Director, Behavioral Health

The role

You will provide administrative and clinical oversight for expanding therapy teams. You will lead regional clinical managers and therapists to build scalable protocols and optimize provider caseloads.

What you will do

• Manage regional clinical managers and a multi-state team of W2 and 1099 psychotherapists
• Provide regular 1:1 performance coaching, clinical mentoring, and operational oversight
• Collaborate to establish evidence-based treatment protocols and standardize clinical documentation
• Measure changes in client quality of life resulting from care
• Partner with Clinical Managers and Talent Acquisition to support therapist recruitment and onboarding
• Optimize schedule capacity to meet caseload goals
• Oversee continuous quality improvement initiatives
• Ensure clinical workflows and regional delivery models comply with state regulations

Required qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, or a related field
• Active, unrestricted clinical license to practice psychotherapy in PA as an LCSW
• 5+ years of clinical operations leadership experience in a behavioral health setting
• Experience managing managers
• Direct clinical background with a dedicated focus on pediatric, adolescent, and family mental health
• Ability to provide clinical supervision administrative leadership
• Ability to provide compliant third-party billing oversight for provisionally licensed clinicians
• Demonstrated ability to build, scale, and retain multi-site or remote therapist teams

Nice to have

• Dual licensure across multiple Blackbird active markets (PA, VA, NJ, MD)
• Experience leading hybrid operations
• Background in developing formal clinical onboarding frameworks and continuing education tracks

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Career growth opportunities within a scaling healthcare organization
• Supportive, clinician-first work culture and diverse leadership team

About the company

Blackbird Health is clinician-founded, owned, and operated. They deliver virtual and in-person mental health services across Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey & Maryland.