--- title: 'Clinical Director, Virtual Care at Amae Health' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/clinical-director-virtual-care-amae-health-remote-e06yvz04r9k7' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-09' --- # Clinical Director, Virtual Care at Amae Health - **Company:** Amae Health - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-11-05 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-09 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/amaehealth/jobs/4479593009 ## Job description The Problem Severe mental illness affects over 15 million adults in the United States. Schizophrenia. Schizoaffective disorder. Bipolar I. Treatment-resistant depression. These are the conditions the rest of healthcare has systematically failed to build for. What makes this problem different from most of healthcare is that the tools to solve it do not exist. The clinical protocols, the measurement science, the precision medicine, the technology to deliver coordinated longitudinal outpatient care for this population. None of it has been built. This is a frontier problem, and it requires frontier science and care delivery to solve. We are developing all of it. The care, the science, the technology. The Problem Severe mental illness affects over 15 million adults in the United States. Schizophrenia. Schizoaffective disorder. Bipolar I. Treatment-resistant depression. These are the conditions the rest of healthcare has systematically failed to build for. What makes this problem different from most of healthcare is that the tools to solve it do not exist. The clinical protocols, the measurement science, the precision medicine, the technology to deliver coordinated longitudinal outpatient care for this population. None of it has been built. This is a frontier problem, and it requires frontier science and care delivery to solve. We are developing all of it. The care, the science, the technology. ## Who We Are Amae Health is a Series B, venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation that delivers specialty outpatient care for people living with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar I disorder, and treatment-resistant depression. We design and operate high-acuity, in-person clinics across the United States. Our model integrates psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietitians, and community health workers under one roof to deliver coordinated, longitudinal care for a population that has historically been fragmented across systems. Leading health systems collaborate with Amae to bring this model to their communities, including NewYork-Presbyterian, Cedars-Sinai, Mass General Brigham, Novant Health, and CommonSpirit Health. ## Why We Are Different - Integrated care, not a referral network. Psychiatrists, therapists, primary care providers, dietitians, and community health workers work side-by-side and share responsibility for the same patients. - Practice at the top of your license. Manageable caseloads, meaningful clinical depth, and purpose-built tools designed for this population. - Continuous learning. Through our collaboration with Mass General Brigham, clinicians receive ongoing training, supervision, and mentorship in evidence-based SMI care. - Advancing the field. Our clinicians contribute to new outcomes frameworks and research shaping the future of severe mental illness care. - A model built for sustainability. Team-based care, thoughtful caseloads, and strong infrastructure make this work meaningful—and sustainable over time. ## About the role The Clinical Director, Virtual Care is the clinical leader of Amae's virtual IOP program. You own the quality, safety, and consistency of care delivered across weekly cohorts, and you lead the therapists, psychiatric NPs, intake clinicians, care coordinators, and health coaches who deliver it. You partner with the General Manager on daily operations, curriculum setting, launch, growth, and provider readiness, and you set the clinical standard that gets replicated as the program expands to additional states. ## What you'll do Clinical leadership and quality - Lead day-to-day clinical operations of the virtual IOP, including cohort scheduling, curriculum delivery, and support level-of-care decisions. - Own clinical protocols for intake, risk and safety assessment, crisis response, step-up/step-down, and discharge planning. - Develop new group curriculum to expand Amae’s modalities and quality of care - Review treatment plans and documentation; run regular chart audits and report on quality metrics (attendance, retention, completion, symptom change such as PHQ-9 and GAD-7, safety events). - Lead case consultation and multidisciplinary huddles with therapists, psychiatric prescribers, dietitian, health coaches, and care coordinators. - Maintain a clinical caseload or group coverage as needed People leadership - Hire, onboard, supervise, and develop clinical staff - Provide clinical supervision for pre-licensed associates in California where eligible. - Delegate caseloads to meet clinical and business utilization targets - Set expectations for group facilitation quality; observe sessions and give feedback. - Build a culture of clinical rigor, psychological safety, and caseload management for a fully virtual team. Compliance and regulatory readiness - Ensure services meet California licensure, telehealth, and informed-consent requirements and applicable payer standards. - Lead readiness for facility accreditation (Joint Commission) and member verification of benefits in partnership with Operations and Revenue Cycle teams. - Maintain policies and procedures for crisis management, mandated reporting, member rights, and privacy Program growth and expansion - Partner with the General Manager on state-expansion planning, including state-specific clinical and licensure requirements. - Support referral partner relationships (health systems, community providers, payers) from a clinical credibility standpoint. - Contribute to outcomes measurement and reporting Availability - Participate in clinical escalation and on-call rotation for safety concerns during program hours ## What you'll bring - Unrestricted California license as a Psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC. Eligibility to supervise associates in California strongly preferred. - 5+ years of clinical experience, including 2+ years in a leadership or supervisory role in an IOP, PHP, outpatient, or inpatient behavioral health setting. - Strong clinical command of depression and anxiety disorders and evidence-based group treatment (CBT, DBT skills, behavioral activation, ACT). - Experience with telehealth delivery, virtual risk management, and group-based programming. - Working knowledge of quality, compliance, and accreditation standards (CARF/Joint Commission) and payer documentation requirements. - Comfort with data: you use outcomes and operational metrics to drive decisions. - Strong communication, coaching, and negotiation skills; a collaborative, mission-driven style. - Familiarity with California's mental health and social service systems and member rights (preferred). - Experience launching or scaling a program or clinic (preferred). ## Compensation & benefits Amae Health is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary band for this role is $130,000-150,000. Pay will be adjusted to market, licensure, and experience. Benefit packages (comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, parental leave, programs built around well-being) will be available for employees working 24+ hours/week. We'll share specifics during the interview process. If you want to practice at the top of your license, learn from the best in academic medicine, contribute to research that is defining a new field, and do it all inside a team that was actually built for this work, we'd like to talk. ## What We Value - We center care in all we do. Empathy is not a brand value. It’s how we make clinical decisions, build products, and treat each other. - We challenge convention. The existing system is the problem. We question it, we test alternatives, and we move with urgency when something works. - We take the work seriously, not ourselves. High standards and humanity are not in tension. We hold a hard bar for quality while leaving room for humor and levity. - Your job isn’t done until the job is done. We close gaps, we follow through, and we don’t hide behind titles or org charts. - We win together and fail together. We own outcomes as a team. We learn fast. We don’t do blame. - We hustle with humility. Speed matters. So does integrity. We assume best intent and stay grounded in the mission. ## About Amae Health ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Amae Health is a Public Benefit Corporation that delivers specialty, in-person outpatient care for people living with severe mental illness (SMI), integrating psychiatry, therapy, primary care, and peer support under one roof. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, USA (with a secondary office in San Francisco, CA) - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Sonia Garcia (Co-Founder & CEO) and Stas Sokolin (Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Healthcare — Specialty Mental Health & Psychiatric Care - **Target customers**: B2C — Adults (18+) living with severe mental illness (SMI), including conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and treatment-resistant depression. - **Mission or purpose statement**: To establish a center of excellence for SMI, using advanced technology and data-driven insights to transform how severe mental illness is diagnosed, treated, and understood. The company name "Amae" (Japanese) reflects the innate human desire to depend on each other. ## Products & Services - **Integrated Outpatient Clinic Model**: In-person, high-acuity care delivered in tranquil clinic settings. The model combines psychiatry, individual and group therapy (CBT + DBT integrated), holistic health coaching (nutrition, exercise, sleep management), primary care, mindfulness, peer support, and family support groups. - **Precision Medicine Platform**: A data-driven platform developed in-house by a team of physicians, engineers, and researchers. It leverages longitudinal data to personalize treatment and fuel research in partnership with leading academic medical centers. - **SMI Research & Academic Partnerships**: Collaborations with institutions like Cedars-Sinai, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Massachusetts General Hospital to bridge clinical care with research, aiming to transform the field of psychiatry. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$46.1M** (across Series A and Series B). The latest round was a **$25M Series B** raised approximately 7 months ago (as of mid-2026). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors include Bling Capital, 8VC, Quiet Capital, Healthier Capital, Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures, and 11 others. Key healthcare partners include Novant Health (announced April 2026), Cedars-Sinai, NewYork-Presbyterian, and Massachusetts General Hospital. - **Growth Signals**: - **Award Wins**: Won the 2026 MedTech Breakthrough Award for Care Management Innovation; named a 2025 Best in Business Award winner for Patient Engagement & Experience by Modern Healthcare. - **Expansion**: Announced a partnership with Novant Health to bring its integrated care model to Charlotte, North Carolina (April 2026). - **Headcount**: Actively hiring across 37+ roles (as of mid-2026) in Psychiatry, Therapy, Primary Care, Corporate, Technology, and Operations across multiple U.S. locations (Boston, Charlotte, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, San Mateo, Los Altos, Raleigh). ## Competitive Advantages - **High-Acuity, In-Person Focus**: Unlike many digital-only mental health startups, Amae operates physical clinics designed for the most complex and severe cases, recognizing that virtual care is insufficient for this population. - **Integrated, Whole-Person Model**: Combines psychiatry, therapy, primary care, nutrition, and peer support in a single coordinated care team, addressing the fragmentation that plagues SMI treatment. - **Data-Driven Precision Medicine**: A proprietary platform and deep research partnerships allow for longitudinal data collection and analysis, enabling personalized treatment and positioning the company as a clinical leader. - **Strong Academic Credentials**: Partnerships with top-tier medical centers (Cedars-Sinai, Mass General, NewYork-Presbyterian) lend significant clinical credibility and access to research talent. ## Strategic Focus - **Geographic Clinic Expansion**: Growing its physical clinic footprint in partnership with major health systems (e.g., Novant Health in Charlotte). - **Deepening the Research & Data Moat**: Continuously building and analyzing deep datasets to identify treatment patterns and personalize care, with the goal of transforming the field of psychiatry. - **Building the Care Team**: Aggressively hiring top clinical talent (Psychiatrists, PMHNPs, Therapists) and operational leaders to scale its care model while maintaining quality. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Work**: The company was founded from personal experience with the failures of the mental health system. Employees have the opportunity to work directly on a deeply meaningful problem — transforming care for a severely underserved population. - **Multidisciplinary Team**: Work alongside physicians, engineers, researchers, therapists, and dietitians in a collaborative, non-siloed environment. - **Culture**: Emphasizes "amae" — the concept of depending on each other — fostering a strong support system within the team, not just for members. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Appears to be hybrid or office-based for most clinical roles (clinics in CA, NY, NC, MA). Some corporate and technology roles (e.g., VP, Clinical Care Delivery; Quality & Compliance Manager) are listed as remote. The Senior/Staff Software Engineer role is listed in San Francisco. - **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge clinical care and technology. The company is a Public Benefit Corporation, legally committed to a social mission. ## Sources 1. [amaehealth.com](https://www.amaehealth.com/about-us) 2. [amaehealth.com](https://www.amaehealth.com/) 3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/amae-health) 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/amae-health) 5. 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