Team Lead Jobs in Massachusetts
Team Lead jobs in Massachusetts are in strong demand, concentrated in technology, healthcare, financial services, and life sciences, with openings ranging from frontline supervisory roles to senior operational leads. Boston, Cambridge, and Worcester anchor most of the hiring, and major employers like Mass General Brigham, Fidelity Investments, and Raytheon Technologies maintain a consistent presence across the state. The most sought-after specialties are software engineering team leads, clinical team leads in hospital systems, and operations team leads in biotech and defense. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Lead Clinician for Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) works as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing treatment, rehabilitation and support services to adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses. Working under the director of the Team Leader and Psychiatrist, the Lead Clinician will assist in providing clinical leadership in treatment planning, take a lead role in coordinating Individual Treatment Team (ITT) duties and responsibilities and ensure that all documentation is complete and accurate.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listed below:
Provide case management for an assigned group of persons served, including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT); assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall IAP goals and plans in conjunction with the ITT; provide individual supportive therapy and symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the IAP as a persons served needs change; educate and support persons served families, and advocate for person served rights and preferences.- Conduct comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history (e.g., onset, course and effect of illness, past treatment and responses, and risk behaviors), mental status, and diagnosis; physical health and dental health; use of drugs or alcohol; education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living (e.g., self-care, living situation, nutrition, money management); and family structure and relationships.
- Acts as liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
- Provide on-call crisis intervention covering nighttime and weekend hours.
- Document person served progress to maintain a permanent record of persons served activity according to established methods and procedures.
- Provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services, with some interventions directed or performed by staff with specialty training and skills (e.g., vocational specialists).
- Perform other related duties, as required.
Psychiatric Treatment and Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse Services
- Provide ongoing assessment of a persons served mental illness symptoms and persons served response to treatment. Make appropriate changes in IAPs to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which put the persons served at risk.
- Provide symptom education to enable persons served to identify their mental illness symptoms.
- Provide direct clinical services including individual supportive therapy and psychotherapy to the persons served on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach behavioral symptom-management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced with medication; and to promote personal growth and development by assisting the person served to cope with internal external stresses.
- Provide individual and group treatment in the office and in community settings in a stage-based treatment model that is non-confrontational, considers interactions of mental illness and substance misuse, and has person served-determined goals.
- Coordinate with outside inpatient services to detoxify persons served and establish linkage to outpatient treatment, self-help programs, outpatient services, and residential facilities.
- Take a lead role or participate in the provision of rehabilitation services.
Structuring Time and Employment
- Provide individual vocational-supportive counseling to enable a person served to identify vocational strengths and problems, establish vocational or career goals and plans to reach them, and recognize and target symptoms of mental illness that interfere with work.
- Plan and provide work-related supportive services, such as assistance with grooming and personal hygiene, securing of appropriate clothing, wake-up calls, and transportation.
- Teach job-seeking skills.
- Develop individualized jobs based on persons served needs, abilities, and interests.
- Conduct on-the-job performance assessments and evaluations, regular work review sessions with persons served and their employers, on-the-job support, and crisis assistance contacts.
- Perform job coaching, problem solving, and support on and off the job site.
- Coordinate with state vocational and rehabilitation and other employment services.
- Provide benefits counseling.
Activities of Daily Living Services
- Provide ongoing assessment, problem solving, side-by-side services, skill training, supervision, and environmental adaptations to assist persons served with activities of daily living.
- Assist persons served to find and maintain a safe and affordable place to live.
- Assist and support persons served to carry out personal hygiene and grooming tasks.
- Provide nutrition education and assistance with meal planning, grocery shopping, and food preparation.
- Assist and support persons served to perform household activities, including house cleaning and laundry.
- Ensure that persons served have adequate financial support.
- Teach money-management skills.
- Help persons served to access reliable transportation.
- Assist and support persons served to have and effectively use a personal primary care physician, dentist, and other medical specialists, as required.
Social and Interpersonal Relationships and Leisure Time
- Provide individual supportive therapy, social skill development, and assertiveness training to increase persons served social and interpersonal activities in community settings.
- Plan, structure, and prompt social and leisure-time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Provide side-by-side support and coaching to help persons served socialize.
- Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities to structure persons
Support
- Provide practical help and supports, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem solving, direct assistance, training, and supervision to help persons served obtain the necessities of daily living including medical and dental health care; legal and advocacy services; financial support such as entitlements or housing subsidies; money management services; and transportation.
- Master's Degree in human service discipline required along with professional licensure (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC) in state of service required
- Five years supervised practical experience, including internships, in a clinical or rehabilitative setting with persons who have psychiatric disabilities
- Strong clinical and crisis intervention skills, competency in the use of formal and informal assessment tools and practices
- Ability to work independently as well as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
- All applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have a current, valid, US drivers' license for at least 6 months. Additionally, this position requires a fully insured vehicle that you will use in the course of your daily work. You must be willing to transport clients in your vehicle.
- All candidates must be able to successfully pass a CORI, reference, multi-state background, professional licensure and driving record check.
Knowledge and Skills:
Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues- Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques
- Knowledge and use of different communication styles
- Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with program persons served
- Respect for persons served rights and personal preferences in treatment
- Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources
- Skills and competence in the use of formal and informal assessment tools and practices
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Skills and competence to use crisis intervention techniques
- Strong commitment to the right and ability of program persons served to live, work, and seek supports as the general population at large
- Knowledge of therapy and teaching modalities
- Clinical skills
Typical Requirements:
Five years supervised practical experience, including internships, in a clinical or rehabilitation setting with persons who have psychiatric disabilities.- Master’s degree in a human service discipline required.
- LCSW, LICSW, LMHC in state of service required.
Required Certifications Post Hire:
CPR required within two weeks of hire
First Aid required within two weeks of hire
CPSS required
NET required
PACT Module Training required within 3 months of hire
Driving Requirements:
Driving is a requirement for this position using either a Vinfen van or personal vehicle. If using a personal vehicle, you must possess and maintain adequate insurance as well as maintain a safe driving record which is subject to annual checks. A valid driver’s license must be presented at the time of employment. Incumbents must be at least 21 years of age, have maintained a valid US driver’s license for at least one year, and must be able to pass a driver’s screening background check.
Physical Effort:
Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, climb as this is a very physically active position. Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds using proper lifting techniques or the use of a two-person lift. Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment such as a calculator, copier, and printer. Ability to sit, reach, climb stairs, and maneuver through narrow spaces or hallways. Ability to assist person served with tasks of daily living. Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time as needed. Ability to bend, reach, file, sit, stand, and move around the facility. Ability to speak, hear, and communicate with person served, staff, and external representatives. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The Lead Clinician for Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) works as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing treatment, rehabilitation and support services to adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses. Working under the director of the Team Leader and Psychiatrist, the Lead Clinician will assist in providing clinical leadership in treatment planning, take a lead role in coordinating Individual Treatment Team (ITT) duties and responsibilities and ensure that all documentation is complete and accurate.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential job duties/responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the information listed below:
Provide case management for an assigned group of persons served, including coordinating and monitoring the activities of the individual treatment team (ITT); assume primary responsibility for developing, writing, implementing, evaluating, and revising overall IAP goals and plans in conjunction with the ITT; provide individual supportive therapy and symptom management, ensuring immediate changes are made in the IAP as a persons served needs change; educate and support persons served families, and advocate for person served rights and preferences.- Conduct comprehensive assessment of psychiatric history (e.g., onset, course and effect of illness, past treatment and responses, and risk behaviors), mental status, and diagnosis; physical health and dental health; use of drugs or alcohol; education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living (e.g., self-care, living situation, nutrition, money management); and family structure and relationships.
- Acts as liaison and consult with community agencies and families to maintain coordination in the treatment process.
- Provide on-call crisis intervention covering nighttime and weekend hours.
- Document person served progress to maintain a permanent record of persons served activity according to established methods and procedures.
- Provide treatment, rehabilitation, and support services, with some interventions directed or performed by staff with specialty training and skills (e.g., vocational specialists).
- Perform other related duties, as required.
Psychiatric Treatment and Dual Diagnosis Substance Abuse Services
- Provide ongoing assessment of a persons served mental illness symptoms and persons served response to treatment. Make appropriate changes in IAPs to ensure immediate and appropriate interventions are provided in response to changes in mental status or behavior which put the persons served at risk.
- Provide symptom education to enable persons served to identify their mental illness symptoms.
- Provide direct clinical services including individual supportive therapy and psychotherapy to the persons served on an individual, group, and family basis in the office and in community settings to teach behavioral symptom-management techniques to alleviate and manage symptoms not reduced with medication; and to promote personal growth and development by assisting the person served to cope with internal external stresses.
- Provide individual and group treatment in the office and in community settings in a stage-based treatment model that is non-confrontational, considers interactions of mental illness and substance misuse, and has person served-determined goals.
- Coordinate with outside inpatient services to detoxify persons served and establish linkage to outpatient treatment, self-help programs, outpatient services, and residential facilities.
- Take a lead role or participate in the provision of rehabilitation services.
Structuring Time and Employment
- Provide individual vocational-supportive counseling to enable a person served to identify vocational strengths and problems, establish vocational or career goals and plans to reach them, and recognize and target symptoms of mental illness that interfere with work.
- Plan and provide work-related supportive services, such as assistance with grooming and personal hygiene, securing of appropriate clothing, wake-up calls, and transportation.
- Teach job-seeking skills.
- Develop individualized jobs based on persons served needs, abilities, and interests.
- Conduct on-the-job performance assessments and evaluations, regular work review sessions with persons served and their employers, on-the-job support, and crisis assistance contacts.
- Perform job coaching, problem solving, and support on and off the job site.
- Coordinate with state vocational and rehabilitation and other employment services.
- Provide benefits counseling.
Activities of Daily Living Services
- Provide ongoing assessment, problem solving, side-by-side services, skill training, supervision, and environmental adaptations to assist persons served with activities of daily living.
- Assist persons served to find and maintain a safe and affordable place to live.
- Assist and support persons served to carry out personal hygiene and grooming tasks.
- Provide nutrition education and assistance with meal planning, grocery shopping, and food preparation.
- Assist and support persons served to perform household activities, including house cleaning and laundry.
- Ensure that persons served have adequate financial support.
- Teach money-management skills.
- Help persons served to access reliable transportation.
- Assist and support persons served to have and effectively use a personal primary care physician, dentist, and other medical specialists, as required.
Social and Interpersonal Relationships and Leisure Time
- Provide individual supportive therapy, social skill development, and assertiveness training to increase persons served social and interpersonal activities in community settings.
- Plan, structure, and prompt social and leisure-time activities on evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Provide side-by-side support and coaching to help persons served socialize.
- Organize and lead individual and group social and recreational activities to structure persons
Support
- Provide practical help and supports, advocacy, coordination, side-by-side individualized support, problem solving, direct assistance, training, and supervision to help persons served obtain the necessities of daily living including medical and dental health care; legal and advocacy services; financial support such as entitlements or housing subsidies; money management services; and transportation.
- Master's Degree in human service discipline required along with professional licensure (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC) in state of service required
- Five years supervised practical experience, including internships, in a clinical or rehabilitative setting with persons who have psychiatric disabilities
- Strong clinical and crisis intervention skills, competency in the use of formal and informal assessment tools and practices
- Ability to work independently as well as a part of a multi-disciplinary team
- All applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have a current, valid, US drivers' license for at least 6 months. Additionally, this position requires a fully insured vehicle that you will use in the course of your daily work. You must be willing to transport clients in your vehicle.
- All candidates must be able to successfully pass a CORI, reference, multi-state background, professional licensure and driving record check.
Knowledge and Skills:
Sensitivity to cultural, religious, racial, disability, and gender issues- Knowledge and use of advocacy techniques
- Knowledge and use of different communication styles
- Skills and competence to establish supportive trusting relationships with program persons served
- Respect for persons served rights and personal preferences in treatment
- Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources
- Skills and competence in the use of formal and informal assessment tools and practices
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Skills and competence to use crisis intervention techniques
- Strong commitment to the right and ability of program persons served to live, work, and seek supports as the general population at large
- Knowledge of therapy and teaching modalities
- Clinical skills
Typical Requirements:
Five years supervised practical experience, including internships, in a clinical or rehabilitation setting with persons who have psychiatric disabilities.- Master’s degree in a human service discipline required.
- LCSW, LICSW, LMHC in state of service required.
Required Certifications Post Hire:
CPR required within two weeks of hire
First Aid required within two weeks of hire
CPSS required
NET required
PACT Module Training required within 3 months of hire
Driving Requirements:
Driving is a requirement for this position using either a Vinfen van or personal vehicle. If using a personal vehicle, you must possess and maintain adequate insurance as well as maintain a safe driving record which is subject to annual checks. A valid driver’s license must be presented at the time of employment. Incumbents must be at least 21 years of age, have maintained a valid US driver’s license for at least one year, and must be able to pass a driver’s screening background check.
Physical Effort:
Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl, climb as this is a very physically active position. Must be able to lift at least 25 pounds using proper lifting techniques or the use of a two-person lift. Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment such as a calculator, copier, and printer. Ability to sit, reach, climb stairs, and maneuver through narrow spaces or hallways. Ability to assist person served with tasks of daily living. Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time as needed. Ability to bend, reach, file, sit, stand, and move around the facility. Ability to speak, hear, and communicate with person served, staff, and external representatives. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
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Team Lead Job Market in Massachusetts
A snapshot from current Massachusetts openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- CAVA16
- Burlington Stores3
- Sevita2
- Walmart2
- Raytheon2
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Massachusetts Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in team lead jobs across Massachusetts.
- Three or more years of experience in a directly related role within the team's function
- Demonstrated ability to coach, performance-manage, and develop direct reports
- Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to the team's core discipline
- Proficiency with project management or workflow tools such as Jira, Asana, or ServiceNow
- Strong cross-functional communication skills and experience working with stakeholders
- Familiarity with compliance, quality, or regulatory standards common to Massachusetts industries
Team Lead Jobs in Massachusetts: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a team lead in Massachusetts?
The most direct path is building several years of strong individual-contributor performance in your target field, then pursuing a lead or senior role at a Massachusetts employer. There is no state-issued license required for most team lead positions, but certain sectors add credentials: clinical leads often hold Massachusetts RN licensure through the Board of Registration in Nursing, engineering leads may hold a PE license, and project-focused leads benefit from a PMP or relevant certification recognized in Massachusetts.
Which companies hire team leads in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts team lead roles are posted by CAVA, Burlington Stores, and Sevita and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Massachusetts's deep concentration of healthcare systems, defense contractors, financial services firms, and biotech companies means demand stays broad across sectors rather than clustering in a single industry.
Which Massachusetts cities have the most team lead jobs?
Boston, Burlington, and Natick have the most team lead openings in Massachusetts. Boston and Cambridge dominate because of the region's density of hospitals, financial institutions, tech firms, and research universities, while Worcester draws significant hiring from healthcare networks and manufacturing companies that operate production and clinical teams in central Massachusetts.
Are there remote team lead jobs in Massachusetts?
Yes, though availability depends heavily on the type of team. About 47% of team lead openings tied to Massachusetts are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, with the higher share found in technology, analytics, and software engineering. Team lead roles in healthcare, manufacturing, and retail operations are almost always on-site because the work requires direct presence with the people being led.
How can I get hired as a team lead in Massachusetts with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a senior individual-contributor role at a Massachusetts employer, then volunteering for project lead or interim lead assignments to build a visible record of people management. Large Massachusetts healthcare systems like Mass General Brigham and Beth Israel Deaconess run charge nurse and clinical coordinator pipelines that serve as stepping stones to team lead titles. In tech, associate team lead programs at established Boston-area firms and internal promotions from senior engineer or analyst roles are the most common routes.
Where can I find and apply to team lead jobs in Massachusetts?
You can find and apply to team lead jobs in Massachusetts on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring in the state right now. Search for roles by location or specialty, find the ones that fit your background, and apply directly.
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