Head of Clinical Development, Pulse

Sword Health
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 108,920 - 171,160 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: professionalSkills: ["Cross-functional collaboration","Clinical governance","Clinical writing","Public speaking","Comfort with ambiguity"]

Lead clinical development for Pulse, Sword’s AI cardiometabolic care solution for hypertension, pre-diabetes, and GLP-1 support. Partner with Product, AI, Clinical Ops, and Clinical Affairs & Research to translate clinical requirements into product features, workflows, and AI behavior. Set clinical validation standards, define therapeutic boundaries and prohibited AI behaviors, co-develop evaluation rubrics, and oversee post-launch clinical monitoring and governance.

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Head of Clinical Development, Pulse

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Job Summary

Lead clinical development for Pulse, Sword’s AI cardiometabolic care solution for hypertension, pre-diabetes, and GLP-1 support. Partner with Product, AI, Clinical Ops, and Clinical Affairs & Research to translate clinical requirements into product features, workflows, and AI behavior. Set clinical validation standards, define therapeutic boundaries and prohibited AI behaviors, co-develop evaluation rubrics, and oversee post-launch clinical monitoring and governance.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive clinical outcomes in Pulse by partnering cross-functionally to align clinical requirements with product features, AI behavior, workflows, and external communications.
  • •Set clinical validation standards for new features, workflows, interventions, and AI-supported experiences before and after launch.
  • •Define the clinical role, therapeutic boundaries, and prohibited behaviors of Pulse’s AI-supported experiences, including prompting and harness-layer governance.
  • •Co-develop clinical components of evaluation rubrics, acceptance criteria, release thresholds, and annotation requirements, including training and follow-up changes.
  • •Monitor and interpret post-launch clinical outcomes and translate findings into protocol, program, product, workflow, or training changes; represent Pulse’s clinical perspective in internal governance boards.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 108,920 - 171,160 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceAd&dHsaEquityPaid LeaveParental Leave401kRemote WorkPaid Holidays

Key Requirements

  • •Licensed clinician (MD, DO, NP, RD, or PharmD) with 8+ years of clinical experience, including at least 3 years in a clinical leadership role within digital health, health-tech, or value-based care.
  • •Deep expertise in cardiometabolic conditions, including hypertension, pre-diabetes and diabetes, obesity, and GLP-1 therapeutics.
  • •Own a clinical outcomes framework: define metrics, evidence standards, and how outcomes translate into commercial value.
  • •Be the external clinical voice for a product, comfortable speaking with CMOs, health plan medical directors, and clinical audiences in conferences and due diligence.
  • •Translate clinical requirements into features, workflows, and AI behavior, including defining clinical guardrails and evaluation criteria for AI-supported care experiences.
Experience:8+ yearsDigital healthHealth-techValue-based careCardiometabolicGLP-1
Education:Professional (JD, MD, etc.)
Skills:Cross-functional collaborationClinical governanceClinical writingPublic speakingComfort with ambiguity
Licenses:MDDONPRDPharmD
Tech Stack:AIPrompt designGuardrailsEvaluation rubricsKnowledge baseOutcomes metrics

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Sword Health
Develops a digital musculoskeletal care platform combining wearable sensors, AI-driven virtual therapists, and clinical care teams to deliver remote physical therapy and rehabilitation programs for employers, health plans, and patients.
Industry: Digital Therapeutics
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: Porto, Portugal
Founded: 2015
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