Headway
Principal, Clinical Product
$170K–$280K
Remote · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of post-graduate clinical experience.
- Education
- Psychologist (PhD/PsyD) or psychiatrist (MD/DO).
- Visa sponsorship
- Participates in E-Verify.
About the job
Embed behavioral health expertise in product teams to shape safe, clinically sound AI-enabled healthcare tools and improve clinical quality across Headway’s platform.
What you'll do
- Translate clinical workflows into product requirements and guide clinical decisions for AI-enabled features.
- Define and measure clinical quality, patient safety, and outcomes; monitor product performance using data and clinician and patient feedback.
- Align product, design, data, and engineering teams on clinical tradeoffs and use analysis to inform product decisions.
What they ask for
- Active, unrestricted psychologist (PhD/PsyD) or psychiatrist (MD/DO) license.
- Direct experience partnering with product and engineering teams to build AI-enabled healthcare tools.
- Experience with AI governance, risk frameworks, or clinical safety standards for AI.
- Strong analytical skills and clear communication; able to influence decisions without formal authority.
Nice to have
- Experience at a high-growth startup or tech company.
- Background in behavioral health quality or patient safety; hands-on experience with claims data, outcomes measurement, or measurement-informed care; or experience presenting to health plan or health system leadership or at industry conferences.
Pay
$170,000 - $280,000 USD base salary
Tools
AI
AI focus
Apply clinical judgment to AI-enabled healthcare features, define safe and clinically appropriate behavior, and support evaluation and governance.
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