Strategic Growth & Partnerships Leader

Ladder Health • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Remote

About The Position

Ladder Health is seeking its first Strategic Growth & Partnerships Leader to build the commercial operating system for its next phase of national expansion. This role will work directly with the CEO to build Ladder Health's enterprise growth engine, accelerate strategic partnerships, coordinate cross-functional execution, and develop the commercial systems needed for national scale. The ideal candidate is an entrepreneurial healthcare leader who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys building new processes, and can serve as an extension of the CEO across strategic growth initiatives. This position is full-time and permanent, with a remote work arrangement within the US, requiring travel for key partner meetings.

Requirements

• 5+ years of business development, enterprise partnerships, strategic operations, commercialization, growth strategy, or Chief of Staff experience supporting healthcare organizations, digital health companies, or health systems
• Proven capability navigating the clinical, administrative, and economic matrix of hospital environments and mapping out clinical champions
• Strong understanding of health system operations, patient routing, care coordination, and ambulatory referral infrastructure (i.e. EMR/Epic interfaces)
• Comfortable engaging physicians, health system executives, board members, investors, and senior internal leaders with professionalism, credibility, and sound judgment
• Exceptional communication, writing, and presentation skills. An organized self-starter who handles high-volume follow-up with absolute professional persistence
• Thrives in early-stage environments, enjoys creating structure where none exists, and takes ownership for building scalable systems rather than simply operating within existing ones
• Willingness to travel as needed

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating in early-stage healthtech environments, venture-backed companies, health system innovation programs, or healthcare consulting is highly desirable

Responsibilities

• Build & Advance Strategic Enterprise Partnerships: Identify, prioritize, and develop relationships with leading children's hospitals, health systems, and pediatric provider organizations. Map complex stakeholder environments, identify executive and clinical champions, and build market-specific engagement strategies. Lead early-stage partnership discussions and coordinate executive engagement throughout the sales process. Build business cases that help prioritize markets, partnerships, and commercial investments.
• Drive Enterprise Growth Execution: Own the operational execution of the enterprise pipeline, ensuring opportunities continue moving with urgency and discipline. Prepare the CEO and executive team for strategic meetings, proposals, negotiations, and partnership discussions. Develop scalable commercial playbooks, meeting preparation frameworks, and follow-up systems that institutionalize founder-led growth. Partner closely with regional Ladder Liaisons to identify enterprise opportunities within existing markets and coordinate regional growth efforts.
• Expand & Strengthen Strategic Partnerships: Serve as the executive commercial lead for key health system relationships from initial engagement through implementation and expansion. Partner with Clinical, Operations, Product, and Technology teams to ensure successful partner launches and long-term success. Identify opportunities to expand successful pilots into broader enterprise partnerships. Support regional teams by advancing executive-level relationships while enabling Ladder Liaisons to focus on physician engagement and local market development.
• Serve as a Strategic Growth Operator: Act as a trusted extension of the CEO on priority growth initiatives, helping translate strategy into coordinated execution across the organization. Coordinate cross-functional workstreams spanning Growth, Clinical, Operations, Product, Marketing, and Revenue Cycle. Represent the voice of current and prospective partners in internal planning and product discussions. Build repeatable systems, processes, and operating rhythms that strengthen Ladder Health's long-term commercial organization.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary paired with a milestone-driven, enterprise incentive structure that rewards performance on closed hospital contracts and multi-stage pilot conversions
• Meaningful performance-vesting equity options, aligning your long-term upside directly with corporate valuation milestones and our Series A growth trajectory
• A unique opportunity to become one of Ladder Health's foundational commercial leaders, helping shape the company's growth strategy, enterprise partnerships, and long-term commercialization approach as we scale nationally
• Direct mentorship from experienced healthcare operators and a world-class board/advisor network
• Comprehensive health benefits
• A flexible, remote-first workplace culture

What This Job Offers

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