Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: Remote Salary: [Salary information not provided]

Who We Are

Pearl Health is powering the future of healthcare. We help primary care providers and organizations to deliver quality healthcare to the patients who need it most, when they need it most — and get rewarded for keeping patients healthy.

Our technology, services, and financial tools enable better, more proactive care, decrease total cost of care across patient panels, and optimize performance in value-based care models for Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.

We are a team of:

• Physicians and public health experts (Stanford, Harvard, Mount Sinai)
• Technologists (athenahealth, Amazon, Meta, Flatiron)
• Healthcare innovators (Centivo, Aledade, Stellar, Arcadia)
• Experienced risk management professionals (CVS/Aetna, Humana, Oscar)

...who believe that primary care providers are the key to addressing our healthcare system’s biggest challenges.

Since its founding in 2020, Pearl has expanded to partner with thousands of primary care providers in practices and organizations across 44 states. Our investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Viking Global Investors, AlleyCorp, and SV Angel.

The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and visionary Chief Medical Officer (CMO) to join our executive team. You will play a crucial role in guiding Pearl Health's clinical strategy, driving performance improvements in partner practices, and serving as a key clinical thought partner and escalation point for our provider partners.

In this capacity, you will oversee performance and clinical quality initiatives while serving as a clinical thought partner to our performance organization and as a key escalation point for critical clients when standard processes require expert intervention.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Leadership & Expertise

• Provide expert clinical guidance to internal teams, ensuring alignment with the latest medical standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with R&D and Operations teams to ensure clinical relevance and efficacy of our solutions and identify opportunities to drive additional improvements.

Client Engagement

• Serve as a key clinical escalation point for resolving complex provider or partnership challenges.
• Personally develop and maintain strong relationships with Pearl's most critical clients, ensuring client satisfaction and long-term partnerships.
• Meet with important clients during the course of performance management.

Thought Leadership and Brand Building

• Serve as an external evangelist for Pearl Health, promoting our capabilities and vision in the healthcare industry.
• Build and enhance Pearl Health's brand through thought leadership, speaking engagements, publications, and participation in industry events.
• Champion Pearl customer needs internally and frame the voice of our customers to evangelize provider needs in value-based care as part of Pearl's external brand.

Operational Integration

• Partner with Operations, R&D, and Growth leadership to integrate new business lines, ensuring seamless adoption and alignment with company goals.
• Facilitate the introduction and onboarding of net new offerings and capabilities, partnering with Customer Success to educate clients so they can make the most impactful use of all Pearl has to offer.

Who You Are

• MD or DO with an active medical license.
• 7+ years of executive leadership experience in healthcare organizations, with demonstrated success in customer-facing roles.
• Deep understanding of Medicare and value-based care models.
• Experience partnering with complex client relationships, particularly enterprise organizations (e.g., Independent Provider Associations (IPAs), Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs), Managed Services Organizations (MSOs), and Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs)).
• Strong operational acumen with the ability to develop and implement scalable processes and systems, paired with strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex clinical and financial data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.