Clinical Director, Behavioral Health

Summary

Lead a state-based mental health practice serving thousands of children and adolescents. Own clinical operations, drive utilization, and build a high-performing team of therapists and psychiatrists while maintaining your clinical roots.

About the Role

As a Clinical Operating Director, you will own the day-to-day clinical operations for a state-based mental health pod serving thousands of patients annually. You'll drive utilization, patient access, intake workflows, and operational performance while maintaining your clinical credibility as a licensed supervisor and mentor to your team. This is a hands-on role for a senior clinician who wants to scale impact beyond the therapy room without abandoning clinical practice or supervision. This role reports to VP – Behavioral Health.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Operations & Team Leadership: Lead a state-based pod of 30–50 clinical FTEs (therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric NPs); provide board-approved clinical supervision to pre-licensed and newly licensed clinicians per state requirements; coach and develop therapists and psychiatrists; build a culture of clinical excellence, peer learning, and evidence-based practice; hire, onboard, train, mentor staff therapists; monitor clinical outcomes, functional assessments and drive continuous improvement
• Utilization, Access & Adherence to clinical protocols: Own provider utilization and scheduling efficiency—drive billable time to 75–90% while protecting clinician wellbeing; oversee patient intake, triage, and therapist-patient matching to optimize clinical fit and reduce no-shows; manage referral flow from PM Pediatrics urgent care, pediatricians, schools, and third-party platforms; drive visit volume growth and revenue per FTE targets while maintaining clinical quality; work with mental health leadership team to develop and implement innovative programs across the service line

Why This Role Is Compelling

• Scale & Impact: Lead a pod—exponentially greater impact than individual clinical practice. Build a high-performing team of 30–50 clinicians delivering evidence-based care to children and families in high-need markets. Help PM Pediatrics scale nationally over the next 24 months.
• Clinical + Operational Leadership: This is not a "clinical operations coordinator" role. You'll own P&L contribution, utilization targets, and revenue growth while maintaining clinical credibility and supervision responsibilities. Rare opportunity to lead as a clinician-operator: respected by your clinical team while driving business performance.
• Autonomy & Ownership: You'll own your pod's performance: hiring, scheduling, utilization, patient experience, and quality outcomes. Freedom to pilot innovations, launch specialty programs, and shape clinical operations within your market.
• Growth Trajectory: PM Pediatrics is scaling aggressively. High performers will have opportunities to take on multi-state leadership, enterprise functional roles, or new market launches. Direct exposure to executive leadership, board members, and strategic decision-making.

Qualifications

• Active clinical license (LCSW, or PhD/PsyD) with board-approved supervisor designation in your state of practice and Medicaid enrollment in the state(s) of practice
• 5+ years of post-licensure clinical experience in mental health or behavioral health settings
• 3+ years of leadership experience in clinical operations, practice management, or team leadership
• Experience in pediatric or adolescent mental health settings (outpatient clinics, school-based programs, integrated care)
• Proven ability to drive utilization, scheduling, and operational performance in healthcare settings
• Strong business acumen: demonstrated proficiency in data management and analytics including creating reports, spreadsheets and presentations, reading and comprehending P&L statements, making data-driven decisions
• Clinical credibility: therapists and psychiatrists respect you as a clinician, supervisor, and mentor
• Comfort with technology: proficiency with EMRs, telehealth platforms, scheduling systems, and analytics dashboards
• Work Environment & Location Requirements: Hybrid model: combination of on-site presence (clinic locations, supervision sessions, team meetings) and remote work (administrative tasks, telehealth oversight). Markets: New York or New Jersey. Travel: minimal (within-state pod visits as needed). Must live in the Westchester/Long Island/NYC area and have the ability to travel to our MH sites in Forest Hills, North Babylon, Mamaroneck, Seldon, Riverdale, Syosset, Bensonhurst, Commack, Rockville Centre.

Nice-to-Haves

• Multi-state licensure (especially for virtual care leadership)
• Direct experience with value-based care, payer contracting, or population health management
• Track record scaling clinical operations (growing teams, launching new programs, entering new markets)
• Specialty expertise in trauma, DBT, perinatal mental health, or other high-need populations
• Prior experience in urgent care, retail healthcare, or high-volume outpatient settings

Pay

Target compensation: $150,000 – $190,000. Compensation dependent upon location and experience; actual salaries may vary within or outside this range based on experience and qualifications.