Head of Special Projects - Technical
Function Health · United States · 2 wk ago
RemoteRemoteInformation Technology$180k–$220k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Own external and market-facing projects end to end.
- From scoping the actual problem to delivering a finished outcome.
- These initiatives are high-priority and undefined by design.
- The work includes building, not just deciding.
- You go deep technically when the project demands it and you ship.
- Write clearly and drive alignment.
- Turn ambiguous situations into a point of view leadership can act on.
- Make decisions and move.
- You will not have perfect information. You make the call anyway and adjust.
- Work across functions. Operations, product, clinical, engineering, legal, finance.
- You go where the project needs you, not where the org chart points.
- Drive multi-million dollar initiatives from concept through execution, accountable for outcomes at every stage.
Qualifications
- STEM background, required. A degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics, biology, chemistry, or a comparable technical field and has actually worked in STEM.
- Built real things. Shipped product, written code, founded a company, stood up a new business line.
- Technical foundation, expanded. Started in engineering, analytics or a hard technical role and moved into product, founded a vc backed company, or operating roles where they still own the build.
- Mission-driven. Genuinely believes preventive healthcare is one of the most important problems to get right.