Senior Associate, Corporate Development

Millions of people nationwide experience mental health and substance use crises each year without a safe place to receive care. Their options are typically emergency rooms, long inpatient hospital stays, or jail. Connections exist to change that.

Connections Health Solutions is the nation's leading provider of immediate-access behavioral health crisis care. Our team combines medical and recovery-oriented treatment to stabilize individuals in crisis and connect them to community-based resources for ongoing recovery, diverting individuals from more restrictive settings like jails, emergency rooms, and inpatient hospitals.

Founded by emergency room psychiatrists Dr. Chris Carson and Dr. Robert Williamson, our model is physician-led and data-driven, drawing upon more than 15 years of crisis‑care expertise. Recognized by SAMHSA and the National Council for Mental Wellbeing as national best practice, we’ve delivered invaluable treatment to hundreds of thousands of individuals facing crises. Our commitment remains consistent, to improve access, inspire hope, and provide the right support.

Our values shape our decisions, define our culture, and foster continuous learning and growth.

We accept people as they are, creating safe spaces where they feel valued and respected. We inspire hope by walking with people side‑by‑side, showing them grace and compassion. We act with intention, holding ourselves and each other accountable, and doing the right thing. We work as one team, trusting and supporting each other. We embrace change and innovation, striving to find better ways to fulfill our mission.

We are on a mission to change the face of behavioral health. Help us save lives and make a difference.

We are looking for a high-performing Senior Associate, Corporate Development to report directly to the Chief of Staff / Director of Corporate Development. This is a very high visibility, high impact role that directly supports the organization’s primary strategic focus areas, including expanding immediate access care to those most in need, leading national value‑based payment innovation in behavioral health, and driving tech‑enabled clinical and operational scalability.

You will operate cross‑functionally with the growth, finance, operations, and clinical teams as well as support investor relations and manage cross‑enterprise initiatives. The position is critical in bringing life‑saving crisis care to communities in need.

You will combine structured project management with rigorous data analysis and an executive presence to keep the organization accountable to high‑level execution. You’ll support CEO and Corporate Development initiatives, engage members of the Senior Leadership Team, manage strategic cross‑functional work streams, and accelerate critical enterprise priorities.

This role is ideal for someone looking to accelerate their career with a broad mandate and immediate ownership who is motivated by a high‑impact, high‑growth enterprise.

• Growth and Product Development:
  • Identify market trends and customer needs to develop new business adjacencies
  • Evaluate growth and financial trends to expand GTM opportunities and speed to market
  • Support strategic evaluation and design of product adjacencies
  • Develop and deliver business cases and value propositions for partnerships and M&A
• Tech Enablement and Artificial Intelligence:
  • Support enterprise‑wide tech‑enablement strategy
  • Lead tech‑enablement and AI deployments with front‑line patient‑facing teams
  • Execute upon expansion of tech enablers and tech‑enabled services, including integration of AI solutions for back‑office and front‑line clinical and operational functions
• Support and execute upon business transformation efforts around payment strategy (e.g., value‑based care, alternative payment models)
• Develop innovative alternative payment models to transform national behavioral health delivery
• Support market‑leading innovations in defining measurement‑based value in behavioral health
• Executive Engagement:
  • Engage Executive Team to support strategic plan development complete with annual performance goals and objectives
  • Support the Corporate Executive budget process
  • Manage…