Head Psychologist: Autism & Developmental Diagnostics
About this role
Frontera is reimagining how children with autism and other behavioral health needs get the care they deserve. We bring together world-class clinicians, technologists, and autism specialists to build cutting-edge AI tools that help care teams work smarter and spend more time with the children and families who need them most.
Our platform is HIPAA-compliant and designed for the real-world needs of behavioral health teams — from psychologists to ABA therapists. By combining evidence-based care with powerful technology, we're expanding access to high-quality services for families everywhere.
Our Mission
Frontera exists to close the care gap: every child, no matter where they live, should be able to access effective behavioral healthcare.
Why Join Us
At Frontera, you'll join a team driven by impact. We're growing quickly, backed by leading investors, and united by a shared belief that innovation and equity can change lives. If you're excited to build the future of pediatric healthcare, we'd love to meet you.
Role Overview
As Lead Psychologist, Autism & Developmental Diagnostics, you'll be the clinical and operational anchor for Frontera's telehealth diagnostic team. You'll ensure every autism and developmental evaluation meets a consistently high bar for quality, while helping your team find smarter, more efficient ways to work, because time saved without sacrificing quality means another child gets answers sooner. You'll carry a small evaluation caseload of your own, and spend the rest of your time developing your team, strengthening clinical standards, and partnering closely with Operations, Intake, and Product to build a diagnostic program that's both excellent and built to scale.
This is a role for someone who can hold two things in tension: the clinical rigor and individualized care every family deserves, and the efficiency Frontera needs to reach more of the families who need us. You'll set the standard for what “good” looks like on both fronts and you'll be comfortable making real tradeoffs, and helping your team make them too.
What You'll Do
Clinical Leadership & Quality
Serve as the go-to resource for clinical questions, screener guidance, and evaluation standards across the diagnostics team
Set and uphold consistent standards for clinical quality, complex case decision-making, report writing, and neuroaffirming language
Review evaluations and consult on complex or atypical cases
Define best practices for accessible, high-quality telehealth autism and developmental evaluation
Carry a modest caseload of your own (about two evaluations per week) to stay grounded in the work
Set clear, explicit guidance on where the line is between more time meaning more quality, and more time meaning a family waits longer for a diagnosis and help your team make that call with confidence
Team Support & Development
Lead onboarding, training, and calibration for new psychologists
Support your team's ongoing growth and skill development
Run regular 1:1s and team meetings that keep people aligned, supported, and unstuck
Own change management for new tools, processes, and programs across the team
Set clear expectations and hold your team accountable to them — with warmth, and without avoiding the hard conversations when they're needed
Operational Alignment
Partner with Intake and Operations to build workflows, scheduling, and communication that actually work
Spot the operational gaps that get in the way of quality or efficiency, and help fix them
Turn good clinical ideas into concrete, sequenced plans, with real metrics and timelines, not just principles
Product & Technology Partnership
Partner closely with Engineering and Product on report tools, documentation templates, and workflows
Bring specific, proactive ideas for where technology could save time without costing quality — you don't just flag problems, you help solve them
Help identify, track, and prioritize product issues with clear clinical context
Partner with Customer Success to close the loop between client experience and clinical practice
Cross-Functional Leadership
Represent the clinical point of view in conversations about scaling, tooling, and how we design our services
Help hire, evaluate, and calibrate new psychologists and speech-language pathologists
Advocate for standardized, scalable workflows where they help us serve more families, even when that means less case-by-case customization
Contribute to quality improvement and clinical governance efforts
Travel
Occasional travel to New Mexico and other markets for team training, calibration, and partnership-building
Frequent visits to our Denver headquarters to stay connected with the clinical operations team
Who You Are
A doctoral-level psychologist with deep experience in autism and developmental evaluation
Skilled in telehealth-based assessment, with strong clinical judgment, report writing, and ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) administration
Experienced training, mentoring, and leading interdisciplinary clinical teams
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and building consistency in a fast-growing environment
Experienced managing the performance of licensed clinicians serving underserved communities
A natural partner to technologists and product teams — you can talk concretely about where tools and workflows intersect with clinical quality, not just work around what exists
Someone who makes good decisions under time pressure, not only when things are calm
Comfortable standardizing and scaling processes, and willing to prioritize consistency when it's what's best for the most families
An assertive, steady leader who can set a clear standard for a team and hold to it
What Success Looks Like
Clinicians have a reliable go-to person for day-to-day questions and support
Evaluation quality is consistent, timely, and meets gold-standard practices
Workflows between Ops, Intake, and Clinical run smoothly
New clinicians ramp up quickly with strong support
A cohesive team culture aligned with our mission to close the care gap
A well-maintained library of clinical SOPs and documentation
Clear, measurable improvements in quality and/or throughput — not just team morale
A strong, trusted working relationship with Product and Engineering, built on specific and proactive ideas
Why Frontera Health?
Help shape the future of pediatric behavioral healthcare
Lead and grow a clinical team at a company built to close the care gap
Join a mission-driven team backed by leading investors
Make a real, measurable difference in the lives of children and families who need care
Competitive compensation and benefits package
Join us in building the future of behavioral healthcare.
At Frontera, we believe in building a workplace where everyone feels respected, supported, and safe—period. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re committed to maintaining an environment where harassment, discrimination, and retaliation have no place.
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