Director of Product Management

Acadia Healthcare • Franklin, TN

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Product leads one or more products or platforms, driving strategy, roadmap, and delivery in partnership with engineering. This role ensures product stability, operational readiness, and continuous value realization. Acadia Healthcare’s purpose is to Lead Care With Light and our mission is to be a world-class organization that sets the standard for excellence in the treatment of mental health and addiction concerns. We strive to maintain our standing as a thought leader in the behavioral healthcare industry, providing treatment that is synonymous with compassion and innovation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/management information systems/engineering; or equivalent experience is REQUIRED
• Minimum of 8yr years’ experience of job-related progressive Application Systems experience is REQUIRED
• 2+ years of tech leadership experience in managing large enterprise systems of record applications and ecosystems, especially EMRs
• Strong experience building and transforming the people, processes, and technologies within an application function to product, business partnership, and agile excellence
• Strong leadership experience in PoC’s, technical assessment of new technologies, and successful track of scaling immature software products
• Strong product thinking and business/technology translation
• Roadmapping, prioritization, benefit/value articulation
• Understanding of platform architecture and system dependencies
• Strong operational mindset (SLAs, incidents, root causes)
• Data-driven decision-making
• Excellent stakeholder management and conflict resolution
• Supervises a team of employees

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy, roadmap, and prioritization
• Drive feature discovery, refinement, and delivery readiness
• Partner with engineering to ensure predictable delivery
• Maintain oversight over production performance, incidents, SLAs
• Participate in RCA and ensure stability improvements
• Ensure clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Lead cross-functional alignment with business owners and SMEs
• Communicate roadmap, risks, and progress to leadership
• Manage product budget and investments at the product level
• Mentor Product Managers and Senior Product Managers
• Complies with organizational policies, procedures, performance improvement initiatives and maintains organizational and industry policies regarding confidentiality
• Communicate clearly and effectively to person(s) receiving services and their family members, guests and other members of the healthcare team
• Develops constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintains them over time
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect and cooperation among team members
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance

Benefits

• Competitive Base Salary commensurate with experience
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and recognized holidays
• Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental wellness resources
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement within Acadia’s nationwide network

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director