BCBA – Clinical Director (Founding Team)

LIGHTHOUSE BEHAVIORAL CARE

Temecula, CA

BCBA – Clinical Director (Founding Team)

$93,750 – $162,500 / year

(Flat-rate hourly + milestone bonuses – see details below)

Full-time | Clinic & Community-Based | Immediate Start

You didn’t earn your BCBA to be someone else’s billing machine.

If you’re tired of capped rates, bloated caseloads, and zero say in how your company runs – keep reading. Lighthouse Behavioral Care is building something different in the Inland Empire, and we’re looking for our founding Clinical Director to build it with us.

Compensation

We pay a flat $75/hour for all hours worked – billable and non-billable. Meetings, documentation, treatment planning, community outreach – your time is valued equally whether you’re in session or building the systems behind it.

✓ $75/hour flat rate for all work (billable and non-billable), up to 35 hours/week

✓ Projected base earnings: $93,750 – $136,500/year depending on hours

✓ $1,000 onboarding bonus paid when you sign the agreement

✓ Up to $25,000 in Year 1 revenue milestone bonuses tied to clinic growth targets – specific dollar amounts at each milestone, documented in your agreement

✓ Total Year 1 compensation potential: up to $162,500

✓ Malpractice insurance covered for your first year

✓ BACB renewal and CEU costs covered

How This Compares

We did the homework. Here’s how Lighthouse stacks up against what’s currently being offered in the Inland Empire:

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Typical Agency

Base Pay : $80K–$102K salary

Bonus Potential : $0–$10K signing

Total Comp Ceiling : ~$118K

Non-Billable Pay : Often unpaid or reduced

Title : BCBA / Clinical Supervisor

Caseload Control : Assigned by management

Growth Path : Senior BCBA (maybe)

Clinical Autonomy : Follow corporate protocols

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Lighthouse (This Role)

Base Pay : $93K–$136K (flat-rate hourly)

Bonus Potential : $26K (signing + milestones)

Total Comp Ceiling : ~$162K

Non-Billable Pay : $75/hr (same as billable)

Title : Clinical Director

Caseload Control : You help design it

Growth Path : Partnership pathway as Lighthouse grows

Clinical Autonomy : You help write the protocols

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Flexibility During Credentialing

Every ABA company has to credential their BCBAs with payers – that’s not unique to Lighthouse. It takes 60–120 days regardless of where you go.

Here’s what we do differently: During the credentialing period, you’re free to maintain contracts with other agencies. Keep earning while Lighthouse’s payer contracts, marketing engine, and referral pipelines come online. When clients start flowing, you transition your caseload to Lighthouse.

Same credentialing wait as everywhere else. Completely different destination.

What You’ll Be Building

Lighthouse is a ground-up ABA practice launching in Temecula with a multi-location expansion plan across the Inland Empire. Our model includes integrated sensory and therapeutic play centers – a differentiator that creates a better experience for kids, families, and clinicians.

As our founding Clinical Director, you’re not filling a role – you’re shaping a company. Your responsibilities in the first year:

• Design Lighthouse’s clinical protocols, assessment workflows, and quality standards from scratch
• Conduct assessments, develop treatment plans, and supervise a growing RBT team
• Build referral relationships with pediatricians, regional centers, and school districts
• Help recruit, train, and mentor RBTs and future BCBAs
• Partner directly with the CEO on strategy, growth planning, and company culture
• Have a real voice in every major decision – because you’re on the founding team

Who You Are

This role is built for you if:

• You hold an active BCBA certification and California licensure (or eligibility)
• You have 2+ years of BCBA experience with strong clinical skills
• You’re frustrated with the corporate ABA grind and want to build something better
• You thrive in ambiguity and get energized by figuring things out without a playbook
• You want clinical autonomy, a leadership title that’s real, and a growth pathway that doesn’t exist at big agencies
• You have the financial flexibility to maintain other contracts during our 60–120 day credentialing ramp

This probably isn’t the right fit if:

• You need a guaranteed salary with full benefits from day one
• You prefer established systems over building from scratch
• You’re looking for a low-risk, steady-state position

Either way, we’d rather be upfront than waste your time.

Why Lighthouse

Lighthouse was founded because the ABA industry has a problem – burnout, turnover, and a clinical workforce that’s undervalued. We’re building a company where BCBAs are treated as leaders, not labor. Where the people who create the outcomes share in the success. Where clinical quality isn’t sacrificed for billable quotas.

Lighthouse. Be the light. Build with us.

How to Apply

Send your resume and a brief note about why Lighthouse interests you to pierre@lighthousebehavioralcare.org. We respond to every applicant and we move fast – same-week interviews available.

Tell us: what would you change about the ABA industry if you could?

Pay: $93,750.00 - $162,500.00 per year

Benefits:

• Continuing education credits
• Flexible schedule

License/Certification:

• BCBA (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Temecula, CA 92590