CEO & Co-Founder (Digital Health, Home Dialysis Caregiver Support)

High Alpha Innovation is a venture builder that partners with leading organizations and entrepreneurs to unlock growth and transformation through startup creation. Venture building has the potential to address society’s biggest problems. We believe the world needs more new companies to tackle these global issues. Launching new startups with scaled organizations enables them to address those challenges head on.

High Alpha Innovation and the University of Notre Dame partnered to establish a first-of-its-kind venture studio (the 1842 Studio) and venture fund (the 1842 Fund) that aligns with Notre Dame’s mission of serving as a “Force for Good” in the world. In close partnership with the University and its vast “ND Family” of alumni, corporate, community, and academic leaders, the 1842 Studio aims to co-create startups that address important societal challenges, such as improving health access and outcomes for our most vulnerable populations. The 1842 Fund has committed to invest $1M into a new company to help value-based health systems address the chronic kidney disease crisis in the US.

We are seeking a world-class entrepreneur for the role of CEO and Co-Founder for our newest company, which is currently in stealth mode (hereafter “StealthCo”). StealthCo is a healthcare technology startup focused on enabling the transition of dialysis patients from in-facility treatment to home dialysis by empowering caregivers—friends and family members who provide critical support to patients. StealthCo addresses a critical gap in dialysis care: while home dialysis leads to better outcomes and lower costs, adoption remains low due to the overwhelming burden placed on caregivers. By providing education, emotional support, and financial resources, StealthCo makes home dialysis a more viable and scalable option.

You'll be supported by High Alpha Innovation's go-to-market experts who have decades of collective experience guiding founders with their GTM motions and launch strategies: from securing early customers and investors to establishing product development and sales functions

As the CEO and Co-Founder, you will be responsible for building a big, important, and durable business from the ground up. You will work to build conviction with the market, investors, and early customers as you bring the product to market. You will also set the go-to-market strategy and get the MVP into the hands of early customers. This is a unique opportunity to be a creator, builder, and innovator to build a world-class product from scratch.

What You'll Do:

• Serve as a leader and co-founder to shape corporate strategy and company vision while building conviction in the market, with investors, and customers
• Drive growth, profitability, and company value while implementing scalable and efficient strategies to ensure consistent results and exponential growth
• Align resources to achieve key business goals and milestones
• Own the operational budget and manage burn rate and runway
• Report updates to the Board of Directors and corporate stakeholders regarding progress on strategic goals.
• Assist with creating and executing a fundraising strategy to drive interest from outside VC investors.
• Set the vision for the company and define the overall strategy from launch to scale.
• Structure a thoughtful organizational hiring plan and recruit, retain & develop world-class talent against that plan.
• Drive strategy and decision-making across all functional areas, including business development, product, marketing & content, operations, and finance.
• Determine the highest-order KPIs and build the plan and team to measure, monitor, and improve them.
• Lead all fundraising activities to support growth objectives in partnership with High Alpha Innovation.
• Develop strategic relationships within the healthcare industry, particularly with health systems, nephrologists, and dialysis providers, to drive the adoption of StealthCo’s platform.
• Develop strategic relationships with development and channel partners to further StealthCo’s offering.
• Design, execute and continually iterate go-to-market strategies.
• Define and evolve the product roadmap to meet the needs of StealthCo’s key stakeholders, including caregivers, patients, nephrologists, and hospital administrators.
• Drive operations and operational rigor, including full P&L and cash flow management.
• Create and sustain a great company culture with articulated values that provide inspired leadership and enable a great working relationship to the team across all levels.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in selling care models and platforms and building high-performing teams.
• Proven experience in healthcare technology and digital health.
• Intimate knowledge and experience of the chronic kidney disease and dialysis space, including experience working with nephrologists and dialysis providers, and deep familiarity with at-home dialysis care models.
• A deep understanding of health systems, reimbursement models, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, CMS policies on dialysis care).
• A passion for improving patient outcomes and addressing critical gaps in chronic disease care—particularly through technology-driven solutions for caregivers.
• CEO and Founder experience is preferred or experience working in an early-stage venture-backed company in a key leadership role.
• Venture capital fundraising experience is preferred, as well as other relevant experience across sales, negotiations, or corporate development.
• Strong track record of tackling difficult challenges, a strong work ethic, and a desire to build a high-growth company.
• An entrepreneurial mindset along with the grit and determination to scale a company from scratch.

Benefits

• Salary plus equity plan
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance 
• Flexible work location within the United States 
• A highly validated concept and business model hypothesis developed by our team
• Pre-seed funding of $1M committed by the 1842 Fund to launch this concept
• The support of a mid-sized health system in the Midwest as an initial design partner, providing early validation and market traction
• Access to the University of Notre Dame’s network, offering strategic connections and industry expertise to accelerate growth
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial environment with a proven venture studio playbook
• World-class venture studio and platform services, surrounding the startup with expert guidance in every discipline needed to build and scale a market-leading company

What we value:

WE BUILD

We make decisions with imperfect information and quickly move forward. We take action. We are comfortable with discomfort, and we measure our results in terms of what we build.

WE ARE BOLD

We seek, uncover, and speak truth. We are endlessly curious, we dream big and we lead through vision. Our ideas change the world.

WE CREATE OPPORTUNITY

We aim to create as much opportunity for as many people as possible, and we believe startups are a powerful vehicle for doing so. By creating opportunity, we create joy for ourselves, our loved ones, our corporate partners, and if we’re doing it right -- the world.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

High Alpha Innovation is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not just accept diverse backgrounds, we celebrate them. Our company, the work we do, and our partners benefit from the value of a diverse team. No team member's value lies alone in their diversity, and because we value diversity so highly, we reiterate that all hiring and employment decisions are made on merit, performance, competence, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.