Medical Director – Payer Partnerships

October 15

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Healthcare Insurance • Wellness

Headway is a platform that connects individuals with mental health providers, helping them find the right fit according to their needs and insurance coverage. By partnering with numerous insurance providers, Headway ensures that users can access mental health care affordably. It offers both in-person and virtual care options, and manages the payment and billing processes for a hassle-free experience. The platform's aim is to simplify the search and access to therapy and psychiatric support for users, allowing them to focus on their mental health without the administrative burdens.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2019

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🧘 Wellness

📋 Description

• Support Headway health plan partnerships and strategy • Promote external relations with Payers through relationship building, presentations, sales meetings, and conference participation • Develop a critical understanding of how mental health clinicians utilize digital tools to deliver high quality care and document in a compliant manner • Drive innovative research initiatives to generate novel insights, shape strategic direction, and demonstrate scientific and strategic value • Work collaboratively with cross functional teams including product, design, growth, marketing, payer relations, data & analytics, and operations • Be willing to travel 25%

🎯 Requirements

• You are a psychiatrist – have 5+ years of experience as a clinician with experience operating in a fast-paced, high growth business • You bring 2+ years of experience working in payer or partnership roles, ideally in technology environments • You are an industry influencer – with demonstrated passion for reimagining how behavioral health is delivered and measured. This likely means you’ve worked in health plans, health systems, and/or value-based healthcare startups. You speak at industry conferences • You are a proven thought leader with peer-reviewed publications and deep expertise in the end-to-end scientific publication process. You are experienced in synthesizing research insights to inform strategy, drive innovation, and clearly demonstrate scientific and organizational value • You have previously developed or managed clinical quality measurement and peer review systems in healthcare • You are a collaborator – eager and adept at working in concert with product, operations, and sales teams to infuse clinical strategy across the org • You’re effective at communicating clinical information to non-clinical staff and can distill complex clinical processes and language in order to move product implementation forward. You have worked in a position that required communication with large populations, including leading presentations • You have general familiarity with healthcare regulations and laws surrounding corporate practice • You have past experience with a healthcare tech company and/or startup • You are or are willing to be licensed in multiple states.

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity Compensation • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage • HSA / FSA • 401K • Work-from-Home Stipend • Therapy Reimbursement • 16-week parental leave for eligible employees • Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership • 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st • Flexible PTO • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Training and professional development