About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience.  New hires are typically brought into the organization between $120,000 to $140,000. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

The City and County of Denver supports a hybrid workplace model. Employees work where needed, at a job site several days a week and off-site as needed. In this position, you can expect to be in the office three days per week. Employees must work within the state of Colorado on their off-site days.

In this position you can expect to work on site at the Webb Municipal Building at least three days per week.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

The Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for the fiscal health of the city.  The DOF leads fiscal analysis and guidance, property assessments, budgeting, accounting functions, enforcement of fiscal policies, practices and procedures for the entire City and County of Denver. The DOF fulfills the state statutory responsibilities for tax assessment and collection. DOF also manages the City’s debt portfolio and investment portfolio. The DOF commits to delivering these services through a financial structure that reflects the best practices of both the public and private sectors. This commitment promotes better service, enhanced performance measures, maximum accountability, and improved business processes.

Through coaching, training and project facilitation, Peak Academy inspires and empowers City and County of Denver staff at all levels to continuously improve service delivery for our community. Since its inception, Peak has grown to become a respected leader for its approach to innovation in government. The City and County of Denver has saved over $81 million through efforts by individuals and agencies that have engaged with the Peak program.

Do you want to be part of the movement to rebuild trust in public service?

Do you believe in public servants’ ability to lead change to positively impact our communities?

Do you want to lead a nationally recognized and often replicated innovation program that includes talented and enthusiastic team members?

Peak Academy believes in:

• Achieving measurable results through continuous improvement

• Our ability to make Denver the most well-run city in the nation

• Patience with people and impatience with processes

• Supporting colleagues to innovate

• Failure, because failure leads to breakthrough.

The City and County of Denver is seeking an innovative, inspiring and enthusiastic Director for the nationally recognized and emulated Peak Academy. This position will focus on guiding Peak and aligning work with citywide goals while maintaining a vision of elevating Peak and bridging task orientation with targeted strategies. The Peak team is a high-performing and collaborative group of public servants who seek a leader who exemplifies:

• Connection and Inspiration: Creating connections throughout the city, from front line staff to Mayor office leadership and inspires people to do their best.

• Strategy and Passion: Planning for the future of the organization with a passion for public service and understanding how to navigate competing strategies across the organization.

• Equity-driven and people centered leadership: Collaborating and empowering change and developing the team and leaders throughout the organization.

In this role, you will develop the vision and workplan for the City support of frontline employees, supervisors, managers, directors and executive directors in implementing and sustaining best practices in process improvement, strategic planning, change management and analytics tools. This is an excellent opportunity for a professional committed to influence change and engage employees to work towards shared goals, reduce waste, maximize resources, increase customer value, measure success and sustain best practices. As the leader of Peak, you will need to have excellent communication skills, both to communicate to internal decision makers and external stakeholders.

Peak holds the following core values to drive their work and the way they show up.

• Place team over self, always.

• Learn and activate.

• Be steadfast in grit and gumption.

• Drive connection through authenticity.

• Promote transparency in process and progress.

• Create an environment where change can thrive.

• Ignite and sustain the flame in others.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the City’s Continuous Improvement and Innovation

• Create a culture of continuous improvement in the City by ensuring deep relationships are created to strengthen the adoption of innovation practices by city employees and the city's management teams.

• Ensure Peak’s project offerings meet current city demands, evolving to meet the needs of an ever-changing environment.

• Manage the continuous improvement curriculum and ensure the curriculum is delivered in a high quality, motivating manner for City colleagues.

• Ensure team is cross-trained in all project offerings and training curriculums, providing coaching, expertise and professional development to enhance current skill sets.

• Meet with City department/agency leadership to understand their process improvement needs and make recommendations on methodology and training.

• Measure and report out on data for all innovation projects in the city.

• Use Peak’s national platform to share best practices, philosophy and tools widely in the public sector.

People & Culture

• Lead and inspire a diverse and talented workforce.

• Must embrace empowerment of employees, particularly the Peak Academy team members.

• Create a culture of inclusion, collaboration, responsiveness, and performance excellence.

• Make decisions regarding hiring, promotions, discipline, and performance evaluations to build and sustain a high-performing team.

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

• Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Strong directorial skills and value of public service

• Desire and experience mentoring others to meet their full potential

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Excellent presentation skills and experience

• Superior analytical skills

• Ability to work with many different personalities to build sustained relationships and trust with City agencies and team members

• Project Management – Demonstrated success in creating clear project scopes, project schedules, and resource allocation for on-time projects.

• Strategic Planning, Change Management and Continuous Improvement expertise

Preferred Qualifications

Obtained a Black Belt or Green Belt through Denver’s Peak Academy

Experience training process improvement and/or change management

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Bachelor's Degree in a related field based on a specific position(s).

• Experience Requirement: Five (5) years of experience at the type and level of functional or operational management, which must have included management of subordinate supervisors.

• Education/Experience Equivalency: Two (2) years of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education.

Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.

Application Deadline

This position is expected to stay open until April 26, 2026. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than April 26, 2026, at 11:59 PM.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CA2758 Director

To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$109,134.00 - $180,071.00

Target Pay

New hires are typically brought into the organization between $120,000 to $140,000

Agency

Department of Finance

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. 

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