Strategic Partnerships Lead (Healthcare)
Posted on February 22, 2026 (3 months ago)
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We are building Protege to solve the biggest unmet need in AI — getting access to the right training data. The Protege platform facilitates the secure, efficient, and privacy-centric exchange of AI training data. We are a lean, fast-moving, high-trust team focused on velocity and impact.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Strategic Partnerships Lead (Healthcare) to build and manage the data partner ecosystem that powers Protege's healthcare AI products. The role owns sourcing, evaluation, and closing of strategic partnerships with healthcare organizations, data aggregators, and technology companies that hold multimodal healthcare data. This is a strategic, high-context position that sits at the intersection of business development, science, and product.
Key Responsibilities
Architect the Healthcare Data Supply Chain
- Identify and prioritize data partners across EHR, imaging, claims, genomics, consumer health data, and other modalities
- Build a balanced data supply portfolio covering modality, diversity, and scale
- Map Protege’s data strategy to healthcare AI builders and model developers
Source and Close Strategic Partnerships
- Own the full partnership lifecycle: prospecting, outreach, structuring, and closing
- Negotiate agreements covering data access, licensing, and privacy compliance
- Partner with Legal and Compliance to align agreements with HIPAA, de-identification, and expert determination standards
Bridge Science, Product, and Commercial Goals
- Collaborate with the CSO and Head of Product to ensure partnerships support delivery and long-term platform strategy
- Translate scientific and technical requirements into partnership structures
- Bring market intelligence into product and platform planning
Operationalize and Scale Partnerships
- Develop scalable playbooks for evaluating and onboarding data partners
- Collaborate with Product Success and Platform teams to ensure smooth handoff and ingestion
- Track partner performance and manage renewals and expansions
Represent Protege in the Market
- Build and maintain relationships with senior executives at health systems, data networks, and AI developers
- Represent Protege at healthcare and AI conferences, positioning the company as an enabler of responsible AI data collaboration
About You
- 7+ years of experience in healthcare data partnerships, business development, or strategy
- Deep understanding of healthcare data modalities (EHR, imaging, claims, genomics, device, or real-world data)
- Comfortable discussing AI training data requirements and data readiness with technical teams
- Proven success sourcing, structuring, and closing complex partnerships
- Skilled in cross-functional influence across scientists, engineers, and legal teams
- Strategic thinker with operational discipline; able to build process while closing deals
- Pragmatic and credible, prioritizing scalability over perfection when appropriate
Bonus
- Advanced technical or scientific background (MS, PhD, or equivalent)
- Experience with healthcare data aggregators, tokenization networks, or AI data providers
- Familiarity with privacy-preserving data linkage and de-identification workflows
Why Protege
- Shape partnerships strategy powering AI innovation in healthcare
- Work with leading health systems, aggregators, and AI developers redefining data collaboration
- Collaborate with top-tier scientific and product leaders to scale data solutions
- Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits package
How to Apply
To apply for this role, please submit your application via the Protege job application page linked below.
Application Link
https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/protege/9f72f290-e955-4dc7-8cfb-127a6a826dbf/application