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# Director, HR Business Partner at Headway

- **Company:** [Headway](https://feeny.ai/companies/headway)
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/headway/5a515070-a357-480e-b029-07b4d2002726

## Job description

1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that.

But we're going further. Over 90,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 2.6 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale, and building much of it with AI. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.

We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, Spark Capital, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.

## About the Role

This role is based out of either our New York City office or San Francisco office, and is in person 2 days a week.

As Director, HR Business Partner at Headway, you will lead a team of HR Business Partners while serving as a strategic thought partner to our CRO, CCO, CPO, COO, and other business-side executives and their leadership teams. You'll shape and execute people strategies that enable scale, strengthen leadership, and drive Olympic-level performance across the business organization. Partnering closely with senior leaders and coaching your team to do the same, you'll provide counsel on organizational design, performance management, talent planning, and leadership development, balancing near-term priorities with long-term organizational health and cultural integrity. You'll use data-driven insights and sound judgment to identify trends, influence decisions, and lead high-impact initiatives that elevate the employee experience, strengthen manager capability, and ensure our teams are empowered to perform at their best.

## What You’ll Do

- Strategic Business Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to executives across the business organization (CRO, CCO, CPO, COO, and their leadership teams). Anticipate organizational needs, connect people strategy to business outcomes, and challenge assumptions through evidence and insight.
- Team Leadership & Development: Manage and develop a team of HR Business Partners. Set clear priorities, coach them on their own executive partnerships, and build their capability to operate as strategic advisors in their own right.
- Talent Strategy & Performance: Lead performance management and talent review processes with rigor and fairness across the business organization. Coach leaders and your own team to recognize and reward top performance, address underperformance, and build high-performing, inclusive teams.
- Organizational Design & Effectiveness: Partner with leaders to design scalable org structures, strengthen alignment, and enable growth. Use workforce analytics and org design principles to optimize spans, layers, and team health.
- Leadership Coaching & Influence: Build trusted relationships with executives and managers, providing candid, actionable feedback that sharpens leadership effectiveness. Reinforce Headway's cultural principles and managerial excellence through coaching and systems, both directly and through your team.
- Analytical & Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage people data to identify trends, diagnose root causes, and drive measurable improvements in organizational health. Set the analytical bar for your team's work product.
- Project Management & Operational Excellence: Lead complex, cross-functional people initiatives end-to-end, from scoping and planning to flawless execution and follow-through. Balance strategic impact with hands-on execution, and delegate effectively across your team, to ensure scalability and continuous improvement.
- Cultural Stewardship & Employee Experience: Model and amplify Headway's values and performance standards. Ensure fairness, inclusion, and consistency in decision-making across the business organization. Surface patterns in sentiment and proactively strengthen engagement and trust.

You’d Be a Great Fit If You...

- Have 12+ years of progressive experience in HR or HR-adjacent roles (e.g., Chief of Staff, Strategy, Consulting), with a track record of supporting senior executives in high-growth or scaling environments.
- Are a strategic operator who can anticipate organizational needs, shape people strategies, and influence through credibility and insight.
- Are data-driven, using qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decision-making, program design, and measurement of impact.
- Are a trusted coach and advisor, capable of balancing candor and empathy while influencing at all levels.
- Have deep expertise in org design, performance management, and leadership development.
- Thrive in fast-paced, high-growth settings where agility, sound judgment, and ownership are essential.
- Model Headway’s cultural principles and uphold our Olympic-level performance standard, driving clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, 401(k) including match for 2027!, Carrot Fertility reimbursement, and paid parental, medical and caregiver leave.

We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.

Headway participates in E-Verify. To learn more, click [here.](https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/EVerifyParticipationPoster.pdf)

A notice to Headway applicants: To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that Headway only accepts applications through our official careers page at https://headway.co/careers. Headway will never refer you to external websites, ask for payment or personal information, or conduct interviews via messaging apps. All official communication will come from a @[findheadway.com](http://findheadway.com) email address. If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Headway via an unofficial channel, please do not share any information and report it as spam.

## About Headway

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Headway is building a new mental healthcare system by creating the first software-enabled national network of therapists who accept insurance, making care affordable and accessible.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed on primary sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Mental Healthcare Technology / HealthTech
- **Target customers**: B2B (therapists and group practices) and B2C (patients seeking mental health care)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To build a new mental healthcare system, rewired for access and affordability." [headway.co](https://headway.co/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **Headway Platform (Provider Side)**: A software platform that enables therapists and psychiatrists to accept insurance, manage billing, and grow their private practice. It removes the administrative burden of insurance credentialing and claims, allowing providers to focus on care.
- **Headway Platform (Patient Side)**: A marketplace where patients can find and book in-network therapists and psychiatrists, with costs as low as $0/session after insurance. The platform handles scheduling, insurance verification, and billing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Series D private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over $325 million in total funding raised (Series D) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/headway)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Accel, GV (Google Ventures), Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Forerunner Ventures, and Health Care Service Corporation. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/headway)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Network of over 70,000 therapists and psychiatrists across all 50 states [headway.co](https://headway.co/)
  - Over 30 million sessions held [headway.co](https://headway.co/)
  - Served over 1 million patients [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/headway)
  - 604 U.S.-based employees (Medium-sized company) [greatplacetowork.com](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7083261)
  - 259 Product + Tech employees [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/headway)
  - Named #48 on Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care™ 2025 (Small And Medium) [greatplacetowork.com](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7083261)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Asset-free network model**: Unlike competitors that build their own clinics, Headway enables existing independent therapists to accept insurance without administrative burden, creating a scalable, capital-light network.
- **Insurance integration**: Partners with 100+ of the nation's top insurance plans, making it the largest mental health provider network in the U.S. [headway.co](https://headway.co/)
- **Software moat**: The platform handles credentialing, billing, and compliance, solving the core reason 70% of therapists don't accept insurance. [headway.co](https://headway.co/about-us)
- **Scale**: With 70,000+ providers and 30M+ sessions, the network effects are significant—more providers attract more patients, and more patients attract more providers.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding the provider network**: Continuing to onboard therapists and psychiatrists to increase access and coverage.
- **AI and product innovation**: Actively hiring for roles like "Applied AI Lead" and "Staff Product Manager, AI Patient Experience," indicating a focus on using AI to improve patient matching, scheduling, and care delivery. [headway.co](https://headway.co/careers)
- **Deepening insurance partnerships**: Working with 100+ insurance plans to lower costs for patients and expand in-network access.
- **Scaling the patient experience**: Investing in data science, product management, and engineering to improve the patient journey from search to booking to ongoing care.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: 88% of employees say Headway is a great place to work, compared to 57% at a typical U.S. company. [greatplacetowork.com](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7083261)
- **Mission-driven**: Employees are united by the goal of building a new, accessible mental healthcare system. The company highlights that "people are their happiest, healthiest, and best selves when they know their team values them for who they are." [headway.co](https://headway.co/careers)
- **Remote-first with office hubs**: Employees work remotely across the US, with the option to work from offices in New York City, San Francisco, and Seattle. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/headway)
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: The company states a commitment to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive team, noting it is "a business imperative" and "the right thing to do." [headway.co](https://headway.co/careers)
- **Recognition**: Certified as a Great Place to Work® (88% of employees say it's a great place to work) and ranked #48 on Fortune Best Workplaces in Health Care™ 2025. [greatplacetowork.com](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7083261)
- **Notable perks**: Remote-first culture with optional offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle; strong focus on engineering, data science, and AI roles.

## Sources
1. [headway.co - About Us](https://headway.co/about-us)
2. [headway.co - Careers](https://headway.co/careers)
3. [headway.co - Homepage](https://headway.co/)
4. [builtin.com - Headway Company Profile](https://builtin.com/company/headway)
5. [greatplacetowork.com - Headway Certification](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7083261)

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