Director, HR Business Partner

Headways mission is a big one to build a new mental health care system everyone can access. Weve built technology that helps people find great therapists with the first software-enabled national network of providers accepting insurance.

1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition but the majority of providers dont accept insurance making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway is building a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access by making it easy for therapists to accept insurance and scale their practice.

Headway was founded in 2019. Since then weve grown into a diverse national network of over 60000 mental healthcare providers across all 50 states who run their practice on our software and have served over 1 million patients. Were a Series D company with over $325m in funding from a16z (Andreessen Horowitz) Accel GV (formerly Google Ventures) Spark Capital Thrive Capital Forerunner Ventures and Health Care Service Corporation.

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 located in either our New York City office or San Francisco office and is in person 2-day a week.

As an HR Business Partner Director at Headway you will serve as a strategic thought partner to our executives. Youll shape and execute people strategies that enable scale strengthen leadership and drive Olympic-level performance. Partnering closely with senior leaders youll provide counsel on organizational design performance management talent planning and leadership development - balancing near-term priorities with long-term organizational health and cultural integrity. Youll 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 Youll Do

• Strategic Business Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to executives. Anticipate organizational needs connect people strategy to business outcomes and challenge assumptions through evidence and insight.
• Talent Strategy & Performance: Lead performance management and talent review processes with rigor and fairness. Coach leaders 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 Headways cultural principles and managerial excellence through coaching and systems.
• Analytical & Data-Driven Decision Making: Leverage people data to identify trends diagnose root causes and drive measurable improvements in organizational health.
• 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 to ensure scalability and continuous improvement.
• Cultural Stewardship & Employee Experience: Model and amplify Headways values and performance standards. Ensure fairness inclusion and consistency in decision-making. Surface patterns in sentiment and proactively strengthen engagement and trust.

Youd Be a Great Fit If You...

• Have 12 years of progressive experience in HR or HR-adjacent roles (e.g. Chief of Staff Strategy) 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 Headways cultural principles and uphold our Olympic-level performance standard driving clarity accountability and continuous improvement.

Compensation and Benefits:

• The expected base pay range for this position is $195000-$250000 based on a variety of factors including qualifications experience and geographic location.

  We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package including robust health and wellness benefits retirement savings and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.

Benefits offered include:

• Equity Compensation
• Medical Dental and Vision coverage
• HSA / FSA
• 401K
• Work-from-Home Stipend
• Therapy Reimbursement
• 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
• Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
• 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
• Flexible PTO
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and professional development

We believe a teams 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.

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