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Role Description

This role involves owning hiring delivery across both licensed clinical providers and corporate roles. Responsibilities include:

• Delivering against hiring targets
• Building predictable pipelines
• Strengthening recruiting operations
• Operating comfortably with executive-level visibility

The role will begin as a contract engagement (3–6 months) with the intention to convert to a full-time leadership position based on impact and performance.

What You’ll Do

• Own Hiring Outcomes
  • Source and close high-priority and critical-to-fill roles
  • Own end-to-end recruiting for licensed clinical roles (therapists, supervisors, PMHNPs, and psychiatrists) across multiple states
  • Recruit corporate and operational roles (Growth, Operations, Finance, Product, Engineering, Clinical Ops)
  • Align hiring strategy with clinical capacity and growth plans
  • Build and manage healthy pipelines with clear forecasting
• Strengthen Recruiting Operations
  • Maintain strong ATS hygiene
  • Track and report on hiring metrics including time-to-fill, conversion rates, and pipeline coverage
  • Identify hiring risks early and implement corrective strategies
  • Work closely with Clinical Operations, Finance, and People leadership
  • Communicate progress and risks clearly and proactively
  • Operate with urgency and accountability in a high-visibility environment

What Success Looks Like

• Hiring targets are met consistently across clinical and corporate roles
• Pipeline coverage ratios are strong and predictable
• Recruiting data is accurate, timely, and actionable
• Hiring volatility is reduced and risks are surfaced early

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of recruiting experience with significant experience recruiting behavioral health or healthcare roles across multiple states
• Experience recruiting corporate roles in growth-stage organizations
• Strong data fluency and comfort using recruiting metrics to drive decisions
• ATS candidate management & reporting experience (Greenhouse highly preferred)
• Experience in fast-growth or scaling environments
• Experience operating independently and with executive visibility

Why Join Backpack?

• Your work directly expands access to behavioral health care
• Recruiting is considered a business-critical function
• Opportunity to convert into a long-term leadership role