Role What Youll Actually Do

In this role youll:

• Lead a team of BCBAs across assigned caseloads clinical oversight quality assurance performance evaluation professional development planning for each BCBA reporting to you.
• Hold clinical quality standards across your region program fidelity audits outcome measurement treatment plan review. Youre the quality backstop between BCBAs and the CCD.
• Shape clinical program development S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. methodology refinement intervention protocol evolution curriculum updates. Direct partnership with the CCD on clinical strategy.
• Own complex cases and escalations the clinical cases that require senior judgment the family situations that need a senior presence the treatment dilemmas that go beyond a single BCBAs scope.
• Mentor and develop the BCaBA and BCBA pipeline succession planning for your regions clinical leadership. Whos ready for BCBA Whos ready for Clinic Manager Whos ready for ACD Thats your read.
• Contribute to organizational clinical strategy participating in executive clinical meetings advising on expansion decisions informing hiring strategy at the BCBA level.

In your first 90 days success looks like:

Full assumption of regional clinical leadership quality standards audit complete across your region first monthly clinical review delivered to the CCD and development plans in place for each BCBA on your team.

Who You Are

You might be perfect for this if:

• You hold your BCBA with 3 years of genuine leadership experience not just seniority. The difference matters and you know it.
• You want real operational authority overseeing BCBAs shaping clinical programs a seat at the strategy table. If youre looking for a senior-IC role this isnt it.
• You know the difference between being senior and being a leader and youve been a leader. Youve had the hard accountability conversations. Youve mentored BCaBAs through certification. Youve built programs that outlived you.
• You want to build the clinicians who come behind you because KEBMs pipeline is only as real as the people in each tier actively developing the tier below them.

Bonus points if you have:

• 7 years post-BCBA clinical experience
• Prior multi-site or regional clinical leadership
• Clinical program design or scaling experience
• Bilingual (Spanish)
• LBA license in Georgia (for GA region leadership)

What You Get

Compensation

Full-time: $100000 $125000/year (Exempt Salaried)

Part-time: $48 $60/hr

We dont play the competitive compensation game and we dont bait candidates with the top of the band and pay the bottom. Where you land in the range depends on credential level experience and market and well tell you exactly why during the offer conversation.

Benefits Full-Time (Executive & Clinical Leadership)

Full medical dental and vision coverage Generous PTO Paid holidays 401(k) with employer contribution Executive-level CEU budget Conference attendance budget Professional liability coverage Clinical autonomy within the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. framework Annual professional development allocation

Benefits Part-Time

Paid sick time (per state law) CEU reimbursement for BCBA certification maintenance Professional liability coverage Ongoing S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. methodology training Priority access to full-time roles as they open Flexible scheduling within the roles clinical requirements

Growth

At KEBM your next role isnt hypothetical. We built a 15-step clinical pipeline from Social Skills Assistant through Chief Clinical Director and every seat has a real compensation band a real scope of responsibility and a real path to get there.

Your direct next step from this role: Assistant Clinical Director for BCBA Leads ready to move into executive clinical leadership with cross-organization scope.

Ask about it in the interview well show you the map.

Culture

We run on the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. framework which means structured collaboration not chaos. Our leadership team (COO Lynda Chief Clinical Director Maritza Clinical Director Jazmin) actually leads so youre not reporting into a black hole. Our CEO is a BCBA who built this from the ground up starting at $8.50/hour as a paraeducator in 1999 she gets what your day looks like.

Physical Requirements

This role is primarily administrative and clinical leadership with on-site presence across locations. Physical demands are moderate: travel between sites as clinically indicated periodic participation in clinical sessions and the standard requirements of running clinical oversight across physically distributed operations.

• Frequent: sitting standing walking keyboarding travel between KEBM locations
• Occasional: fine manipulation lifting or carrying 125 lbs stairs direct participation in clinical sessions
• Crisis readiness: clinical leadership presence during escalations; full crisis intervention training required regardless of current session frequency

What Youll Actually Encounter The Honest Section

Most ABA job posts sanitize this part and then lose hires at day 30 when reality hits. Wed rather tell you now.

• Aggression hitting kicking biting scratching throwing objects. Training and crisis protocols are in place; youll never be expected to manage it alone.
• Elopement clients running or leaving the session space. The clinic is designed to be safe; staffing is set to make elopement manageable.
• Self-injury head-hitting scratching and similar behaviors. Protocols exist for every scenario.
• Non-compliance and task refusal some sessions will test your creativity and persistence.
• Vocal stereotypy and scripting understanding function is part of the clinical picture.
• Sensory-seeking and sensory-avoidant behaviors our Sensory Spot locations are designed with this in mind.

Why we tell you this upfront:

Because we respect your decision-making. This work isnt for everyone and thats okay. But for the right person theres nothing more rewarding than helping a child build the skills that change the trajectory of their life. And you wont be doing it alone a supervisor is always on-site clinical support is always available established crisis protocols are in place and a team has your back.

The KEBM G-W-C Test

Three questions. Take 60 seconds with them before you apply. If you can answer all three with an honest yes send your resume today. If any one is a no thats information too wed rather you filter yourself now than find out three months in.

1. Do you GET IT

Do you understand what this role actually is the real work the hard days the kids and families we serve Not the idealized version. The actual job.

2. Do you WANT IT

Not the paycheck. Not the title. The work itself. Do you want to do this specific job with these specific clients inside the S.O.C.I.A.L. P.O.D.S. model

3. Do you have the CAPACITY

Time skill emotional bandwidth physical readiness. The capacity question is not whether youre smart or capable its whether your current life has room for this role to be done well.

How to Apply

Apply at the link in this posting or send your resume and a short note about why this role caught your eye to Questions before you apply Call us at a real person will answer.

We review every application and respond to every candidate. Youre not shouting into the void.

Screening questions

Please answer both in your application:

• Tell me about a time you had to hold a BCBA accountable while keeping them engaged. What did you actually say in the conversation and what was the outcome
• Describe a clinical program you built or scaled. What were the measurable outcomes and what would you do differently now

Key Essentials to Behavior Management Corp is an equal opportunity employer. We are women-founded minority-owned and committed to hiring without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

Required Experience:

Senior Manager