Backed by Accel, a16z and GV.
About the role
Headway is looking for a Principal, Clinical Strategy and Execution to own how our clinical organization runs. Our clinical functions — clinical product, clinical quality, patient safety, clinical education, and more — carry a set of standing obligations that grows every quarter: governance committees, the OKR cycle, the clinical policy lifecycle, the clinical risk register, and an expanding portfolio of clinical programs.
What they're looking for
- An active clinical license as a master’s level therapist (LCSW, LPC, LMFT), doctorate level clinical psychologist (PhD/PsyD), or other psychiatric clinician (PMHNP-BC, MD/DO), with 7+ years of experience in mental health settings
- Comfort with ambiguity and a builder's instinct. You build durable systems from scratch, manage complexity without dropping details, and anticipate and solve problems before they come to clinical leadership's attention
- Experience with clinical governance and policy work. For example, supporting committees, moving policies or protocols through review and approval, or contributing to risk, accreditation, or audit processes in a clinical or healthcare setting
- A data-informed approach. You set baselines and targets, partner with data teams, and report progress in numbers
- Real collaboration skill without formal authority. You inform senior clinicians and cross-functional partners, and you hold people accountable to timelines and commitments without jeopardizing the working relationship
- Motivation from the problem. You want to work on one of our generation's defining challenges: access to affordable, high-quality mental healthcare
More about this role
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that.
But we're going further. Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.
We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
Headway is looking for a Principal, Clinical Strategy and Execution to own how...
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