Behavioral Health Manager

Clarity Pediatrics

$105K — $120K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven track record in solving operational challenges within behavioral health or similar clinical settings.
  • Balances empathy for staff with clear structure and accountability.
  • Comfortable navigating fast-changing environments with a flexible mindset.
  • Natural leader who empowers and elevates team performance.
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PhD/PsyD) or Master's-level clinician (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC) with active CA license.
  • 7+ years of post-licensure experience; open to or possessing multi-state licenses.
  • Experience in pediatric behavioral health assessments and evidence-based treatment.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise and support a clinical team of psychologists and master's-level providers to ensure high-quality care.
  • Lead with empathy and accountability to foster an engaging clinical culture.
  • Champion clinical excellence while adhering to ethical and regulatory standards.
  • Adaptively manage schedules and provide support for last-minute changes to enhance scalability.
  • Conduct diagnostic assessments and lead intake appointments for new patients.
  • Facilitate group therapy sessions for parents and caregivers of children with behavioral health diagnoses.
  • Collaborate with the Operations team to optimize clinician schedules and patient availability.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and ancillary benefits.
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO) policy.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan.
  • Support for continuing medical education (CME/CEU).
  • Remote work-friendly culture with optional in-person days.
  • Dedicated care coordination team to assist with administrative tasks.
Full Job Description
About the role:

In this high-impact role, you'll report to our Executive Clinical Leadership team and lead a growing team of behavioral health providers. You'll work closely with our operations partners to ensure care runs smoothly, while driving clinical quality, enhancing the patient experience, and helping to shape a mission-driven team and care model. This position is fully remote, with optional in-person work days in the Bay Area, CA.

If you're passionate about leadership, team culture, and delivering exceptional behavioral health care, we'd love to connect.
About You:
  • Proven track record solving operational challenges in behavioral health or similar clinical settings
  • Balances empathy for staff with structure, accountability, and clear boundaries
  • Comfortable with ambiguity; sees opportunity in fast-changing environments
  • Natural leader who empowers teams and raises the bar
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PhD/PsyD) or Master's-level clinician (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)
  • Active CA license with 7+ years post-licensure experience; open to or already holding multi-state licenses
  • Experience in pediatric behavioral health assessments assessment and evidence-based treatment
  • 3+ years managing clinical teams, including scheduling, culture, and quality
  • Skilled in improving workflows, outcomes, and patient experience
  • Collaborative, proactive, and tech-savvy
  • Culturally responsive and committed to ongoing learning
  • Equipped for secure, remote work

What You'll Own:

Team Oversight and Leadership
  • Supervise and support a growing clinical team of psychologists and master's level providers, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care.
  • Lead with empathy, transparency, and accountability-fostering a clinical culture that engages and retains high-performing individuals and maintains accountability to performance standards.
  • Champion clinical excellence and uphold the highest ethical and regulatory standards across the team.
  • Comfortable working in a lean, fast-moving team with the flexibility to support last-minute scheduling changes when needed (e.g., provider coverage or group rescheduling), as you help us build toward a more scalable, fully staffed model. This may include:
    • Conducting diagnostic assessments
    • Leading new patient intake appointments
    • Facilitating group therapy for parents and caregivers of children with ADHD, co-occurring Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), anxiety and more!

Strategic Partnership and Optimization
  • Collaborate closely with our Operations team to align clinician schedules with patient needs, manage time off, and ensure optimal availability for care.
  • Lead process optimization- evaluate and refine workflows, outcomes, and patient experience. Proactively identify ways to enhance quality of care and exceed NPS benchmarks.
  • Balance clinical judgment with business acumen to drive decision making that impacts the clinician experience, processes, and business outcomes.
What We Offer

We're committed to taking care of the people who care for our patients. Our benefits include:
  • Target salary $105,000-120,000
  • Medical, dental, vision, and ancillary benefits
  • 401(k)
  • Flexible PTO
  • CME/CEU support
  • Remote-friendly work culture
  • A dedicated care coordination team to support with administrative tasks (e.g., cancellations, rescheduling, documentation requests, billing)
  • And more-we're growing and evolving, so tell us what matters most to you!

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