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Company Description Permanent Exempt (PEX): Full Time position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive civil service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointment officer. Specific information regarding this recruitment process are listed below:
About the Office of the City Administrator:
The Office of the City Administrator includes 20+ agencies and over 1,000 dedicated staff who provide essential services to San Francisco residents and businesses and improve the administration of government.
Our Mission
The City Administrator’s Office is strongly committed to ensuring efficient and effective government services, increasing the City’s safety and resiliency, strengthening the local economy, supporting equity and inclusion, and optimizing the City’s capital planning and infrastructure. Our Vision We are committed to ensuring that the City's services are inclusive, efficient, equitable, and culturally competent for San Franciscans of all races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientations. This commitment requires comprehensive review and thorough analysis of existing practices and policies to remove barriers to real inclusion. We are also committed to ensuring that the Department is a safe, equitable, and inclusive workplace for individuals of all races. This includes creating opportunities for hiring, promotion, retention, training, and development, for all employees, including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC). To learn more about our departments, divisions, and programs, visit: https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator About Risk Management Risk Management is a division of the Office of the City Administrator. We help departments manage their risks of uncertainty through:
Risk Management also helps with small contractor bonding and technical assistance through the Contractor Development Program (CDP) Administrator.
Job Description The Director of Risk Management is the executive leader of the City and County of San Francisco's Office of Risk Management and serves as the City's principal advisor on risk management, insurance, and contractual risk transfer. Reporting to the City Administrator, the Director leads the development and execution of a comprehensive Citywide risk management strategy that supports informed decision making, protects public resources, strengthens organizational resilience, and enables the effective delivery of public services. San Francisco is an innovative City, with more than 50 departments and a diverse portfolio of operations, infrastructure, assets, and public services. The City's risk environment encompasses an international airport, port and waterfront, public utilities, transportation systems, major capital and infrastructure programs, real estate, technology, public safety, health and human services, and arts and cultural institutions. The Director provides strategic leadership across this decentralized operating environment, establishing Citywide risk management policies, standards, frameworks, and practices while partnering with departments that manage risk within their individual operations. The Director advises the City Administrator, Mayor, Board of Supervisors, City Attorney, commissions, department heads, and other senior officials on significant and emerging risks and opportunities. The successful candidate will be a strategic and collaborative executive who can modernize and strengthen the City's approach to risk while ensuring continuity and excellence in its core operations. San Francisco is continuously innovating, and the Director will contribute to the next evolution of this division in meeting the strategic needs for the City. Examples of Important and Essential Duties: Enterprise Risk Leadership
Insurance and Risk Transfer
Insurance Claims and Risk Analysis
Qualifications Education – Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; AND Experience - Four (4) years of managerial experience in risk management, commercial insurance, public finance, internal audit, regulatory compliance, or law, of which all must include supervising professional staff. Note(s):
Desirable Qualifications:
The ideal candidate is an accomplished risk management executive who combines strategic vision with operational and technical expertise. The successful candidate understands that effective public-sector risk management is not solely about avoiding risk, but about enabling leaders to make informed decisions, protect public resources, and responsibly pursue opportunities that advance the City's mission. The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring:
Additional Information Selection Procedures The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluation qualifications of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited for an interview. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed to advance through all of the steps in the selection process. A resume and cover letter are required at the time of application. Your cover letter should briefly explain why you are a strong candidate, a public‑sector risk management or insurance issue you would prioritize, and your interest in public service. Verification
Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:
Applicants will receive a confirmation email from notification@careers.sf.gov that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received. Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com). HR Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the HR analyst at Connie.Poon@sfgov.org.
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.