Traveling Interim Executive Director

Northern & Southern California Communities

Schedule: 10 Days On / 4 Days Off

Compensation: $14500 per month
Approved Travel Expenses Reimbursed
Active California RCFE Administrator Certification Required

The Opportunity

Gallaher Signature Living is redefining what it means to age well. With a legacy rooted in compassion elegance and operational excellence our continuing care communities provide highly personalized hospitality-driven experiences in environments of distinction. As Gallaher Signature Living continues to grow throughout California we are seeking an experienced Traveling Interim Executive Director to provide interim executive leadership and operational support across our portfolio of senior living communities.

This opportunity is designed for an accomplished senior living Executive Director who thrives in changing environments can quickly assess community needs and is comfortable stepping into leadership assignments throughout both Northern and Southern California. The Traveling Executive Director will provide leadership coverage for vacant Executive Director positions new community openings and builds vacations leaves of absence leadership transitions and other operational needs. Assignments will vary based on business needs and may require extended stays at individual communities.

Schedule & Travel

The Traveling Executive Director must be available to work a 10-days-on / 4-days-off rotation and be willing and able to travel between Gallaher Signature Living communities in Northern and Southern California based on operational needs. Flexibility regarding assignment location is essential. Assignments may change as community and organizational needs evolve. Approved business-related travel expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with Company guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the acting Executive Director and senior operational leader of an assigned community during vacancies leaves vacations transitions new builds or other periods requiring executive coverage.
• Quickly assess community operations leadership needs regulatory status staffing resident experience financial performance and areas of operational risk.
• Provide visible hands-on executive leadership while maintaining Gallaher Signature Livings mission values service expectations and elevated brand standards.
• Ensure an exceptional high-touch resident and family experience and respond appropriately to resident and family concerns.
• Provide leadership and accountability to department directors and community management teams.
• Support the recruitment onboarding development and transition of permanent community leadership when appropriate.
• Maintain operational oversight of budgeting financial controls occupancy revenue expenses labor management and other key performance indicators.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing leadership to support occupancy goals community positioning and resident move-ins.
• Ensure continuous compliance with California Title 22 requirements RCFE licensing requirements resident rights and safety standards and applicable federal state and local regulations.
• Maintain systems and documentation necessary for regulatory readiness including staffing requirements employee clearances required training emergency preparedness reporting and compliance documentation.
• Proactively manage licensing visits surveys audits inspections plans of correction and other regulatory matters.
• Partner closely with clinical and community leadership to promote resident safety quality outcomes dignity resident rights and appropriate escalation of care concerns.
• Provide visible leadership during emergencies disaster-response situations evacuations shelter-in-place events and other significant community incidents.
• Promote a strong employee-safety culture and ensure community leaders follow Company safety incident-reporting and emergency-preparedness expectations.
• Identify operational or leadership concerns and communicate findings recommendations and action plans to GSL executive leadership.
• Assist with stabilizing community operations and facilitating an effective transition to the permanent Executive Director when an interim assignment concludes.
• Serve as a Gallaher Signature Living brand ambassador and model professionalism integrity hospitality accountability and executive presence.
• Perform other operational leadership responsibilities as requested based on community and organizational needs.

Required Qualifications

• Current and active California RCFE Administrator certification in good standing is required at the time of engagement. Candidates who do not currently hold an active California RCFE Administrator certification will not be considered.
• Minimum of 5 years of Executive Director or senior leadership experience in senior living; experience overseeing large complex or multi-site operations strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading California RCFE communities.
• Strong working knowledge of California Title 22 regulations RCFE licensing requirements survey processes resident safety requirements and regulatory compliance.
• Experience assuming leadership of communities during transitions vacancies operational challenges or periods of change strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated financial and operational leadership experience including budgeting labor management occupancy and P&L accountability.
• Ability to quickly build credibility and establish effective working relationships with residents families employees leadership teams regulators and business partners.
• Exceptional leadership communication problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience in luxury boutique hospitality-driven or high-end senior living environments strongly preferred.
• Bachelors degree preferred.
• Valid drivers license appropriate automobile insurance and an acceptable driving record.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively throughout Northern and Southern California and work a 10-days-on / 4-days-off schedule.

Leadership Profile

The successful candidate will be a seasoned confident senior living operator who can enter a community quickly understand its needs establish trust and provide stability and direction.

This individual should be a visible calm and decisive leader who balances resident safety regulatory compliance hospitality financial performance and employee engagement. They must be comfortable operating independently while maintaining strong communication and alignment with Gallaher Signature Livings executive leadership.

The ideal candidate is adaptable solutions-oriented highly organized and capable of moving seamlessly between communities and assignments while maintaining consistent GSL standards.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

GSL is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. We want to have the best available people in every job. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race color creed sex (including pregnancy perceived pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding or related medical conditions) religion (including religious dress and religious grooming) marital status age national origin or ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability and legally protected medical condition or information genetic characteristics sexual orientation gender (including gender identity and gender expression) family care or medical leave status military caregiver status military or veteran status domestic partner status hairstyles or any other consideration made unlawful by federal state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including but not limited to hiring placement training compensation benefits transfer promotion leave of absence termination layoff and recall. GSL is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of GSL and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of GSL including supervisors and coworkers.