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Director, Texas Child Mental Health Programs

AUSTIN, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-25

Core

Provide strategic, operational, and programmatic leadership for a portfolio of statewide child and adolescent behavioral health initiatives, including telehealth services, workforce expansion, and research networks.

Role type

Director of Behavioral Health Programs

Builds

School-based telehealth services, primary care consultation networks, workforce training programs, and statewide research initiatives

Domain

Public Health / Behavioral Health / Child Mental Health

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Strategic program leadership, multidisciplinary team management, financial stewardship, stakeholder partnership building, regulatory compliance, research evaluation

Preferred skills

Experience with telehealth models, academic medicine collaboration, state agency relations

Technologies

Telehealth platforms, data analysis tools, budgeting software

Responsibilities

Lead development and expansion of major statewide initiatives; oversee clinical, educational, research, and workforce portfolios; manage annual operating budget of $5M–$15M; build partnerships with healthcare systems and government agencies; ensure regulatory compliance and reporting

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership

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