Founder & CEO | Robotics (HealthCare)

About the role

The Founder & CEO will transform a compelling idea into a scalable, defensible business. Key responsibilities include defining the market opportunity, selecting the operator profile, and driving the product from concept to market.

Responsibilities

• Define the wedge in the market and choose the operator profile
• Turn a thesis into a product, collaborating with partner's robotics teams
• Land pilots with 2-3 CCRC/senior-living operators
• Frame the buy as an ROI decision for CFO/COO, positioning it as redeployment, not redundancy
• Drive the economics, pushing the robots-to-operator ratio towards software margins
• Hire the initial team, raise capital, and establish the venture as the automation layer for senior living

Requirements

Deep familiarity with US senior living/CCRC operators, eldercare, or enterprise facilities operations. Enterprise commercial instinct, strong product and technical instincts, and comfort operating in ambiguity are essential. Must be motivated by category creation and have experience building hardware/robotics products from zero to one.

Qualifications

Experience building a hardware/robotics or hardware-as-a-service product from zero to one, ideally in the US market. Comfortable navigating multi-site operator sales cycles and making irreversible calls with incomplete data. Credibility with conservative care operators and forward-looking venture investors.

Skills

Strong product and technical instincts, enterprise commercial instinct, and ability to operate in ambiguity are crucial. Must be comfortable with ambiguity and able to shape the product, define the buyer, and make irreversible calls with incomplete data.

Benefits

Access to a full-stack venture studio offering including a full-time venture builder, embedded studio team, and on-demand access to specialist support across data science, applied AI, fundraising, legal, finance, PR, and commercial partnerships. Dedicated network access from day one.

Pay

$128k ring-fenced build budget for the first 6 months, followed by $320k cash investment at incorporation.

Schedule

The programme runs in two phases: Months 0–6 (Build) and Months 6–12 (Accelerator / Spinout).