Head of Emerging & Digital Therapeutics

🕒 October 5

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $190k - $236k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

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LifeStance Health

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5001 - 10000 employees

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

🏥 Healthcare

💰 Private Equity Round on 2016-12

Consulting • Insurance • Healthcare

LifeStance Health is a provider of comprehensive mental health services, offering care through in-person and telehealth appointments for various mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and more. With a large network of licensed clinicians, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists, LifeStance Health tailors care plans to fit individual needs. The company accepts a wide range of insurance plans, making mental health care accessible to a broad audience. Services include therapy, psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and psychological testing across numerous states.

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain the enterprise roadmap for emerging therapeutic approaches, including novel pharmacotherapies, neuromodulation modalities, digital therapeutics, AI-enabled clinical tools, technology-enabled care models, and other innovative interventions • Evaluate, recommend, and support governance for emerging therapeutic interventions using evidence strength, safety profile, regulatory requirements, clinical fit, operational feasibility, equity, and patient need • Lead clinical integration planning for new therapeutic modalities with technology, data, clinical operations, quality, psychiatry, research, learning and development, and medical leadership teams • Partner with the growth team to evaluate emerging therapeutics and their clinical and operational scalability within LifeStance’s growth and clinical strategy • Integrate new therapeutic capabilities into existing workflows and care models with enterprise teams • Develop clinical protocols, workflows, provider enablement materials, adoption supports, and learning and development recommendations • Monitor the regulatory, clinical, scientific, and market landscape and translate implications for operations, governance, implementation planning, and enterprise strategy • Establish governance criteria covering clinical risk, patient safety, privacy, compliance, ethics, evidence strength, training, workflow impact, and operational readiness • Serve as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor on emerging therapeutic trends, vendor and partner capabilities, clinical innovation, and responsible behavioral health treatment models • Collaborate on data collection, outcomes measurement, safety monitoring, and implementation frameworks • Assist with AI tools, EHR optimization, clinical data, and other innovation enablers to improve care delivery, quality, provider efficiency, and patient outcomes • Foster clinical research, evidence-generation, and implementation partnerships with external innovators • Build internal clinical literacy through education, training, change management, implementation guidance, and provider adoption supports • Represent LifeStance as a thought leader in emerging therapeutic innovation • Independently lead evaluation, prioritization, and implementation planning for emerging therapeutic opportunities • Make day-to-day decisions regarding evidence review, pilot design, vendor or partner evaluation input, workflow recommendations, governance criteria, and outcome measurement • Lead matrixed, cross-functional implementation teams and provide clinical guidance to project teams, vendors, and operational partners

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree, doctoral degree, medical degree, or equivalent experience in behavioral health, healthcare, clinical innovation, digital health, public health, health administration, or a related field • 7+ years of leadership experience in behavioral healthcare, healthcare innovation, digital health, product-enabled care delivery, or related healthcare settings • Demonstrated experience with digital therapeutics, including knowledge of FDA-cleared PDTs and evidence-based digital health interventions • Experience evaluating or implementing technology-enabled clinical programs or innovative care delivery models • Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives from concept through implementation and measurement • Strong understanding of evidence-based care, clinical treatment, patient safety, privacy, compliance, and operational implementation considerations • Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills, including the ability to translate clinical concepts for operational and technical audiences • Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States • Awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other aspects of culture • Physical ability to sit, stand, bend, talk, hear, walk, and lift or move objects up to 25 pounds • Experience with digital therapeutics, AI-enabled healthcare solutions, virtual care platforms, remote monitoring, or behavioral health technology • Experience in large multi-site, multi-state, or enterprise healthcare organizations • Research, publication, outcomes evaluation, or quality improvement experience • Experience participating in vendor evaluation, implementation governance, or clinical technology adoption • Published research in AI, digital health, or computational psychiatry • Experience with machine learning platforms, natural language processing in clinical settings, or clinical decision support systems • Background in or strong familiarity with neuromodulation or interventional psychiatry

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • AD&D insurance • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Life insurance • 401k retirement savings with employer match • Paid parental leave • Paid time off • Holiday pay • Employee Assistance Program • Competitive bonus plan • Equity potential • Reasonable accommodations for disabilities