Cartwheel is an early-stage company building a new kind of mental health program for kids that puts schools at the center. We see our role as supporting school staff who see kids every single day. Instead of going around them, we collaborate with them. This means:
Kids shouldn't just aspire to get out of bed and drag themselves to class. They should be able to experience joy. They deserve to envision and build a life they’re excited to live. If you join Cartwheel, you’ll help make this vision a reality for millions of students across the country. We’re backed by top investors including A Street Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Reach Capital, General Catalyst, BoxGroup, and Able Partners, and we're looking for mission-driven teammates to join our team.
The Director of Clinical Quality owns the strategic design, implementation, and ongoing maturation of Cartwheel's quality and compliance function. This is a builder role for someone who has done it before — with 5+ years of direct experience creating clinical quality infrastructure from the ground up in scaling behavioral health environments, not inheriting or maintaining existing systems.
This role sets the standard for what high-quality, compliant care looks like across a distributed, multi-state telehealth network — and then builds the systems, frameworks, and partnerships to make that standard real and measurable. The Director operates with significant autonomy, exercises independent judgment on complex regulatory and clinical risk questions, and influences clinical and operational strategy at the leadership level.
Role type: W2, Full-Time, Salaried position
Salary range: $155,000 - 185,000 cash compensation plus competitive equity package
Location: Remote
Start date Summer 2026
Please apply even if you don't meet all of the criteria. If your past experience doesn't perfectly match the job description, but you bring other relevant experience or skills, we'd still love to hear from you. You may be a great fit!
Our hope is that Cartwheel will be your best career decision! In addition to tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time, at a company well-positioned to do so, you'll have:
Cartwheel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diverse backgrounds and perspectives and an inclusive work environment. We're committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or veteran status.
We participate in E-Verify. Please be prepared to provide acceptable documentation to verify your identity and work authorization
Cartwheel uses AI-assisted tools to support our hiring process. This may include tools that help organize and surface applications for recruiter review, AI-powered candidate communications and scheduling, interview recording and documentation, and an AI chat tool available to candidates during the process. All hiring decisions are made by Cartwheel recruiters and hiring managers. No candidate is selected or eliminated from consideration solely by an automated system. All hiring decisions are made by humans. If you have questions about how AI is used in our process or would like to request an alternative review method, please contact talent@cartwheelcare.org
Note: Please do not contact our Care, Provider, or Patient Services lines regarding job postings or application status. These teams support our patients and families and are not involved in the hiring process. For all recruitment-related questions, please email talent@cartwheelcare.org
We believe that kids shouldn’t just aspire to get out of bed and drag themselves to class. They should be able to experience joy. They deserve to envision and build a life they’re excited to live.
Cartwheel is the trusted mental health partner to schools. We deliver rapid access to care for students and help schools build stronger mental health programs that catch kids before they fall.
