Senior Director, Clinical Strategist

LifeStance Health

. Lead and manage the CMO strategic initiative portfolio, translating enterprise priorities into a structured portfolio with defined scope, owners, timelines, dependencies, and success metrics.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and manage the CMO strategic initiative portfolio, translating enterprise priorities into a structured portfolio with defined scope, owners, timelines, dependencies, and success metrics.
Drive end-to-end execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives, ensuring accountability, timely delivery, and measurable outcomes aligned to clinical and operational goals.
Establish governance frameworks and operating cadence to prioritize work, manage tradeoffs, and align execution with enterprise priorities and resource constraints.
Partner with Clinical Operations and cross-functional stakeholders (Operations, Quality, Finance, Analytics, IT, Legal/Compliance) to ensure initiatives are practical, implementable, and aligned to patient-centered outcomes.
Facilitate decision-making forums and escalation processes to resolve risks, remove barriers, and maintain forward momentum across initiatives.
Define and monitor KPIs, dashboards, and success measures to track progress, value realization, and sustained performance improvement.
Apply Lean/Six Sigma and structured process improvement methodologies to identify inefficiencies, redesign workflows, and support implementation across clinical operations.
Partner with the CMO and leadership team to support development of annual and multi-year clinical strategy and identify opportunities for improvement and growth.
Ensure initiatives are designed and executed in alignment with clinical, regulatory, privacy, security, and enterprise policies.
Identify and mitigate risks early by partnering with Legal, Compliance, Quality, and IT/Security to ensure initiatives are compliant, auditable, and sustainable.
Operates with a high degree of autonomy under strategic direction from the CMO, making independent decisions regarding portfolio structure, prioritization, execution approach, and governance cadence.
Navigates complex, cross-functional tradeoffs involving resources, timelines, and operational impact; escalates high-risk or enterprise-wide decisions as appropriate.
Directly impacts clinical operations, patient experience, quality outcomes, and financial performance through execution of enterprise initiatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Operations Management, Public Health, or related field
7+ years functional experience leading cross-functional strategic initiatives, portfolio, or program management
5+ years industry experience in health care delivery, behavioral health, or health services organizations
7+ years supervisory experience demonstrating ability to lead through influence in matrixed environments without direct authority
5+ years leadership experience with direct people management responsibilities
Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously while managing complex, enterprise-level initiatives with measurable outcomes
Strong experience establishing governance, managing portfolios, and driving accountability across stakeholders
Proven ability to make decisions involving tradeoffs across competing priorities, resources, and timelines
Experience ensuring adherence to regulatory, compliance, and operational policies within a clinical or healthcare setting

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
AD&D
short and long-term disability
life insurance
401k retirement savings with employer match
paid parental leave
paid time off
holiday pay
Employee Assistance Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

LeanSix Sigmaportfolio managementKPI monitoringprocess improvementworkflow redesignstrategic initiative executiongovernance frameworksrisk mitigationdata analysis

Soft Skills

leadershipinfluencedecision-makingaccountabilityautonomycross-functional collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationnegotiationstrategic thinking