Founding Lead, Patient

About Conduit Health

Conduit Health is transforming how Durable Medical Equipment (DME) and supplies are accessed through insurance. Our mission is to simplify life for patients and care providers by removing friction from the home healthcare experience.

We work with Medicaid and Medicare patients, caregivers, case managers, and homecare agencies to ensure patients receive the equipment and supplies they need — fast, covered, and stress-free.

We’re a venture-backed startup based in New York, growing rapidly after our Series A, and are building a best-in-class management team to deliver exceptional patient care at scale.

We’re looking for a Founding Lead, Patient Experience to build and run the first scalable version of our patient operation and care navigation function—the people, processes, and tooling that power the day-to-day patient journey (intake → triage → follow-ups → escalations).

This role is designed for someone ready to own a function and build the operating system behind it: workflows, escalation paths, coverage models, quality programs, training, documentation, and metrics. You’ll partner closely with Product, Ops, and Clinical to make patient support more reliable, consistent, and efficient as we grow.

This is a hands-on, systems-building, player-coach role. You’ll stay close to the frontline—working cases and handling escalations—to keep a pulse on what patients need and where operations break. At the same time, you’ll spend a meaningful portion of your time designing repeatable processes and building team rhythms that scale.

• Own day-to-day patient support and care navigation operations, including intake, triage, follow-ups, and escalation management

• Build and iterate the support operating model: routing and handoffs, coverage planning, queue management, case standards, escalation paths

• Create the playbook: SOPs, scripts, macros, documentation, and clear decision trees for the team

• Establish quality and coaching systems: onboarding, training, QA reviews, calibration, feedback loops

• Lead and grow a small team: hiring, onboarding, scheduling/coverage, performance coaching

• Establish clear KPIs (CSAT, Missed Call %, First Response Time, Resolution Rate) and use them to drive excellence

• Partner with Product to improve tooling and automation (workflows, routing, templates/macros, internal systems) to reduce manual work and increase consistency

• Partner with Clinical and Ops to ensure workflows are safe, compliant, and operationally sound

• Partner with Fulfillment to close the loop on patient feedback and improve overall experience

Within the first 3–6 months:

• A clear, reliable support workflow exists end-to-end, including escalation paths and ownership

• The team has a strong playbook, training, and QA process that ensures quality is consistent

• Metrics and reporting provide visibility into performance and improvement areas
  Operational friction decreases and patients get faster, more reliable support that surprises and delights

• The function is set up to scale (and this role can grow into Head of over time)

• 5–9 years of experience in patient support, care navigation, healthcare operations, or support operations (healthcare strongly preferred)

• Experience leading as a team lead / manager and coaching others

• Strong systems thinking: you can translate ambiguity into workflows, docs, and metrics

• Comfortable staying hands-on while building repeatable operations

• Clear communicator with strong judgment in sensitive situations

• Collaborative partner across Product, Ops, and Clinical teams

• Energized by early-stage environments and building from scratch

• Strong POV on how the latest AI tooling can shape a patient experience.

• Startup or high-growth experience

• Familiarity with Zendesk / Hub Spot / Intercom (or similar)

• Experience with workflow automation or support analytics

• Founding ownership with room to grow into a true Head-of role

• High-trust environment and meaningful autonomy

• Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits

• Hybrid work environment (NYC-based team)