Head of Emerging & Digital Therapeutics

About this role

At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare.
Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team!
LifeStance Health Values

• Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.

• Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.

• Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.

• One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.

Benefits
As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.

ROLE OVERVIEW

This is a newly created role responsible for helping LifeStance identify, evaluate, and responsibly scale emerging therapeutic approaches that can improve clinical outcomes and advance the field of mental health. The Director will support a broad enterprise portfolio that may include novel pharmacotherapies, neuromodulation approaches, digital therapeutics, AI-enabled clinical tools, technology-enabled care models, and other innovative treatment modalities. This role will serve as a clinical and strategic partner across the organization by assessing evidence, safety, regulatory considerations, workflow impact, clinical operational feasibility, and measurable outcomes before implementation. The Director will also partner with multiple departments to ensure emerging therapeutics are introduced through strong clinical governance, data-driven quality improvement, provider enablement, responsible innovation, and identification of the learning and development needs required to implement new interventions effectively.

This role is part of a team who will be assisting with implementing the and guiding the directives of the CMO team. We are seeking a highly collaborative, mission-driven professional with strong emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and exceptional executive functioning. The ideal candidate is a mature and efficient team player who communicates thoughtfully, remains solutions-oriented under pressure, and consistently puts shared goals above personal agenda. This person should be energized by the opportunity to help shape the future of mental healthcare and thrive in a high-accountability environment built on trust, focus, and mutual respect.
Consistent with LifeStance’s values, every member of the LifeStance team is expected to support each other and the mission, which may mean participating in projects and initiatives and performing functions and responsibilities not specifically outlined in this job description.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

• 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 in collaboration with technology, data, clinical operations, quality, psychiatry, research, learning and development, and medical leadership teams.

• Partner closely with the growth team to evaluate emerging therapeutics, including the clinical and operational scalability to fit into the growth and clinical strategy of LifeStance. This role will also work with Technology, Clinical Operations, Quality, Research, Psychiatry, Clinical Excellence, Learning & Development, and other enterprise teams to integrate new therapeutic capabilities into existing workflows and care models.

• Develop clinical protocols, workflows, provider enablement materials, adoption supports, and learning and development recommendations required to implement emerging therapeutic programs safely and effectively.

• Monitor the regulatory, clinical, scientific, and market landscape for emerging therapeutics and translate implications for clinical operations, governance, implementation planning, and enterprise strategy.

• Establish governance criteria for evaluating clinical risk, patient safety, privacy, compliance, ethics, evidence strength, training requirements, workflow impact, and operational readiness before implementation.

• 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 with clinical leaders on data collection, outcomes measurement, safety monitoring, and implementation frameworks for emerging and interventional therapeutic programs.

• Assist the organization in using AI tools, EHR optimization, clinical data, and other innovation enablers to improve care delivery, quality initiatives, provider efficiency, and patient outcomes.

• Foster clinical research, evidence-generation, and implementation partnerships with academic institutions, health technology companies, pharmaceutical organizations, specialty treatment centers, and other external innovators.

• Build internal clinical literacy around emerging therapeutics through education, training, change management, implementation guidance, and provider adoption supports.

• Represent LifeStance as a thought leader in emerging therapeutic innovation, including pharmaceutical, neuromodulation,…