Director, Clinical Product

As Director, Clinical Product at Headway, you’ll embed behavioral health expertise into the design, governance, and evolution of our digital platform.

This is a rare opportunity for a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist who has worked inside high-growth startups and partnered directly with product and engineering teams to build AI-enabled healthcare tools. You will ensure our products are clinically sound, ethically designed, compliant with evolving standards, and aligned with best practices in patient safety and quality.

You will operate at the intersection of clinical care, AI innovation, and product strategy translating complex behavioral health workflows into scalable digital solutions that empower over 70,000 clinicians and millions of patients.

This role requires strong collaboration, leadership skills, clear communication, and the ability to execute both independently and within cross-functional teams. Your work will directly support our mission to build a best-in-class digital experience that empowers clinicians to deliver high quality, effective, patient-centered care at scale.

This is a unique opportunity to define how responsible AI and clinical quality are operationalized at a national scale for a mission that truly matters — expanding access to effective, personalized mental health care. 

This role is for a startup-savvy clinical leader who has:

• 10+ years of post-graduate experience (PsyD, PhD, MD, or DO)
• Worked inside high-growth healthcare or digital health startups
• Partnered closely with product teams to build digital or AI-driven tools
• Experience with AI governance, risk frameworks, and clinical standards
• Deep expertise in quality, patient safety, and behavioral health operations

You will:

• Distill complex clinical processes and language in order to help drive roadmap execution and move product implementation forward 
• Shape patient-facing and clinician-facing digital tools
• Lead clinical oversight of AI-enabled features
• Define safety guardrails and quality metrics
• Translate complex clinical workflows into scalable product requirements
• Drive cross-functional alignment across clinical, product, data, and ops

Compensation and Benefits:

The expected base pay range for this position is $200,000 - $330,000 based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level.

We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.

• Benefits offered include:
• Equity compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• HSA / FSA
• 401K
• Work-from-Home Stipend
• Therapy Reimbursement
• 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
• Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
• 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
• Flexible PTO
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and professional development