Chief Operating Officer

Catalyst HRE•Pensacola, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Andrews Athlete, a Catalyst Healthspan Enterprise Company, is seeking a hands-on, execution-driven Chief Operating Officer to operationalize and launch the Andrews Intelligence Platform. The platform is a closed-model AI platform built on vetted sports medicine and safety content for athletes, parents, coaches, and organizations. The COO will own integration, delivery, and follow-through across the assets and workstreams supporting the platform’s launch and growth. The position is full-time, salaried, and exempt, based in Pensacola, Florida, or Nashville, Tennessee, and requires travel. The COO will lead the platform from beta through commercial rollout; align technology, content, clinical, partnership, and commercial work; and build the operating infrastructure needed to scale. The role also includes developing go-to-market plans, managing platform economics, supporting fundraising and investor communications, and recruiting and leading an operations team as the business grows. The successful candidate will work across executives, physicians, partners, and investors and fit a culture focused on results, creativity, honesty and candor, and teamwork.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
At least 10 years of operating experience, including senior leadership roles responsible for scaling a business, launching a product, or running complex, multi-stakeholder operations.
Demonstrated record of driving execution and delivery as an operator.
Ability to work effectively alongside technical teams; experience building technology is not required.
Working understanding of AI and software platform economics, including usage-based costs, subscription pricing, and go-to-market models.
Strong process and systems orientation, with the ability to build structure in an early-stage, fast-moving environment.
Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work across executives, physicians, partners, and investors.
Coachable and eager to learn in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Self-starter able to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
Ability to meet the described qualification requirements, physical demands, and work environment characteristics to perform the job's essential duties and responsibilities.
Fit with Andrews Athlete's culture and values, which focus on results, creativity, honesty and candor, and strong teamwork.

Nice To Haves

MBA or another relevant advanced degree.
Experience in sports, sports medicine, healthcare, or consumer technology.

Responsibilities

Lead the operational launch of the Andrews Intelligence Platform from beta through commercial rollout, with ownership of integration, delivery, and follow-through.
Drive execution across technology, content, clinical, partnership, and commercial workstreams, ensuring alignment and progress against schedule.
Partner with the Chief Technology Officer to ensure the technology team has the resources, priorities, and business requirements needed to build and ship the platform.
Identify business and customer needs and translate them into operating plans, milestones, and team accountability.
Manage platform unit economics, including AI model and token costs, usage-based cost scaling, and subscription and pricing models.
Develop and execute the go-to-market strategy for athletes, parents, coaches, and organizations.
Coordinate with leadership to use Andrews Way resources, including physician expertise, content, and partner relationships.
Build scalable operating infrastructure, including processes, systems, vendor relationships, reporting, and key performance indicators.
Support capital-raising efforts with operating plans, metrics, and updates for investor and advisory board discussions.
Recruit, develop, and lead an operations team as the business grows.
Provide regular reports and updates to executive leadership.
Perform other duties and projects as assigned.