Strategy and Ops Team Lead at SWORD HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES INC

, , Portugal -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 Mar, 26

Salary

71500.0

Posted On

26 Dec, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Strategy, Operations, AI, Data Analysis, Project Management, Leadership, Coaching, Collaboration, SQL, Looker, Google Sheets, Systems Thinking, Execution Bias, Python, Healthcare, Technology

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Sword Health is shifting healthcare from human-first to AI-first through its AI Care platform, making world-class healthcare available anytime, anywhere, while significantly reducing costs for payers, self-insured employers, national health systems, and other healthcare organizations. Sword began by reinventing pain care with AI at its core, and has since expanded into women’s health, movement health, and more recently mental health. Since 2020, more than 700,000 members across three continents have completed 10 million AI sessions, helping Sword's 1,000+ enterprise clients avoid over $1 billion in unnecessary healthcare costs. Backed by 42 clinical studies and over 44 patents, Sword Health has raised more than $500 million from leading investors, including Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Transformation Capital, and Founders Fund. Learn more at www.swordhealth.com. As the Strategy and Ops Team Lead, you will be the driving force behind operational excellence across the organization. You will lead high-impact work streams that leverage AI and data to automate workflows, optimize capacity, and scale our impact. This is a hybrid role that blends strategic project ownership with the mentorship of a high-performing team. You will join a Strategy & Operations team focused on building the scalable foundations of Sword’s future. We are a group of analytical problem-solvers who partner across the company to turn complex challenges into streamlined, AI-enhanced operational realities. \n What you’ll be doing: AI-Driven Efficiency: Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI and automation to streamline internal operational workflows and improve program efficiency. Project Leadership: Own and execute end-to-end strategic workstreams, managing complex resources and timelines to ensure measurable impact on company goals. People Management & Coaching: Directly lead and mentor a team of operations specialists, fostering a culture of high performance, continuous learning, and career growth. Data Strategy: Use advanced data analysis to build frameworks, define performance metrics, and drive evidence-based decision-making at the leadership level. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Tech, and Commercial teams to align operational processes with broader business strategies. Capacity & Resource Planning: Own departmental headcount and resource planning to ensure cost-optimized growth without compromising quality. What you need to have: 5+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, or operations within high-growth, technology-driven environments. Proven Leadership: Demonstrated experience managing direct reports and leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex projects. AI and Tech Savvy: A strong track record of using technology and AI tools to drive production-level operational improvements. Expert Analytics: High proficiency in SQL, Looker, and advanced Google Sheets to extract actionable insights from complex datasets. Systems Thinking: The ability to connect the dots between data, people, and processes to design scalable, long-term solutions. Execution Bias: A proactive, hands-on approach with the agility to adapt to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment. What we would love to see: Experience with Python for data manipulation or automation. A background in scaling operations specifically within the healthcare or AI technology sectors. To ensure you feel good solving a big Human problem, we offer: A stimulating, fast-paced environment with lots of room for creativity; A bright future at a promising high-tech startup company; Career development and growth, with a competitive salary; The opportunity to work with a talented team and to add real value to an innovative solution with the potential to change the future of healthcare; A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation; Access to our health and well-being program (digital therapist sessions); Remote or Hybrid work policy; To get to know more about our Tech Stack, check here. \n €45,500 - €71,500 a year *This range includes base, variable and equity These compensation bands are just the starting point. Once someone joins and proves they’re outlier talent, we adjust quickly to ensure their compensation aligns with their impact. Our job titles may span more than one career level. Actual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, location, market demand, and other factors. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base salary and any potential variable, bonus or sales incentives, and the Company’s estimation of the value of private company stock options, if applicable. The pay range is subject to change, future value of company stock options is not guaranteed, and compensation may be modified in the future. In addition to our total compensation, Sword offers a number of benefits as listed below. \n Portugal - Sword Benefits & Perks: • Health, dental and vision insurance • Meal allowance • Equity shares • Remote work allowance • Flexible working hours • Work from home • Discretionary vacation • Snacks and beverages • English class Note: Please note that this position does not offer relocation assistance. Candidates must possess a valid EU visa and be based in Portugal. Sword Health complies with applicable Federal and State civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of Age, Ancestry, Color, Citizenship, Gender, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender information, Marital status, Medical condition, National origin, Physical or mental disability, Pregnancy, Race, Religion, Caste, Sexual orientation, and Veteran status.

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Responsibilities

You will lead high-impact work streams that leverage AI and data to automate workflows and optimize capacity. This includes owning and executing strategic workstreams and mentoring a team of operations specialists.