Strategic Lead, Medical Weight Loss Programs

OpenLoop Health, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenLoop Health, Inc. is seeking a Lead Program Manager to own the strategy and roadmap for our Medical Weight Loss program. You will align Clinical, Product, Engineering, Pharmacy, RCM, Implementation, Marketing, and Client Success behind a single program direction.

You will defend the plan to the executive team, drive operational rigor, and own client outcomes, ensuring clinical integrity and compliance across initiatives in a fast-moving telehealth environment.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years owning programs, products, or operating units in healthcare, digital health, health tech, or closely adjacent fields.
• At least 3 years setting strategy and owning a roadmap end-to-end.
• Direct experience with medical weight loss or closely adjacent care models with fluency in GLP-1 therapies, eligibility criteria, formulary dynamics, and regulatory landscape.
• Track record of strategy ownership, not just execution.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership.
• Strong commercial and analytical instincts.
• Exceptional written communication.
• Built structure in fast-moving environments while maintaining documentation, protocols, and compliance.
• Strong compliance instinct with attention to clinical, regulatory, and data-security standards.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-quarter roadmap for Medical Weight Loss, define metrics, bets, sequencing, and defend it to the executive team.
• Close the deliverable-to-goal gap by verifying that what’s built matches the plan and escalating or re-scoping when it doesn’t.
• Translate company OKRs into program-level targets for clinical quality, patient outcomes, client retention, unit economics, and growth velocity.
• Decide build/partner/integrate calls with data, scenarios, and recommendations.
• Lead without authority by aligning Clinical, Product, Engineering, Pharmacy, RCM, Implementation, Marketing, and Client Success.
• Own the program narrative for senior leadership and translate complex dynamics into clear decisions.
• Guide Program Managers and adapt the team structure as the portfolio matures.
• Own client outcomes and serve as the escalation point for major questions and commitments.
• Synthesize client feedback, regulatory changes, and competitor moves to inform roadmap decisions.
• Drive program-level commercial outcomes with cross-functional partners to ensure sellability and retention.

Skills

Program ownership

Strategy development

Cross-functional leadership

Commercial instincts

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Healthcare regulatory knowledge

Documentation & audit readiness

Job description

OpenLoop Health, Inc. is seeking a Lead Program Manager to own the strategy and roadmap for our Medical Weight Loss program. You will align Clinical, Product, Engineering, Pharmacy, RCM, Implementation, Marketing, and Client Success behind a single program direction.

You will defend the plan to the executive team, drive operational rigor, and own client outcomes, ensuring clinical integrity and compliance across initiatives in a fast-moving telehealth environment.