Head of Strategic Partnerships

Octave is a modern behavioral health practice creating a new standard for care delivery that’s both high-quality and accessible. With in-person and virtual clinics in multiple states, the company offers evidence-based individual, couples, and family therapy, while pioneering relationships with payers to make care more affordable through insurance. By raising the bar on how care is delivered and how providers are supported, we are building a sustainable system that values equity, affordability, and effectiveness.

Job Summary:  

The VP of Strategic Partnerships is an entrepreneurial and experienced leader that will help the company get closer to its mission of expanding access to quality mental health services by building and overseeing an existing  business line.  This person is responsible for the end-to-end strategy and execution of this venture, including external relationship management, partnering with internal stakeholders to ensure successful planning and operations along with reporting on business metrics to ensure alignment with overall company goals. This is a critical role for the company and one that has high visibility.  This role requires someone who is mission-driven, hands-on, and comfortable with a fast pace and ambiguity.  

Management Responsibilities: 

• Creating change in the department that is beneficial to the company as a whole
• Allocating budgets and implementing policies and procedures to achieve set goals
• Develop and execute long-term organizational strategies to achieve company objectives.
• Provide guidance, support, and mentorship to promote high performance and professional development.
• Making key decisions regarding resource allocation, budgeting, policies, and operational procedures to ensure efficient and effective functioning of the organization.
• Develop key performance indicators (KPIs), and strategies to achieve operational excellence.
• Effectively communicate the organization's goals, strategies, and performance to stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Make decisions that align with the organization's overall strategy.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Report on and be accountable for  outcomes and business metrics related to the new venture​.​
• Support and orchestrate cross-functional teams to design and execute an existing venture in partnership with an external entity / partner​.​
• Partner & drive communications with the external entity to understand requirements and drive consensus internally and externally on the proposed solution​.​
• Collaborate with other internal teams in a matrixed environment to drive execution​.​
• Refine and iterate on process and design to further strengthen the partner relationship and drive continued growth​.​

Required Skills

• Strong financial acumen: comfort with and inclination to lead with data and facts​.​
• Strong presentation skills, including demonstrated success presenting and communicating with other executives​.​
• Strong written and oral communication skills​.​
• Experience working in a high growth environment​.​
• Experience and comfort with working with ambiguity​.​
• Strong analytical skills, can translate complex data into clear action and can communicate it to senior levels of the organization​.​
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or anytime in the future.

Education & Experience

• 10+ years of experience. Prior success in expanding businesses (in tech, operations, strategy, consulting, banking, or related experience).
• 5+ years of people management experience​.​
• Experience starting or scaling a successful startup, ideally in the healthcare space​.​
• Experience working directly with product development and engineering teams​.​

Octave's Company Values:

The below values drive our day-to-day operations.

We’re human beings first. We operate with empathy and kindness – with our clients, with our collaborators, and with ourselves.

People deserve better than status quo. We’re willing to tackle the intractable problems, no matter how big, because someone should. We ask big questions, we craft big solutions, and we challenge ourselves and others to make it happen.

No bystanders. No stars. No tourists. Each person has been selected to be here, and with that comes a responsibility to bring your expertise, share your ideas, and help make this company better.

Partnership paves the path ahead. We don’t operate in a silo, internally or externally. To transform the system, we believe in working with others to create something bigger, better, and stronger.

Quality is crucial at scale. Quality is core to our business, and we refuse to sacrifice it as we grow.

Progress is a process. In the pursuit of progress, we iterate, reflect, learn, adjust – and always leave things better than we found them.

There are people behind every data point. We recognize that numbers tell only one part of the story, and we also do the work to understand impacts at the individual level.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer. 
• Must be able to frequently communicate with others through virtual meeting applications such as Zoom and Google Meet. 
• Must be able to observe and communicate  information on company provided laptop. 
• Move up to 10 pounds on occasion. 

 

Octave is committed to pay equity. To maintain our commitment to pay equity, Octave will follow Pay Transparency regulations on all open job postings. Current Pay Transparency laws require companies to include a position's salary or hourly wage range (not including bonuses or equity-based compensation) in any internal or external job posting. This requirement extends to job postings published by a third party at an employer's request.

Octave will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Octave’s legal duty to furnish information.

Starting pay for qualified applicants will depend on a combination of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected salary range for this role is set forth below and this range may be modified in the future.

The salary range for zone 1 (all states, excluding those in zone 2 or zone 3, and D.C.) is $217,200 - $258,100.

The salary range for zone 2/3 (AK, CA, CT, CO, HI, MA,  MD, NJ, RI, WA) is $238,800 - $270,000.

All zones are eligible for equity in the form of stock options and an annual bonus.

Additionally, this position is eligible for the following benefits: company sponsored life insurance, disability and AD&D plans.  Voluntary benefits such as 401k retirement, medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, dependent care and commuter/parking options are also available. Octave offers generous Paid Time Off as well as paid parental leave benefits. 

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.