Healthcare Growth & Partnerships Lead

Decagon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

Life Insurance and Disability Benefits

Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K)

Job summary

Decagon is scaling its healthcare leadership and seeking a strategic executive to join the Founder's Office. You will shape healthcare strategy, build trusted relationships with senior leaders, and translate them into partnerships and commercial growth across payer, provider, and life sciences segments.

You will work closely with the founders and healthcare GTM teams to identify high-value AI applications, navigate regulatory environments, and drive cross-functional alignment for strategic

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in healthcare, health technology, strategic growth, business development, or partnerships, with a track record of driving commercial outcomes.
• Strong understanding of the U.S. healthcare ecosystem, including healthcare economics, operational challenges, and enterprise technology buying processes.
• Established relationships with senior healthcare executives, operators, and industry partners, with credibility to engage C-suite leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop executive relationships and translate them into strategic partnerships and measurable growth.
• Familiarity with healthcare regulatory, privacy, and security requirements (HIPAA, PHI, BAAs) and ability to navigate conversations with clinical, legal, and tech stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape our healthcare growth by identifying priority segments, accounts, use cases, and partnerships across the U.S. healthcare market.
• Build executive relationships with C-suite and senior decision-makers across Payer, Provider, Life Sciences, and Health Tech.
• Advance strategic opportunities by coordinating with founders and GTM teams to originate enterprise opportunities.
• Connect technology to business outcomes by identifying high-value AI applications in healthcare operations.
• Develop strategic partnerships with consulting firms, systems integrators, EHR/health-tech platforms, and BPO partners.
• Activate investor and advisor networks to open doors and deepen executive engagement.
• Represent Decagon in the market through executive briefings, conferences, events, and partner meetings.
• Translate feedback into positioning, product priorities, and trust/compliance requirements for healthcare.

Skills

Healthcare industry experience

Business development

Executive relationship building

Strategic growth

Commercial mindset

Regulatory awareness

C-suite engagement

Job description

Decagon is scaling its healthcare leadership and seeking a strategic executive to join the Founder's Office. You will shape healthcare strategy, build trusted relationships with senior leaders, and translate them into partnerships and commercial growth across payer, provider, and life sciences segments.

You will work closely with the founders and healthcare GTM teams to identify high-value AI applications, navigate regulatory environments, and drive cross-functional alignment for strategic