Head of Research
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Head of Research leading enterprise research, outcomes evidence, and publications for LifeStance Health’s mental healthcare practice. Building research infrastructure and partnerships to improve patient care.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and lead the enterprise research strategy, including annual research priorities, publication roadmap, governance processes, and ethical and compliant research standards
- Oversee analyses of clinical, operational, and measurement-based care data to generate actionable insights on access, engagement, quality, safety, clinical effectiveness, and patient outcomes
- Establish publication standards and oversee manuscripts, white papers, conference abstracts, annual outcomes reporting, and external-facing research narratives
- Build scalable research operations, including project intake, prioritization, study design support, documentation, data request workflows, IRB and regulatory coordination, and reporting cadence
- Partner with Clinical Excellence, Quality, Legal/Compliance, Privacy, Data Insights, Informatics, Practice Operations, Strategy, and Finance
- Develop and manage collaborations with academic institutions, health systems, professional organizations, vendors, and external experts
- Translate research insights into clinical quality improvement priorities, measurement frameworks, and evidence-based recommendations
- Lead and develop research staff, consultants, and matrixed contributors
- Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, privacy requirements, ethical standards, IRB expectations, and company policies
- Prepare executive-ready updates, dashboards, recommendations, and presentations
- Supervise research staff and/or contractors and provide functional leadership to matrixed contributors
- Own enterprise-level research initiatives, publication timelines, outcomes reporting, external collaborations, governance, and scalable process implementation
- Set research priorities, determine study design recommendations, shape publication strategy, and translate data into research deliverables
- Travel periodically for enterprise meetings, research collaborations, conferences, leadership discussions, or operational engagement
Requirements:
- Doctoral degree such as PhD, PsyD, MD, DrPH, ScD, or equivalent terminal degree in psychology, psychiatry, behavioral health, public health, health services research, statistics, data science, epidemiology, or a related field; a Master’s degree with significant equivalent research leadership experience may be considered
- 10+ years of progressive experience in clinical research, behavioral health research, health services research, outcomes research, quality improvement, data analytics, or a related healthcare research function
- 5+ years of leadership experience managing research teams, cross-functional research programs, external collaborators, or complex multi-stakeholder research initiatives
- Demonstrated experience designing, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating clinical or healthcare outcomes research using real-world data, EHR-derived data, claims data, survey data, or measurement-based care data
- Experience developing manuscripts, conference submissions, white papers, executive research summaries, or external publications
- Human subjects research training, IRB familiarity, or equivalent research compliance training required or completed upon hire
- Expertise in research strategy, study design, outcomes methodology, data interpretation, and evidence generation
- Strong understanding of behavioral health care delivery, measurement-based care, quality improvement, and clinical governance
- Ability to translate complex data and research findings into clear, actionable recommendations for clinical, operational, and executive audiences
- Executive communication, publication development, stakeholder influence, and cross-functional leadership skills
- High standards for research ethics, data integrity, privacy, equity, and compliance
- Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States
- Reliable internet access and a quiet, distraction-free, dedicated HIPAA-compliant workspace
- Ability to sit, stand, bend, talk, hear, walk, and lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds
- Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
Benefits:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401k retirement savings with employer match
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay
- Employee Assistance Program
- Competitive bonus plan
- Equity potential
- Reasonable accommodation for applicants and employees with disabilities
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