LifeStance Health

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At LifeStance Health, we strive to help individuals, families, and communities with their mental health needs. Everywhere. Every day. It’s a lofty goal; we know. But we make it happen with the best team in mental healthcare. Thank you for taking the time to explore a career with us. As the fastest growing mental health practice group in the country, now is the perfect time to join our team! LifeStance Health Values Belonging: We cultivate a space where everyone can show up as their authentic self. Empathy: We seek out diverse perspectives and listen to learn without judgment. Courage: We are all accountable for doing the right thing - even when it's hard - because we know it's worth it. One Team: We realize our full potential when we work together towards our shared purpose. ROLE OVERVIEW The Senior Director, Product Strategy will lead the development and execution of long-term product strategy across the LifeStance digital portfolio. This role is responsible for shaping Multi-Generational Product Planning (MGPP), overseeing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), leading Market Intelligence, and guiding strategic build-buy-partner decisions to accelerate product and platform outcomes. This highly strategic role serves as a key partner to product, technology, and business leaders to ensure that product investments are aligned with enterprise objectives, market needs, and ecosystem opportunities. The ideal candidate brings structured thinking, deep digital health expertise, and strong executive communication skills. RESPONSIBILITIES Multi-Generational Product Planning Lead the development of 3–5 year product plans aligned to strategic goals and technology platform capabilities. Partner with executives, product leaders, and engineering to shape vision, evolution phases, and investment cases. Maintain a horizon-based product planning framework (e.g., Horizon 1–3). Product Lifecycle Management Define and operationalize lifecycle stage criteria (e.g., incubate, scale, sunset). Drive product reviews to assess health, usage, value contribution, and fit within portfolio. Recommend investments, pivots, or retirements based on data-driven insights. Strategic Planning & Portfolio Governance Support annual and quarterly product planning cycles, including AOP and OKRs. Drive cross-functional alignment on product sequencing, dependencies, and prioritization. Lead or support product council reviews and governance cadences. Market Intelligence & Competitive Analysis Conduct ongoing market, consumer, and competitor analysis to identify opportunities, threats, and whitespace.. Maintain a comprehensive view of emerging digital health trends, business models, and enabling technologies. Translate insights into strategic guidance for product planning and positioning. Strategic Partnerships (Build/Buy/Partner) Develop frameworks and recommendations for whether to build internally, buy third-party solutions, or form partnerships. Evaluate external vendors, platforms, and ecosystem players to support business and product expansion. Partner with Business Development, Technology, and Legal to structure partnerships that accelerate product capabilities. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE 10+ years in product strategy, corporate strategy, or product leadership, ideally in digital health or enterprise technology. Proven success in leading multi-year product planning and lifecycle portfolio reviews. Strong experience with market and competitive analysis in technology-driven industries. Demonstrated ability to develop and evaluate strategic partnerships and build-buy-partner strategies. Strategic thinker with excellent communication and executive storytelling skills. Strong cross-functional collaboration and influencing skills. Familiarity with healthcare regulatory environments (e.g., HIPAA), EHR systems, and digital health platforms preferred PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, bend, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee must be able to lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. LifeStance is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are fully committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all our employees. Learn more about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at LifeStance. Benefits As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program. At LifeStance Health, we know that mental health care jobs are more than careers, they are missions. When people choose careers in mental health, they do it because they care about their impact on the world. So do we. That’s why we’re assembling the very best team for both telehealth and in-person care. Are you ready to change lives together? Not finding the right fit? 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