Director, BRICK Doula Network & Maternal Health Pathway

BRICK Networks; Newark, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

Retirement match

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

BRICK Networks seeks a Director to design and launch a community-based doula pathway in Newark. You will recruit, train, credential, supervise, and place doulas within BRICK Healthy Beginnings, building a sustainable Medicaid-billable service line.

You will own the network’s operating model, compensation, quality assurance, and integration across prenatal, birth, postpartum, and the first 1,000 days. Newark-focused leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in maternal health, community health, public health, workforce development, or early childhood with team and budget management.
• Built or scaled programs; this pathway does not fully exist yet.
• Experience designing or running training-to-employment programs or credentialing pipelines.
• Fluency with Medicaid, managed care, value-based care, or third-party payer environments.
• Strong understanding of the first 1,000 days, birth equity, and community-based care models.
• Data-driven decision making and systems that produce it.
• Commitment to Newark residents in leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Design the end-to-end pathway: recruitment, training, credentialing, supervised field experience, employment and advancement.
• Build the recruitment pipeline with community organizations, BRICK families and alumni, faith networks, and high school students.
• Define the career ladder beyond entry-level doula work: lead doula, trainer, supervisor, and related roles.
• Own completion, credentialing, and job-placement rates; intervene when cohorts fall behind.
• Design the Doula Network's operating model: employment structure, compensation, benefits, supervision ratios, and caseload standards.
• Recruit, hire, onboard, and retain doulas; treat retention as a core metric.
• Build clinical supervision and quality assurance for safe, consistent care.
• Integrate doula services into the Healthy Beginnings continuum across prenatal to first 1,000 days.
• Lead Medicaid strategy end to end: NJ FamilyCare certification, contracting, billing, documentation, revenue cycle.
• Own unit economics and path to sustainable blended revenue; manage budget and fundraise.
• Build partnerships with hospitals, OB practices, WIC, home visiting programs, and public agencies.
• Lead a mission-aligned team; set expectations, coach, and ensure outcome delivery.
• Run performance cycles on pathway and network data; drive improvement when metrics slip.
• Ensure privacy, documentation, quality, and payer requirements; represent the pathway to funders and partners.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Program design

Data-driven

Reimbursement expertise

Job description

BRICK Networks seeks a Director to design and launch a community-based doula pathway in Newark. You will recruit, train, credential, supervise, and place doulas within BRICK Healthy Beginnings, building a sustainable Medicaid-billable service line.

You will own the network’s operating model, compensation, quality assurance, and integration across prenatal, birth, postpartum, and the first 1,000 days. Newark-focused leadership is essential.