Senior Director, Measurement-Based Care & Outcomes
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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.
ROLE OVERVIEW
The Senior Director, Measurement-Based Care & Clinical Outcomes provides strategic leadership for the development, governance, and continuous advancement of the organization’s enterprise Measurement-Based Care (MBC), clinical outcomes, and evidence-based practice strategy. This role is responsible for establishing clinically meaningful outcomes frameworks, measurement standards, clinical practice guidelines, and quality improvement initiatives that support informed clinical decision-making and improved patient outcomes across all levels of care. In partnership with Clinical Excellence, Research, Quality, Analytics, Informatics, and Clinical Operations, the Senior Director ensures outcomes measurement accurately reflects patient complexity, treatment effectiveness, and recovery progress while supporting the adoption of outcomes-informed care practices. The role also contributes to the development of clinical supervision frameworks, evaluates emerging research and industry best practices, and translates new evidence into updated clinical standards and outcomes strategies to ensure the organization delivers high-quality, effective, and measurable behavioral healthcare.
Key Responsibilities
1. Measurement-Based Care (MBC) Strategy & Outcomes Leadership
Define, advance, and continuously refine the enterprise Measurement-Based Care (MBC) strategy, ensuring alignment with clinical care models, diagnoses, comorbidities, and organizational priorities.
Establish and oversee enterprise outcomes measurement frameworks, including the evaluation, selection, and refinement of assessments that are clinically meaningful, actionable, and aligned with internal and external reporting needs.
Partner with Clinical Operations to support the integration of MBC into clinical workflows and promote the meaningful use of outcomes data in treatment planning and clinical decision-making.
Establish governance structures and continuous improvement processes to monitor measure performance, clinician adoption, and the impact of MBC initiatives on patient outcomes.
2. Clinical Leadership and Outcomes Performance Improvement
Support the development and continuous refinement of clinical practice guidelines, treatment standards, clinical supervision frameworks, and evidence-based care models to promote clinical excellence and improve patient outcomes.
Evaluate emerging research, industry best practices, clinical performance metrics, and outcomes data to inform clinical standards, treatment strategies, and organization-wide quality improvement initiatives.
Collaborate with Quality, Analytics, Clinical Operations, and clinical leaders to identify clinical care gaps, analyze drivers of variation, and develop targeted strategies that improve treatment effectiveness and reduce unwarranted variation in care.
Translate outcomes and performance data into actionable insights that inform treatment planning, clinical supervision, operational decision-making, and enterprise efforts to enhance the quality, consistency, and effectiveness of care delivery.
Champion a culture of excellence, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement across clinical services.
3. Education, Training & Professional Development
Support the development of training, education, and implementation resources related to outcomes-informed treatment and evidence-based practice.
Foster professional growth through advanced learning opportunities, consultation, and mentorship for clinical leaders.
Promote clinician competency in the interpretation and application of outcomes data to improve clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.
Support leadership development initiatives that strengthen clinical supervision, clinical excellence, and organizational performance.
4. Research, Innovation & Thought Leadership
Partner with Research teams to support outcomes studies, publications, presentations, and other scholarly activities that advance understanding of treatment effectiveness.
Collaborate with Information Technology and external partners to evaluate and implement innovative measurement approaches and technologies that enhance clinical insight and reduce administrative burden.
Serve as a thought leader through participation in professional conferences, speaking engagements, industry collaborations, and external partnerships.
Core Competencies
Deep expertise in Measurement-Based Care and outcomes in behavioral health
Strong ability to translate data and measurement into clinical action
Systems thinker with the ability to align measurement with care complexity (e.g., comorbidities)
Strong proficiency in empirically supported treatments and evidence-based treatments
Skilled in driving adoption and behavior change across clinical teams
Comfort working cross-functionally across clinical, research, operations, and technology
Innovation mindset with focus on reducing burden while increasing insight
Strong written communication skills, including ability to contribute to publications
REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Advanced clinical degree (PhD, PsyD, MD, or equivalent)
8–10+ years of experience in Measurement-Based Care, clinical outcomes, clinical informatics, or related areas
Strong proficiency in empirically supported treatments, evidence-based care and translation of interventions into various settings
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing outcomes measurement programs in healthcare settings
Experience working with clinical data to drive care improvement and decision-making
Strong cross-functional leadership experience, including collaboration with clinical operations and research teams
Track record of contributing to research, publications, or outcomes reporting
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in multi-site behavioral health organizations
Experience integrating MBC into EHR workflows or digital health platforms
6-8+ years of leadership experience in a behavioral health setting
Familiarity with implementation science or behavior change frameworks
Experience evaluating or deploying novel measurement technologies (e.g., AI-enabled tools, passive monitoring)
Experience aligning clinical outcomes with external reporting or value-based care models
What Success Looks Like (First 12–18 Months)
Standardized, clinically meaningful MBC framework aligned with patient diagnoses and comorbidities across the enterprise
Demonstrated increase in MBC utilization that directly informs treatment planning and clinical decision-making
Clear identification of priority populations with outcome gaps, with implemented and measurable improvement plans
Enhanced outcomes reporting capability for both internal leadership and external stakeholders
Active contribution to internal and external publications, conference presentations, and/or continuing educating events reinforcing LifeStance’s leadership in evidence-based treatment
Introduction of innovative, lower-burden measurement approaches that improve insight without increasing clinician or patient friction
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, bend, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required 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, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
COMPENSATION: $210,000 - $225,000/annually with bonus and equity potential
LifeStance provides the compensation range and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. LifeStance reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
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