VP, Clinical Product & Strategy

Strive Health

15h•$173,000 - $231,000•Remote

About The Position

Strive Health is seeking a strategic, clinically grounded, and collaborative Vice President, Clinical Product & Strategy to own the enterprise clinical product and innovation portfolio. The role combines enterprise clinical product strategy with clinical design and operational enablement, setting the portfolio’s strategic direction, priorities, program concepts, and evidence-based recommendations. It connects portfolio strategy to Kidney Hero workflows and value-based kidney care, moving opportunities from concept through design and pilot to scalable implementation to improve care outcomes. The position works across clinical, operational, technology, financial, analytics, and other teams. The VP develops clinical programs and care-model or workflow changes, builds business cases, establishes portfolio governance, oversees implementation and go-live readiness, and uses performance data and frontline feedback to recommend scaling, modifying, pausing, or discontinuing initiatives. The role reports to the Chief Medical Officer and is remote, with periodic travel to Denver and other Strive locations as needed. Strive Health describes its mission as transforming chronic conditions through earlier risk identification, coordinated care, and support throughout patients’ health journeys. The position is intended for a leader who combines understanding of care delivery with clinical product strategy, implementation leadership, and organizational leadership.

Requirements

Advanced clinical degree or equivalent experience in healthcare delivery, administration, informatics, product strategy, or a related field; clinical licensure is strongly preferred.
14+ years of progressive healthcare experience, including care delivery, clinical operations, product strategy, innovation, program development, or consulting.
8+ years leading cross-functional initiatives, portfolios, products, or programs in a complex healthcare environment.
Experience evaluating and prioritizing programs, products, services, or investments and implementing change across distributed teams.
Strong understanding of clinical workflows and care delivery.
Ability to influence without authority and align leaders on difficult decisions.
Excellent executive communication and judgment, and ability to operate effectively with ambiguity and incomplete information.
Minimum internet speeds of 3.8 Mbps download and 3.0 Mbps upload, with latency under 60 ms.
Ability to travel and be on-site to meet business needs.

Nice To Haves

Clinical licensure.
Experience in value-based care, population health, kidney care, chronic disease management, Medicare Advantage, or other risk-based care models.
Experience partnering with Technology, Product, Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, and Finance teams.
Experience taking programs from concept through pilot and scaled implementation.
MBA, MHA, MS, or another relevant advanced degree.

Responsibilities

Set enterprise clinical product and innovation strategy in alignment with Strive’s mission, care model, priorities, and established value targets.
Establish the framework for evaluating, approving, prioritizing, and sequencing clinical programs, workflows, and technology-enabled capabilities with Operations, TCOC, Finance, and other partners.
Build and manage a focused portfolio across the patient journey, deciding what to build, buy, or partner for to deliver expected outcomes.
Build the capabilities and talent needed as the portfolio matures.
Lead end-to-end development of clinical programs and clinical model or workflow changes with Clinical, Operations, Technology, Analytics, Finance, TCOC, and other stakeholders.
Translate opportunities into program concepts, workflows, staffing and technology requirements, implementation and go-live plans, and measures tied to established value targets.
Ensure program and workflow designs are scalable, clinically sound, safe, measurable, and informed by frontline insight.
Partner with Finance, Analytics, and TCOC to develop business cases covering investment, staffing, outcomes, utilization, revenue or savings, expected value, and return on investment.
Own approval, prioritization, and sequencing of initiatives and clinical model changes to meet expected clinical and financial results.
Monitor progress toward established value targets with TCOC and recommend portfolio changes based on evidence, economics, adoption, performance, and strategic fit.
Establish governance, decision rights, stage gates, and operating rhythms across Clinical, Operations, TCOC, Technology, Finance, Analytics, Quality, Compliance, Clinical Training, and Operations Enablement.
Own implementation plans and go-live readiness; partner with Operations Enablement on go-live, Clinical Training on training delivery, and Operations Owners on local deployment, adoption, adherence, and performance execution.
Partner with Technology and Digital Product to translate clinical and operational needs into sequenced, technology-enabled solutions.
Align clinical, operational, and frontline leaders around tradeoffs, priorities, and decisions.
Use TCOC enterprise measurement, Operations performance data, and frontline feedback to improve programs and clinical model design.
Apply lessons from pilots, implementation, go-live, adoption, and performance execution to recommend scaling, modifying, pausing, or discontinuing initiatives.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Employee assistance programs.
Employer-paid and voluntary life and disability insurance.
Health and flexible spending accounts.
Performance-based bonus program.
401(k) with employer match.
Financial wellness resources.
Paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time.
Paid birthgiving, bonding, sabbatical, and living donor leaves.
Family-forming services through Maven Maternity at no cost.
Physical wellness perks and mental health support.
Annual professional development stipend.
Hybrid-remote flexibility, with work from home while fulfilling in-person needs at the office, clinic, or patient home visits.