Medical Director

About Us

InStride Health’s mission is to deliver specialty anxiety and OCD care that works for every kid, teen, young adult, and family who needs it. Through this mission, we are expanding access to insurance-based care, increasing engagement in treatment, and improving treatment outcomes. We are doing this by combining research-backed clinical care and innovative technology to eliminate the major problems with care today: difficulty finding providers, months of waiting to be seen, arduous onboarding processes, and inconsistent use of evidence-based therapies and outcomes tracking. Our vision is to become the nation’s most trusted provider of pediatric anxiety and OCD care.

Team InStride Health: Our Core Values

• Give Heart: We lead with heart, treating patients and their families the way we want our loved ones to be treated. 
• Work Smart: We find smarter ways to solve hard problems and fix the broken mental health system by leveraging technology, diversity of thought, and innovation.
• Have Humility: We leave our egos at the door, empowering our team to collaborate, celebrate diversity, and adopt a growth mindset.
• Embrace Community: We all belong. We are in this together, and we never worry alone. We believe in each other and recognize that every voice matters.

About the Role

As the Medical Director, you will set the strategic vision and drive operational excellence of our psychiatry services, overseeing a growing team of psychiatrists and advanced practice providers as we shape and scale our services across multiple states. Collaborating closely across clinical leadership, you will shape clinical policies, guide strategic initiatives, and ensure the highest standards of pediatric mental health services. Your leadership will help maintain a culture of consistent clinical quality, strong team performance, collaboration, and accountability, ensuring that our mission to provide safe, effective, and evidence-based care is realized. This role requires a proactive leadership style with a proven track record of building high-performing teams, driving innovations, and delivering strong patient outcomes. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in child and adolescent psychiatry, a passion for systems-level thinking, and the ability to operate effectively in a dynamic, high-growth environment. 

This is a fully remote position.

Responsibilities: 

As Medical Director you will:

Lead with Vision & Inspire Excellence

• Collaborate with senior clinical and operational leaders—including the SVP of Clinical Operations, Chief Clinical Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and Senior Directors of Therapy and Coaching—to define and execute the strategic direction for high-quality, team-based psychiatric care.
• Recruit, hire, and mentor a growing team of psychiatrists and advanced practice providers (APPs), fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and shared accountability.
• Set and reinforce clear role expectations, conduct performance evaluations, and address performance concerns with clarity and consistency.
• Track psychiatry team engagement and satisfaction to inform and drive strategies for retention, workload management, and professional fulfillment.
• Champion the organization’s mission and core values, modeling inclusive leadership and clinical integrity.

Ensure Exceptional Patient Care

• Provide direct psychiatric care (approximately 20% of time, based on need) to children, adolescents, and young adults with severe anxiety, OCD, and co-occurring conditions.
• Serve as a consultative resource and point of escalation for complex clinical presentations, high-risk situations, and treatment planning across the psychiatry team.
• Develop and implement psychiatry-specific protocols, clinical guidelines, and quality assurance initiatives that ensure consistent, evidence-based care.
• Ensure psychiatric care aligns with regulatory and ethical standards, including documentation, prescribing practices, and risk management protocols.
• Evolve the psychiatry oversight model to maintain consistency in clinical quality and patient experience as the organization grows, using data, feedback loops, and best practices to inform improvement.

Foster Operational Excellence

• In partnership with the SVP of Clinical Operations, manage psychiatry-related budget planning, workforce modeling, and licensure expansion strategies to support sustainable growth.
• Collaborate with compliance, legal, and credentialing teams to ensure adherence to state and federal regulatory requirements.
• Develop and refine psychiatric workflows that are efficient, scalable, and centered on patient and provider needs.
• Monitor provider performance metrics in partnership with the data & analytics team, using insights to coach and develop team members and ensure alignment with care delivery goals.

Drive Strategic Growth & Innovation

• Inform the future structure, scope, and resourcing of the psychiatry team by assessing current and projected clinical needs, workforce capabilities, and opportunities for role differentiation (e.g., MD vs. APP, supervisory layers, subspecialty focus).
• Collaborate with technology and product teams to improve workflows, reduce administrative burden, and enhance patient and provider experience through automation and digital tools.
• Guide psychiatric operations for new market launches, service line evolution, and onboarding of clinical team members in new geographies.
• Maintain multi-state licensure (with administrative and financial support) to enable care delivery across InStride’s national footprint.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives that strengthen InStride’s impact and visibility in the pediatric mental health space.

What You Need to Succeed in the Role

• Qualifications:
  • MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
  • Board certification in Psychiatry required; subspecialty in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry preferred.
  • Active medical license in at least one U.S. state and willingness to obtain multi-state licensure (supported by InStride).
• Deep knowledge of evidence-based treatments for pediatric mental health conditions
• Experience managing and overseeing large behavioral health teams providing evidence-based care in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Commitment to compassionate, thoughtful, strengths-based treatment. 
• Proven success in strategic leadership and team development, including a track record of managing team performance through data-driven competency assessments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a commitment to team-based care and patient-centered outcomes.

The expected annual salary for this role is between $270,000-$325,000. Actual starting salary will be determined on an individualized basis and will be is based on several factors including but not limited to specific skill set, work experience, licensure, etc. 

Why Join Our Team

• Generous benefits package (401k with match, Flexible PTO, paid holidays, 4 week paid sabbatical, 12 week paid parental leave, health benefits starting on your first day, and more)
• Opportunity to join a mission-driven company that is changing the landscape of pediatric mental health treatment
• Chance to make a far-reaching impact by helping children and families access desperately-needed, evidence-based care
• Opportunity to work with talented and experienced team members who have devoted their lives to solving this problem
• Fully virtual: work from the comfort of your home with periodic in-person retreats

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB)

We want to make our clinical services available for everyone, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or how you identify. To achieve this, we recognize we must continually make progress in building a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive team. Through these efforts, we support two primary objectives at InStride Health:

1. Providing high quality patient care to families. We are in a privileged position to support families during a vulnerable time in their lives. We approach all families and each other with compassion and are most effective as a diverse team where all individuals feel valued, respected, and accepted.
2. Building a mission-driven business that lasts. Specifically, we believe our commitment to a supportive culture improves innovation, decision-making, and efficiency.

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