Humana/NCCU Venture Fellow, Behavioral Health

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

5d

About The Position

We are seeking a dynamic, strategic, and entrepreneurial consultant to join our team. This role leads venture development focused on behavioral health. Potential areas of focus include, but are not limited to, serious mental illness medication adherence and continuity of care, adolescent and youth mental health, and rural behavioral health access in North Carolina. This position is accountable for driving business model development, customer discovery, go-to-market strategy, fundraising preparation, and day-to-day execution of the sprint. This is a structured venture development engagement, not a pre-existing company; the role operates within a cross-functional team to identify, validate, and develop a compelling digital health venture concept, grounded in domain expertise and shaped by rigorous market validation. The program follows a Stage-Gate process: Problem Validation, Positioning, Minimal Viable Product (MVP) Development, and Pilot Traction. This is a temporary engagement in support of a six-month sprint cycle, with a planned appointment duration of six months and no expectation of extension or conversion to a permanent role. This is a 1.0 FTE appointment at 40 hours per week. Compensation is structured as a $60,000 annualized salary, prorated to $30,000 for the six-month engagement.

Requirements

• Demonstrated entrepreneurial experience, operational leadership, or commercial execution in a relevant domain
• Proven ability in customer discovery and sales
• Comfortable operating with high ambiguity and limited resources
• Willingness to be coached, challenged, and held accountable by Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs)s and program leadership
• Experience with or willingness to learn no-code/low-code tools (Bubble, Lovable, Figma, Retool, or similar)
• Genuine interest in or prior exposure to food insecurity or nutrition equity, whether through community work, public health, advocacy, or prior ventures

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience in technology commercialization, strategy consulting, venture building, or innovation management
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders from students to university researchers to entrepreneurs
• Experience working in or with early-stage startups and a solid understanding of venture creation

Responsibilities

• Driving business model development
• Customer discovery
• Go-to-market strategy
• Fundraising preparation
• Day-to-day execution of the sprint
• Identify, validate, and develop a compelling digital health venture concept

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed