Director – Strategy and Incubation
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Director of Strategy and Incubation leading new clinical service lines at LifeStance Health. Driving strategic initiatives in a fast-growing mental health practice across the USA.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain a structured inventory of potential new service lines and clinical capabilities
- Apply a rigorous, multi-factor framework to rank opportunities
- Produce a clear, defensible prioritization that leadership can act on
- Lead the design and execution of pilots for prioritized service lines
- Quarterback cross-functional teams
- Drive decisions, resolve blockers, and keep pilots on track
- Develop full business cases for advancing pilots to scale
- Translate validated pilots into operational playbooks and transition plans
- Manage a structured handoff to operational owners
- Continuously evaluate whether new capabilities are best built internally, acquired, or developed through partnerships
Requirements:
- 7–10 years in strategy consulting, healthcare operations, or a combination of both
- Mental health or behavioral health experience strongly preferred
- Track record of owning complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution
- Experience building and presenting business cases to senior leadership
- Exposure and experience in clinical, service line and/or venture development a plus
- Comfortable operating with significant ambiguity; able to impose structure without waiting for it
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills
- Operationally literate; understands how healthcare services businesses operate
- Effective at leading without authority; skilled at aligning cross-functional stakeholders
- Clear, direct communicator — written and verbal
- High degree of independence; does not need close supervision to produce quality output
- MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred
- Not Required: Clinical licensure or clinical background, Investment banking experience, People management experience
Benefits:
- 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



















