Medical Director (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Remote)

Medical Director (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Remote)

We are searching for a strategic and visionary Medical Director to own and evolve our psychiatry service line. Reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), you will lead the functional area of psychiatric care, ensuring clinical excellence across multiple departments. You will be responsible for developing the strategic roadmap for our prescribing team, managing subordinate leadership, and harmonizing clinical quality with scalable business operations.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Lead the psychiatry service line and connected departments through subordinate managers/leads (e.g., Lead NPs, Regional Psychiatrists).

• Contribute to the development of Brightline’s overarching clinical strategic plans, organizational policies, and operational effectiveness.

• Discuss matters of significant impact regarding clinical safety, market expansion, and service delivery with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and external stakeholders.

• Manage the psychiatry function budget, ensuring resource allocation aligns with business segment strategies and growth targets.

Clinical Quality & Risk Management

• Develop corporate-wide methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for psychiatric care to ensure alignment with evidence-based practices.

• Resolve highly complex clinical and operational issues where standard field-specific principles may not fully apply, particularly at the intersection of telehealth and emerging regulations.

• Make critical decisions regarding clinical safety protocols and "Collaborative Practice Agreements" where the outcomes have a long-term impact on the success of the organization.

• Direct the development of new methods for chart reviews, quality assurance, and risk mitigation across multi-state jurisdictions.

Innovation & Product Integration

• Drive results by harmonizing views across Engineering, Product, and Care Ops to build state-of-the-art, technology-driven care models.

• Lead the clinical strategy for AI tooling and scalable telehealth innovations, balancing aggressive growth with rigorous patient safety.

• Oversee the cross-licensing strategy to ensure the prescribing team can meet the demands of a rapidly growing, multi-state member base.

Requirements:

• Board-certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist with proven expertise in conducting comprehensive evaluations, diagnoses, and treatments for a diverse range of pediatric mental health concerns.

• Proven experience leading pediatric mental health clinical services, with a track record of guiding and inspiring teams through mentorship and fostering a growth-oriented mindset.

• Experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams (Product, Engineering, and Clinical Operations) to establish technology-driven, state-of-the-art care delivery models.

• Strong clinical expertise in a multidisciplinary setting, with the ability to incorporate a pathway-driven approach to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.

• A commitment to spearheading and fostering innovation, with a dedication to bridging practice gaps by exploring new methodologies and continually seeking improved care models.

• Strategic clinical thinker with the proficiency to balance the "risk for change" required for innovation with the absolute necessity for patient safety and legal compliance.

• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills; able to foster clear and concise communication in a remote setting to keep team members informed and aligned.

• Technically literate and adaptable, with an innate comfort using various technologies and the ability to quickly pivot to new platforms or software to optimize workflow.

• Comfort and interest in AI tooling, including a desire to participate in the development of AI-driven clinical enhancements.

• Passionate about cultivating inclusive cultures, emphasizing clinical excellence and establishing a safety-oriented, blame-free environment.

• Multi-state licensed or the ability and willingness to be cross-licensed for NP care collaboration as required by the organization's growth.

Nice to have:

• Willingness to travel periodically (e.g., a few times per quarter) to support leadership alignment, team engagement, and key organizational initiatives.

• Preference for New York licensure; however, candidates with licensure in other states and openness to cross-licensure are strongly considered.

We offer several benefits, perks, and stipends:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, and 401k

• 12 Company Holidays + Floating Holidays, Holiday Shutdown, Time Off, Parental Leave

• Health and Wellness Stipend, Home Office Reimbursement and Professional Development Reimbursement

• Stock Options

At Brightline we have built a total rewards philosophy that includes fair, equitable, competitive, geo-based compensation that is performance and potential based. Our strategy is based on robust market research, including external advisory specializing in national compensation, and thoughtful input from every level of our organization. It is a combination of a cash salary, equity, benefits, wellbeing, and opportunity. In compliance with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the annual base salary range is $250,00-$280,000.

Our Commitment to Building a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Workforce

At Brightline, we believe that Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging are essential to the foundation upon which our mission is built. We are committed to:

• building a future where all families can access inclusive, high-quality care

• creating an environment that encourages our employees to show up authentically, reach their highest potential, and have an equal opportunity to thrive

• systematically evaluating and improving our inherent beliefs, observed behaviors, structures, and systems

• ensuring that every employee, candidate, client, and family we serve is valued and respected

About Brightline

Brightline is a therapy and psychiatry practice that delivers expert pediatric, teen, and parental mental health care to families and kids up to age 18. Brightline’s virtual and in-person outpatient services include diagnostic evaluation, therapy, psychiatry services (e.g. medication management), and psychological testing (to assess learning differences, school readiness, executive functioning difficulties [e.g. ADHD], and autism). In addition to Brightline’s generalized support, we offer focused programs including those that support anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders, ADHD, and disruptive behaviors. Founded in 2019, Brightline has delivered care to tens of thousands of families with industry-leading results. We’ve been nationally recognized for clinical excellence and innovation for several years — recent awards include the Fast Company 50 Most Innovative Companies (2022) and Behavioral Health Business Companies to Watch Award (2024). Brightline is based in Palo Alto and is backed by investors including Boston Children’s Hospital, Northwell Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Google Ventures, KKR, and Oak HC/FT.