[Hiring] Director, Brand Strategy & Partnerships @LifeStance Health

Role Description

The Director, Brand Strategy & Partnerships leads the development, governance, and activation of the LifeStance Health brand across enterprise audiences, markets, partnerships, and growth priorities. This role is responsible for strengthening how LifeStance shows up with patients, clinicians, teammates, referral partners, recruits, business partners, and external stakeholders by building a clear, differentiated, and scalable brand platform.

This leader will serve as a senior strategic partner across the organization, translating enterprise priorities into brand strategies, creative systems, partnership opportunities, and activation plans that build awareness, trust, preference, and long-term affinity. The role oversees brand governance, creative services, branded partnerships, sponsorship strategy, and cross-functional brand activation, ensuring LifeStance presents a consistent, credible, and compelling brand experience across every touchpoint.

Consistent with LifeStance’s values, every member of the LifeStance team is expected to support each other and the mission, which may mean participating in projects and initiatives and performing functions and responsibilities not specifically outlined in this job description.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in brand strategy, brand management, integrated marketing, creative strategy, or brand experience.
• Experience leading enterprise brand strategy in a complex, multi-site, multi-market, or matrixed organization.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States.
• Demonstrates awareness, inclusivity, sensitivity, humility, and experience in working with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, gender identities, and other various aspects of culture.

Requirements

• Healthcare, behavioral health, consumer health, retail health, or similarly regulated category experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to build and govern brand systems across multiple audiences, channels, markets, and stakeholders.
• Experience managing creative teams, agencies, production partners, or cross-functional creative workflows.
• Experience developing or activating strategic partnerships, sponsorships, or branded collaborations.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate strategy into clear recommendations.
• Proven ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution.
• Strong understanding of consumer behavior, brand health, reputation, content strategy, digital experience, and integrated campaign development.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment with evolving priorities.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance.
• 401k retirement savings with employer match.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off.
• Holiday pay.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Company Description

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.

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.