Director, Talent Intelligence and Early Careers

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 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 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  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.

Headway is looking for a Director of Talent Intelligence and Early Careers Recruiting to build and lead a first-of-its-kind function focused on Headway's long-term talent pipeline. This leader will own two interconnected pillars — Campus Recruiting and Talent Intelligence — and will be accountable for delivering a defined number of hires across the business through these channels. You'll build the team, the strategy, and the infrastructure from the ground up, working hand-in-hand with the Head of Recruiting, Recruiting Manager peers, and the HR and Recruiting Programs teams to make this a true competitive advantage for Headway.

Why this role, why now? Headway is scaling rapidly, and sustainable growth means building talent pipelines — not just filling reqs. This Director will shape how Headway thinks about talent for the next decade: from the campuses we invest in, to the internal moves we enable, to the market intelligence that keeps us ahead of the competition. It's a rare opportunity to build something consequential from the ground up, at a company where the mission — access to mental healthcare for everyone who needs it — gives every hire real stakes.

What you’ll own…

• Build and lead a recruiting and market intelligence team responsible for proactive talent mapping, competitive landscape analysis, and sourcing strategy across tech and business functions.

• Define the frameworks for market mapping — who we should know, where talent is moving, and which competitors, industries, or schools are under-explored.

• Serve as the organization's sourcing subject matter expert, setting the standard for sourcing craft and raising capability across the entire recruiting team through coaching, enablement, and shared best practices.

• Partner with recruiting manager peers and hiring managers to translate market intelligence into actionable sourcing and targeting strategies.

• Build the infrastructure and operating rhythm for long-term nurture of high-potential candidates, so relationships are cultivated well before a role opens and warm pipelines exist at the moment of need.

• Partner with Talent Brand to shape an events strategy that creates in-person and community touchpoints with the talent we've mapped, turning brand investment into pipeline.

• Own the data infrastructure and reporting that surfaces hiring trends, pipeline health, and market benchmarks to inform capacity planning conversations.

• Define and own Headway's campus recruiting strategy end-to-end: target school selection, event programming, offer positioning, and conversion.

• Build and manage relationships with…