Chief Medical Officer

Abby Care • San Francisco, CA

8h

About The Position

Abby Care is building the leading AI-native platform for family-led care, addressing the growing care crisis in America where millions need care at home and family caregivers lack adequate support. The company combines clinical oversight with an AI-powered platform to train, enable, and support family caregivers, aiming to improve care quality, outcomes, and transparency. Abby Care partners with health plans, providers, and community organizations, backed by top VCs, to establish family-led care as a core part of the healthcare system. The company is seeking to build and publish evidence demonstrating that trained, supported family members can deliver better outcomes than traditional home care, thereby securing payor contracts, regulatory trust, and market position. The Chief Medical Officer will be the clinical voice of Abby Care, owning the external clinical strategy, building the outcomes narrative, and representing the company to payors, health systems, regulators, and the industry. This role reports directly to the CEO and collaborates with payor strategy, clinical operations, product, and analytics teams to define Abby Care's value proposition and place in the care continuum. The ideal candidate is a clinician energized by external work, skilled in narrative building, and passionate about shaping a new category of care.

Requirements

• Physician (MD/DO) with active or recent clinical practice and board certification in a relevant specialty (internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, palliative care, or adjacent)
• Existing platform and reputation in home-based care, value-based care, Medicaid, or complex population health. This can come from a prior CMO or senior Medical Director role at a plan, health system, or operator at a digital health company, or from a clinical leadership role with public thought leadership
• Demonstrated ability to translate clinical outcomes into commercial wins.
• Strong external presence: published work, conference speaking, payor relationships, media comfort. You get energy from external work, not just internal operations
• Fluency in how plans measure and value clinical performance: HEDIS, CAHPS, risk adjustment, total cost of care, and value-based arrangement mechanics
• Comfort with ambiguity and category creation. Family caregiving as a clinical model is not a paved path, and you are excited by that
• Ability to work closely with commercial, operations, product, and data teams as a connective leader, not a siloed clinician

Responsibilities

• Advise the CEO and executive team on clinical strategy, care model evolution, and external positioning
• Build the Abby Care clinical narrative across pediatrics, adult home health, and senior care, translating the model into language that resonates with plan CMOs, state officials, and clinical audiences
• Serve as the external clinical face of Abby Care with payors, health systems, state regulators, and industry bodies
• Own the evidence strategy: partner with analytics and clinical operations to design the outcomes program, then publish results through whitepapers, peer-reviewed work, and industry venues
• Represent Abby Care at conferences, roundtables, and advisory forums; build the speaking, media, and thought leadership platform

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages that reflect the value you bring. We reward our team for the impact of their work.
• Comprehensive health coverage that works for you. Choose from high-quality medical dental and vision options, including a $0 deductible PPO and a company-funded HSA, alongside employer-paid life and disability insurance.
• Generous paid time off. We provide policies that allow you to recharge along with 10 paid company holidays.
• Financial savings benefits to support your future. We support your financial well-being with HSA contributions, optional FSA and commuter benefits, and full coverage of all 401(k) account fees (employer match not currently offered).
• Paid parental leave to support your growing family. We provide up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave based on tenure, so you can focus on bonding and adjusting to life as your family grows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree