Ventures Associate
About The Role
Redesign Health is hiring an early-stage investor to focus on pre-seed deal sourcing and relationship development, with a particular emphasis on expanding our network in the healthcare AI ecosystem. This is a sourcing-first role for a self-starter who is energized by networking and excited to build relationships with high-potential founders.
This role focuses on the earliest stage of our investment pipeline, developing proprietary relationships, generating differentiated deal flow, and creating early access to amazing founders in Redesign Health’s strike zone. You will combine strong interpersonal instincts with structured sourcing discipline, and work closely with your partner Redesign Health teams on the path to Investment Committee.
What You’ll Do
Founder & Ecosystem Development - Build a dense, trusted network across founders, angels, scouts, venture funds, operators, and entrepreneurial communities. Develop real market presence in the places where exceptional founders actually emerge.
Expand Redesign’s network and visibility in the AI healthcare ecosystem by tracking which operators are turning into founders, which micro-communities are producing breakout talent, and where conviction is building before the rest of the market catches up. Bring those insights back into Redesign’s investment process and broader platform.
Active Founder Sourcing - Source high-potential pre-seed investment opportunities through relationship-driven founder sourcing. Identify founders who fit Redesign’s from pre-idea founders just starting to explore their next venture to founders leading pre-seed stage companies. Sourcing should cover operator networks, universities, accelerators, founder communities, events/dinners, and other relevant digital channels via a combination of active in-market engagement and desk sourcing.
Maintain an active, high-quality pipeline of founders / deals and have a strong point of view on the level of attention needed for each to convert.
Maintaining Our Founder Bar - Understand what exceptional founders look like and ensure that our founders in our pipeline reflect that expectation. As you continue to engage founders, you should be relaying learnings for founder attributes and signals we should prioritize as part of any future sourcing activities.
Team Ecosystem Orchestration Design and orchestrate Redesign’s broader ecosystem presence. Map the universities, accelerators, regional ecosystems, founder communities, and events where Redesign should have sustained relationships, and create opportunities for other members of the investment team to engage directly.
Partnering with Founders from Sourcing Through Diligence & IC - Build trust quickly with founders and engage credibly from the first conversation. You'll work alongside founders through evaluation, diligence, and the lead-up to their IC pitch. For founders just starting to explore what's next, you'll speak competently across Redesign thesis areas to both entice them and demonstrate our insight into the healthcare market. During diligence, you'll surface key questions that would impact an investment decision and support process management with speed and rigor.
Build and continuously refine an AI-enabled sourcing engine. Use data signals, workflow automation, network mapping, market monitoring, and AI tools to identify founder targets, prioritize outreach, track ecosystem movement, and improve sourcing productivity.
What You’ll Need
Background: 2–5 years of experience in venture capital, early-stage investing, startups, or a related field. Direct previous exposure to founder sourcing or venture ecosystem development is strongly preferred.
Core Competencies: Network Density, Founder Judgment, Sourcing Drive, Opportunity Evaluation, Process Discipline, Systems Thinking.
Behavioral Skills
Self-Starter: Comfortable working independently, proactive in transforming workflows, and not waiting for someone else to tell you something is wrong or should be improved.
Relationships Over Transactions: Understand that proprietary deal flow comes from developing trust, reputation, and demonstrating value to every founder or external partner engaged.
Natural Connector: Move easily across ecosystems, make warm introductions instinctively, and create network effects around yourself.
Entrepreneurial: Resourceful, proactive, and comfortable building from ambiguity. Treat the sourcing engine itself as a product to be developed.
Founder-First: Communicate with empathy and credibility. Founders feel that you understand them, what they are trying to build, and why it matters.
Technology Innovator: Proactively leverage AI and emerging technology tools to create extraordinary productivity and impact. Think ahead about how your role will evolve and independently experiment with, adopt, and refine technology-driven solutions.
How We Work
Patients are waiting: Work with the urgency that patients deserve.
AI sets the floor: Nothing short of what AI in expert hands can deliver; taste and judgment own the last mile.
Stack the team: Talent density is our greatest asset; raise the bar with every hire.
Trust people, challenge ideas: Assume good intent; never shy from rigorous debate.
Sweat your craft: Take pride in your work; seek feedback to continuously improve.
Go beyond: Your role, comfort zone, and expectations for what’s possible.
Be the partner you want: High integrity, responsive, and genuinely invested in shared success.
No shortcuts: Patient safety, clinical standards, and partner trust above all.
Location
This position will be based out of either NYC or San Francisco. Full-time base salary of $123,000 plus a market-leading carry & benefits package. The expected base pay range for this position is based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location.