Sr. Manager, Content and Thought Leadership

Responsibilities

• Content Strategy + Editorial Governance
• Serve as the architect of LifeStance’s editorial ecosystem, leading the evolution and execution of editorial voice, storytelling, and content strategy across channels.
• Own enterprise content strategy, including content pillars, audience priorities, editorial standards, voice, tone, and storytelling approach.
• Develop and manage the 12-month content strategy and 90-day execution calendar to ensure content priorities align with business goals, brand strategy, and audience needs.
• Lead annual content planning with key stakeholders and establish a quarterly review cadence to evaluate priorities, performance, and upcoming needs.
• Own and evolve the editorial style guide to ensure consistency, clarity, quality, and brand alignment across all content.
• Editorial Operations + Coordination
• Act as the strategic connector across marketing functions to ensure content priorities are aligned, coordinated, and not duplicative.
• Own the editorial calendar, incorporating input from marketing channels, PR, social, reputation, clinical, growth, business development, and internal stakeholders.
• Lead editorial planning meetings and manage the formal intake process for cross-functional content and storytelling requests.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in content strategy, editorial strategy, brand storytelling, communications, thought leadership, integrated marketing, or related fields.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States
• LifeStance is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
• 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.

Preferred

• Healthcare, behavioral health, consumer health, or regulated industry experience strongly preferred.
• Strong editorial judgment with demonstrated experience building content strategies, editorial calendars, voice standards, and governance models.
• Exceptional written, verbal, visual, and video communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging across audiences and channels.
• Proven ability to translate complex clinical, business, and brand priorities into compelling, audience-relevant storytelling.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally with clinical, legal, compliance, PR, marketing, growth, social, reputation, business development, and executive teams.
• Strong understanding of how content supports brand awareness, trust, reputation, discoverability, patient acquisition, clinician engagement, and enterprise growth.
• Experience using data, insights, search behavior, and performance reporting to inform content strategy.
• Strong project management skills and ability to lead complex workstreams in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Benefits

• Benefits As a full-time employee of LifeStance Health, the following benefits are offered: medical, dental, vision, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. Additional benefits include a 401k retirement savings with employer match, paid parental leave, paid time off, holiday pay and an Employee Assistance Program.