Head of Community

About the role

Head of Community
Build and scale the community engine that powers Alpaca Health's growth across families, providers, and referral partners.
Responsibilities include:

• Planning and executing local family-focused events across Alpaca's core markets.
• Building relationships with community organizations, schools, pediatricians, nonprofits, and autism-related groups.
• Representing Alpaca at resource fairs, community events, and local gatherings.
• Developing repeatable playbooks for launching and growing local community presence in new markets.
• Measuring and improving event attendance, engagement, and referral outcomes.
• Organizing provider networking events, happy hours, and local meetups.
• Cooking up ongoing engagement programs that help BCBAs, RBTs, and practice owners connect with one another.
• Fostering a strong sense of belonging among providers operating within the Alpaca ecosystem.
• Building and managing affiliate partnerships with organizations that serve families and providers.
• Identifying and cultivating relationships with influencers, content creators, and community advocates.
• Developing co-marketing opportunities that expand Alpaca's reach and credibility.
• Tracking partnership performance and continuously improving ROI across channels.
• Creating scalable systems for event planning, sponsorships, partnerships, and community engagement.
• Managing event budgets, logistics, vendors, and timelines.
• Using AI and automation to increase efficiency across community operations.
• Building dashboards and reporting to measure community growth, engagement, referrals, and partner performance.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and execute local family-focused events across Alpaca's core markets.
• Build relationships with community organizations, schools, pediatricians, nonprofits, and autism-related groups.
• Represent Alpaca at resource fairs, community events, and local gatherings.
• Develop repeatable playbooks for launching and growing local community presence in new markets.
• Measure and improve event attendance, engagement, and referral outcomes.
• Organize provider networking events, happy hours, and local meetups.
• Cook up ongoing engagement programs that help BCBAs, RBTs, and practice owners connect with one another.
• Foster a strong sense of belonging among providers operating within the Alpaca ecosystem.
• Build and manage affiliate partnerships with organizations that serve families and providers.
• Identify and cultivate relationships with influencers, content creators, and community advocates.
• Develop co-marketing opportunities that expand Alpaca's reach and credibility.
• Track partnership performance and continuously improve ROI across channels.
• Create scalable systems for event planning, sponsorships, partnerships, and community engagement.
• Manage event budgets, logistics, vendors, and timelines.
• Use AI and automation to increase efficiency across community operations.
• Build dashboards and reporting to measure community growth, engagement, referrals, and partner performance.

Who You Are

• Extremely ambitious and want to build something meaningful at high velocity.
• Comfortable working harder and moving faster than most people.
• AI-native, using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, or similar tools to build leverage in your work.
• A systems thinker who instinctively turns chaos into repeatable processes.
• Energized by meeting people and building authentic relationships.
• Willing to travel frequently to support local market growth and community-building efforts.
• Care deeply about supporting clinicians, families, and locally owned healthcare businesses.

Bonus

• Experience in community building, events, partnerships, healthcare, autism services, or education.

Why Join

• Direct exposure to company-building at an early stage.
• Real ownership of critical initiatives from day one.
• The opportunity to materially impact families and clinicians.
• A fast learning curve that few roles can match.
• Strong compensation package