Traveling Interim Executive Director

About the role

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.

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 Living's 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.