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HeadwayHeadwayUnited States

Associate Medical Director, Payer Partnerships

Psychiatrist or Clinical Psychologist supporting payer partnerships, driving data analyses on patient outcomes, and expanding provider network impact at a behavioral health tech platform.

211k – 330k
Remote5+ YOEOther

About the role

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

  • Psychiatrist (MD/DO) or Clinical Psychologist (PhD)
  • 3+ years of experience as a clinician with experience operating in a fast-paced, high growth business
  • 2+ years of experience working in payer or partnership roles, ideally in technology environments
  • Industry influencer with demonstrated passion for reimagining how behavioral health is delivered and measured
  • Experience in health plans, health systems, and/or healthcare startups
  • Proven thought leader with peer-reviewed publications, mainstream media articles, and/or other expert content
  • Effective at communicating clinical information to non-clinical staff
  • Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting and synthesizing data & research insights
  • Creative thinker who loves white space and can explore data in new and different ways
  • Excited to explore patient outcomes in a large data set
  • Familiar with clinical quality measurement and peer review systems in healthcare
  • Collaborator eager to work with product, operations, and sales teams
  • General familiarity with healthcare regulations and laws surrounding corporate practice of medicine
  • Past experience with a healthcare tech company and/or startup
  • Based on or near the East Coast and willing to travel

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience speaking at industry conferences
  • Experience leading presentations to large populations

Compensation & Benefits

  • Equity Compensation
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • HSA / FSA
  • 401K
  • Work-from-Home Stipend
  • Therapy Reimbursement
  • 16-week parental leave
  • Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
  • 13 paid holidays + Holiday Break
  • Flexible PTO
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Training and professional development

Skills

PsychiatryClinical PsychologyPayer RelationsHealthcare PartnershipsData AnalysisPatient Outcomes ResearchClinical Quality MeasurementHealthcare RegulationsThought LeadershipCross-Functional Collaboration

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