Associate Chief Medical Officer (East Coast)

Hippocratic AI Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Hippocratic AI Inc. is seeking an accomplished Associate Chief Medical Officer to shape our healthcare AI products. You will report to the Chief Medical Officer and collaborate with engineering, product, and go‑to‑market teams to ensure clinical alignment, regulatory compliance, and safety.

This onsite, fast‑paced startup role requires a clinician with product development experience who can translate medical needs into practical, scalable solutions and mentor cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• MD or DO with active medical license.
• 5+ years of clinical practice.
• Experience in healthcare product development (digital health, devices, or AI).
• Proven ability to translate clinical needs into product specs.
• Strong understanding of HIPAA and FDA guidelines.
• Exceptional communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise to inform design, development, and iteration of AI-driven healthcare products.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define product requirements, features, and roadmaps.
• Serve as a clinical SME in client meetings, presentations, and demonstrations of AI products.
• Travel to customer sites to provide clinical support and gather user feedback.
• Ensure products meet high safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Validate clinical relevance, accuracy, and usability of AI models and tools.
• Partner with internal teams to align product development with market needs.
• Work with GTM to translate clinical insights into product solutions.
• Act as a clinical leader and mentor for internal teams.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Medical communication

Stakeholder management

Education

MD/DO with license

Job description

About Us

Hippocratic AI is the leading generative AI company in healthcare. We have the only system that can have safe, autonomous, clinical conversations with patients. We have trained our own LLMs as part of our Polaris constellation, resulting in a system with over 99.9% accuracy.

Why Join Our Team

Reinvent healthcare with AI that puts safety first. We’re building the world’s first healthcare‑only, safety‑focused LLM — a breakthrough platform designed to transform patient outcomes at a global scale. This is category creation.

Work with the people shaping the future. Hippocratic AI was co‑founded by CEO Munjal Shah and a team of physicians, hospital leaders, AI pioneers, and researchers from institutions like El Camino Health, Johns Hopkins, Washington University in St. Louis, Stanford, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and NVIDIA.

Backed by the world’s leading healthcare and AI investors. We recently raised a $126M Series C at a $3.5B valuation, led by Avenir Growth, bringing total funding to $404M with participation from CapitalG, General Catalyst, a16z, Kleiner Perkins, Premji Invest, UHS, Cincinnati Children’s, WellSpan Health, John Doerr, Rick Klausner, and others.

Build alongside the best in healthcare and AI. Join experts who’ve spent their careers improving care, advancing science, and building world‑changing technologies — ensuring our platform is powerful, trusted, and truly transformative.

About the Role:

As the Associate Chief Medical Officer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our healthcare-focused AI products. Reporting directly to our Chief Medical Officer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and go‑to‑market, to ensure our products align with clinical needs, regulatory standards, and safety protocols.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced healthcare professional with a strong background in product development to combine their clinical expertise with cutting‑edge technology in an onsite, fast‑paced startup environment.

Responsibilities:

• Provide clinical expertise to inform the design, development, and iteration of AI-driven healthcare products.
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define product requirements, features, and roadmaps.
• Serve as a clinical subject matter expert in client meetings, presentations, and demonstrations of AI products.
• Travel to customer sites to provide clinical support, gather user feedback, and ensure successful product adoption.
• Ensure all products meet high safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
• Validate the clinical relevance, accuracy, and usability of AI models and tools.
• Partner with internal teams to align product development with market needs and customer feedback.
• Work closely with the GTM team to translate clinical insights into impactful product solutions.
• Act as a clinical leader and mentor for internal teams, providing insights on medical trends, technologies, and challenges.
• Advocate for evidence-based approaches and patient-centered care throughout the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

Must Haves:

• MD or DO degree with active, unrestricted medical licensure.
• 5+ years of experience in clinical practice.
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare product development (e.g., digital health, medical devices, or AI applications).
• Proven ability to translate clinical needs into product specifications.
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulations, including HIPAA and FDA guidelines.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• East Coast–based candidates are preferred. This role requires approximately 20% to 40% travel.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience working in a health tech or startup environment.
• Background in leading cross-disciplinary teams.
• Familiarity with AI/ML applications in healthcare.
• Expertise in user-centric design principles.