Chief of Staff and Founder Associate, Growth

Job Description

Job Description

The Problem

Severe mental illness affects over 15 million adults in the United States. Schizophrenia. Schizoaffective disorder. Bipolar I. Treatment-resistant depression. These are the conditions the rest of healthcare has systematically failed to build for.

What makes this problem different from most of healthcare is that the tools to solve it do not exist. The clinical protocols, the measurement science, the precision medicine, the technology to deliver coordinated longitudinal outpatient care for this population. None of it has been built. This is a frontier problem, and it requires frontier science and care delivery to solve.

We are developing all of it. The care, the science, the technology.

Chief of Staff & Founder Associate, Growth

The Problem

Severe mental illness affects over 15 million adults in the United States. Schizophrenia. Schizoaffective disorder. Bipolar I. Treatment-resistant depression. These are the conditions the rest of healthcare has systematically failed to build for.

That makes this problem different from most of healthcare is that the tools to solve it do not exist. The clinical protocols, the measurement science, the precision medicine, the technology to deliver coordinated longitudinal outpatient care for this population. None of it has been built. This is a frontier problem, and it requires frontier science and care delivery to solve.

We are developing all of it. The care, the science, the technology.

Who We Are

Amae Health is a Series B, venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation delivering specialty outpatient care for people with severe mental illness through high-acuity, in-person clinics nationwide.

Our integrated model brings psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietitians, and community support together under one roof. Leading health systems—including NewYork-Presbyterian, Cedars-Sinai, Mass General Brigham, Novant Health, and CommonSpirit—partner with us to expand this level of care.

Alongside care delivery, we are building the science and technology the field has long lacked—proprietary clinical protocols, novel measurement, and an AI-driven data platform designed for severe mental illness.

The impact: fewer hospitalizations, greater stability, and more people living meaningful lives in their communities.

The Team

We are clinicians, operators, technologists, and scientists who chose Amae because the problem is hard and the stakes are real. We are not interested in incremental improvements to a broken system—we are redefining it.

Our teams work cross-functionally because the work demands it. The psychiatrist informs the product roadmap. Engineers understand the clinical complexity their technology must solve. Researchers sit alongside the operators running the clinics their work measures.

Every function—finance, product, people, growth, technology—exists to serve one goal: better outcomes for the people we care for.

The Role

This role sits at the center of Amae's leadership team, reporting Co-Founder & CEO, you'll split your time between internal strategic work (special projects, KPI reporting, executive communications, strategic planning) and external growth work (partnerships pipeline, health plan/health system BD, and commercial materials). You will navigate high-priority, sensitive business initiatives across both of our co-founders agendas, operating as a trusted generalist who can move fluidly between the two.

This is a 100% in-person, full-time role based in our San Francisco office (Cow Hollow / Marina).

What You'll Do

Strategy & Executive Support

• Act as an in-house consultant and strategic advisor to the CEO, CGO, and senior leadership team
• Lead development of the long-term strategy and annual strategic plan in collaboration with the C-Suite
• Develop and maintain a KPI dashboard and high-level performance metrics
• Draft and refine strategic communications, memos, and board/investor materials for the founders

Partnerships & Business Development

• Own the BD pipeline: research prospective health plan and health system partners, identify key contacts, and manage outreach from first touch through active conversation
• Prepare decks, one-pagers, and data analyses for partnership meetings, translating Amae's model and outcomes into compelling external narratives
• Coordinate due diligence, follow-up, and relationship management across the pipeline so nothing falls through the cracks
• Track and synthesize market intelligence on payer and health system trends

Sales & Revenue Support

• Support execution of Amae's sales playbook for new market entry
• Identify and help qualify new revenue opportunities, from referral partnerships to value-based care contracts
• Maintain CRM hygiene and pipeline reporting so leadership has a clear view of what's in motion

Special Projects & Operations

• Execute and manage cross-functional strategic projects as a self-starter, from market expansion analysis to grant applications to competitive landscaping
• Establish a centralized insights/analytics process to power decisions and strategy
• Keep workstreams for both founders running smoothly — scheduling, prep, follow-through, and accountability
• Work cross-functionally with clinical, operations, and finance teams to ensure commercial commitments are grounded in operational reality

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in consulting, investment banking, investing (VC/PE), growth/BD, or a fast-moving startup — with a track record of owning real work and driving it forward
• Strategic and flexible approach to business problem-solving; comfortable moving between internal strategy work and external-facing BD work
• Clear, strong communicator — writes well, thinks in structure, shows up prepared
• Highly organized and reliable — tracks details and follow-ups across multiple concurrent workstreams without things slipping
• Intellectually curious with high intellectual horsepower; an effective thought partner to founders and senior leaders
• High ownership and follow-through; closes loops and takes responsibility for outcomes
• High EQ, low ego — collaborative across teams and levels, gets things done through people who don't report to them
• High-wattage energy that's infectious across teams — the kind of person who raises the tempo of every room they walk into
• Genuine passion for Amae's mission

Bonus if you have:

• Prior exposure to healthcare BD, payer relationships, or value-based care contracts
• Experience with CRM tools (HubSpot, Salesforce, or similar)
• Comfort with quantitative analysis, financial models, or outcomes data
• An existing network in healthcare, health plans, or behavioral health

What We're Building

Most healthcare companies ask you to optimize an existing system. We're building one that has never existed.

• A national care model designed for the highest-acuity patients in behavioral health.
• Precision medicine for severe mental illness, using multimodal clinical, behavioral, and social data to personalize treatment.
• A clinical operating system that integrates longitudinal data, real-time patient signals, and purpose-built tools into a single decision layer.
• New science and measurement frameworks to define what real outcomes look like in SMI—stability, functional improvement, and hospitalizations avoided.
• A health-system partnership model proving coordinated SMI care can work at scale.

If you want to maintain the status quo, this isn't the place. If you want to build what doesn't exist yet—and change how an entire population receives care—keep reading.

What We Value

We center care in all we do. Empathy is not a brand value. It's how we make clinical decisions, build products, and treat each other.

We challenge convention. The existing system is the problem. We question it, we test alternatives, and we move with urgency when something works.

We take the work seriously, not ourselves. High standards and humanity are not in tension. We hold a hard bar for quality while leaving room for humor and levity.

Your job isn't done until the job is done. We close gaps, we follow through, and we don't hide behind titles or org charts.

We win together and fail together. We own outcomes as a team. We learn fast. We don't do blame.

We hustle with humility. Speed matters. So does integrity. We assume best intent and stay grounded in the mission.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation includes a base salary of $100,000 - $165,000 (based on experience) plus equity ownership, giving you a meaningful stake in Amae's growth. Total compensation includes comprehensive medical/dental/vision, unlimited PTO, parental leave, and programs built around employee well-being. We'll share specifics during the interview process.

Amae Health is building the care platform, the precision medicine, and the frontier science that severe mental illness has never had. If you want to be part of creating something this hard and this important, something that has never been done, we'd like to talk.

What We Value

• We center care in all we do. Empathy is not a brand value. It's how we make clinical decisions, build products, and treat each other.
• We challenge convention. The existing system is the problem. We question it, we test alternatives, and we move with urgency when something works.
• We take the work seriously, not ourselves. High standards and humanity are not in tension. We hold a hard bar for quality while leaving room for humor and levity.
• Your job isn't done until the job is done. We close gaps, we follow through, and we don't hide behind titles or org charts.
• We win together and fail together. We own outcomes as a team. We learn fast. We don't do blame.
• We hustle with humility. Speed matters. So does integrity. We assume best intent and stay grounded in the mission.