Project Manager, Clinical Strategy

At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare.

Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team!

LifeStance Health Values

• Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self.

• Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment.

• Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it.

• One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose.

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 Project Manager, Clinical Strategy supports improving access to trusted, affordable and personalized behavioral health care, through the CMO team by driving execution of clinical and enterprise strategic initiatives.  This role translates priorities into structured plans, timelines, and measurable outcomes. This role partners closely with clinical operations, clinical leaders, and cross-functional teams to ensure initiatives are delivered on time, aligned with strategic goals, and implemented effectively. Success in this role requires strong project management skills, an understanding of behavioral health care operations, and the ability to influence stakeholders across multiple disciplines.  This position is a key support to driving the mission of LifeStance.

Consistent with LifeStance’s values, every member of the LifeStance team is expected to support each other and the mission, which may mean participating in projects and initiatives and performing functions and responsibilities not specifically outlined in this job description.

Compensation: $100,000 - 120,000/annually, with additional annual bonus potential

KEY RESPONSIBILITES 

Project Execution & Delivery

• Lead clinical strategy initiatives from initiation through implementation and sustainability, including scope definition, resource allocation, planning, timelines, deliverables, and successful implementation.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, decision logs, and communication plans to ensure on-time delivery.
• Coordinate project teams, facilitate meetings, and ensure accountability for deliverables.
• Track progress against timelines and goals, identifying dependencies and risks, driving proactive problem-solving and escalation.
• Provide regular status updates to executive and operational leadership.
• Facilitate change management activities to ensure successful adoption of new processes.

Governance & Operating Cadence:

• Support the establishment and management of project governance structures, including status updates, decision forums, and escalation pathways.
• Prepare regular reporting and dashboards to provide visibility into progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Ensure projects maintain alignment with CMO priorities and enterprise strategy.

Cross-Functional Coordination:

• Coordinate across Clinical Operations, Quality, Research, IT, and other support teams to align stakeholders and drive implementation.
• Facilitate meetings, working sessions, and decision-making discussions to maintain momentum.
• Ensure clear communication and accountability across matrixed teams.
• Maintain project documentation, meeting minutes, action plans and status reports.

Clinical Workflow & Implementation Support:

• Partner with Clinical Operations and clinical leaders to ensure initiatives are practical, scalable, and implementable.
• Support rollout of clinical programs, tools, and process improvements.
• Assist with change management, including training coordination, communication, and adoption tracking.

Performance Tracking & Continuous Improvement:

• Analyze operational and clinical data to inform recommendations and decision-making
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency and reduce variation using continuous improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
• Lead process mapping, root cause analysis, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and execution discipline.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, business, public health, or related field
• 4–7 years of experience in project management, healthcare operations, consulting, or related roles
• Excellent project planning, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity with a bias toward action.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects from concept through implementation.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills and ability to influence without direct authority.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States
• LifeStance is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
• Demonstrates awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects of culture.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

• Experience in behavioral health or healthcare delivery settings
• Experience supporting clinical initiatives or clinical operations teams
• Familiarity with project management frameworks or tools
• Exposure to quality improvement or process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)

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 accommodation 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.

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.

LifeStance is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are fully committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our employees. Learn more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at LifeStance.

LifeStance Health complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact our Human Resources Team at [email protected]. Please note: This contact is intended solely for accommodation requests. Inquiries regarding applications, resumes and applicant status should not be sent to this email address as they will not be reviewed or responded to. To apply for a position, please use our official careers page.