Strategic Projects Lead - Healthcare

AfterQuery

$300K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in healthcare, medical research, or biopharma.
  • Strong background in medicine or healthcare operations.
  • Deep understanding of healthcare data and clinical workflows.
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguous environments with minimal supervision.
  • Passion for healthcare and technology, especially AI applications.
  • Record of competitive achievement and leadership experience.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficiency in data handling; familiarity with Python and AI tools is a bonus.

Responsibilities

  • Work with leading AI organizations to create next-gen data solutions.
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams in specialized fields like healthcare and biopharma.
  • Design dataset specifications to influence training of AI systems.
  • Manage projects from ideation through to delivery in a fast-paced environment.
  • Support various operational initiatives to strengthen company impact.
  • Coordinate efforts across multiple business areas to execute critical tasks.

Benefits

  • Profit-sharing bonus structure with opportunities for high total earnings.
  • Comprehensive benefits including health insurance and 401K matching.
  • Stipends for transportation and fitness memberships.
Full Job Description
What You Will Own

Project and client management: Work with the world's leading AI organizations to build next-generation data solutions that push the limits of model capability, while directly driving revenue.

Manage expert teams across domains: Lead and coordinate highly specialized contributors across fields like healthcare, medicine, and biopharma.

Shape how AI systems are trained: Design dataset specifications that directly influence how frontier models are evaluated and improved. Your taste and judgement will shape what foundation models become.

Drive high-impact execution end-to-end: Own critical projects from idea to delivery. From scoping, executing, iterating, and shipping in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment, you will touch it all.

Gain top tier operational experience: Support the team across a range of operational initiatives that will directly contribute to the future of AfterQuery. You will work across multiple parts of the business in the same week, ranging from building, analyzing, coordinating, and executing where needed most.

What We Are Looking For
  • 3+ years of experience in healthcare, medical research, health technology, a top-tier biopharma company, or another highly selective healthcare / medicine environment (having an MD is a plus)
  • Background in medicine, clinical practice, biomedical research, healthcare operations, or another relevant discipline
  • Strong understanding of healthcare data, systems, clinical workflows, medical research, or the healthcare industry
  • High agency, drive, and a strong work ethic; thrive in ambiguity and execute with minimal direction
  • Passion for healthcare, AI, and entrepreneurship, with an interest in using emerging technology to improve how medical knowledge is developed, evaluated, and applied
  • Competitive nature and a demonstrated record of exceptional achievement
  • Strong leadership experience and excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Thrive in fast-moving, high-impact environments with bias towards action, while balancing attention to detail
  • Comfort working with data, technical systems, and AI tools
  • Bonus: proficiency in Python; experience coding, scripting, analyzing healthcare data, conducting clinical research, or using AI tools to automate workflows and build products. Enjoy experimenting with new tools (experience with Claude Code is a plus)
Compensation and Benefits
  • Annual target cash compensation of $300K + meaningful equity
  • Includes a profit-sharing bonus structure, where top performers frequently earn over $500K in total cash compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits (UberEats and ride share stipend, comped Equinox, 401K with match, health, dental, and vision insurance)


We're looking for the few who want to learn faster than anywhere else in their career, work at the frontier, and build a generational company from the ground up. The models trained today will shape the next decade. Come decide what they learn.

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