Senior Director, Clinical Practice & Therapeutic Standards

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.

• Define and continuously improve enterprise therapy frameworks and clinical practice standards aligned with evidence-based care, patient populations, service lines, and organizational priorities.

• Develop andmaintainclinician competency frameworks across therapeutic modalities, specialties, and care models.

• Drive consistent adoption of evidence-based practices through standardized resources, training, implementation support, and alignment with clinical leadership.

• Leverage research,outcomesdata, measurement-based care insights, and performance metrics toidentifycare improvement opportunities, reduce variation, and enhance the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of care delivery.

• Support the development of training, education, implementation, and certification resources related to evidence-based practice, specialty care, outcomes-informed treatment, and therapeutic competency development.

• Partner with Learning & Development to design scalable onboarding, continuing education, and advanced learning pathways aligned to clinical competency expectations and evolving clinical needs.

• Foster professional growth through advanced learning opportunities, consultation, and mentorship for clinical leaders.

• Support leadership development initiatives that strengthen clinical supervision, clinical excellence, and organizational performance.

• Partner with Research teams to supportoutcomesstudies, publications, presentations, and scholarly activities that advance understanding of treatment effectiveness.

• Collaborate with Information Technology and external partners to evaluate emerging therapeutic models and innovative tools that enhance clinical capability, therapeutic fidelity, and clinical insight.

• Serve as a clinical thought leader through participation in professional conferences, speaking engagements, industry collaborations, and external partnerships.

• Establishes enterprise-level standards and frameworks that influence clinical practice expectations across multiple service lines, specialties, and care models.

• Makes recommendations related to clinical practice standards, therapeutic competency expectations, training priorities, and implementation approaches.

• Partners cross-functionally to ensure clinical standards are practical, scalable, evidence-informed, and aligned with operational workflows and organizational priorities.

• Supports patient care quality and clinician effectiveness by translating evidence, outcomes, and emerging best practices into clear standards and development pathways.

• Advanced clinical degree, such as Clinical Psychology PhD, PsyD, or equivalent clinical training and experience.

• 8-10+ years of experience in clinical leadership, clinical training, supervision, psychotherapy practice standards, program development, or related behavioral health leadership roles.

• Demonstratedexpertisein evidence-based psychotherapy modalities, such as CBT, DBT, trauma-informed care, exposure-based treatments, or other evidence-based therapeutic approaches.

• Experience designing, implementing, or scaling clinical training, competency, certification, or professional development programs.

• Strong ability to translate clinical evidence,outcomesdata, and best practices into scalable practice standards, clinical resources, and training frameworks.

• Experience working with clinical operations or cross-functional teams to support implementation of care models, clinical standards, or practice improvement initiatives.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with clinical, operational, executive, and external audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across matrixed teams and influence stakeholders without direct authority.

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States

• LifeStance is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status,disability,or any other legally protectedstatus.

• Demonstratesawareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects ofculture.

• Experienceworkingin a large, multi-site, multi-state behavioral health, outpatient mental health, or healthcare delivery organization.

• Experience working with measurement-based care,outcomesdata, fidelity monitoring, or quality improvement initiatives.

• Familiarity withimplementationscience, behavior change frameworks, or clinical adoption strategies.

• Experience supporting scholarly activities, publications, conference presentations, or external thought leadership.

• Experience developing or mentoring clinical leaders, supervisors, or advanced practice communities.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonableaccommodationmay be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employeeis regularly required tosit, stand, bend,talkandhear. The employee isfrequentlyrequired to walk. The employee must be able to lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depthperceptionand the ability to adjust focus.

• This role is primarily performed in a remote office or similar indoor environment, requiring reliable internet access and a quiet, distraction-free, dedicated workspaceappropriate forconfidential work. Work involves extended periods of sitting, frequent computer use, audio/video calls, meetings, writing, content review, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

• Travel may berequiredperiodically for enterprise meetings, clinical leadership discussions, conferences, implementation activities, or operational engagement.