Chief Operating Officer - Healthtech AI

• Sector: Healthtech AI Platform
• Seed Stage / Series A imminent
• Mission driven working environment
• Strong desire to work in a fast paced startup environment
• £150K to £175K Base

We are looking for an exceptional Chief Operating Officer (COO) - to become the operational partner to the CEO and lead the delivery and execution engine of the business.

The company has reached an important inflection point, with significant enterprise demand and a growing healthcare platform creating the need to scale the delivery capability, operating model, teams and processes.

This is a delivery-led COO role. The COO will be responsible for making the organisation execute.

You will translate strategic priorities into clear plans, ensure cross-functional teams deliver against commitments, build scalable operational processes and create the structure,

accountability and performance discipline required to support significant growth.

1. Delivery & Execution

Own the company's operational delivery engine and ensure strategic priorities are converted into measurable outcomes.

2, Enterprise Implementation & Service Delivery

Lead the operational framework that enables the company to deliver successfully for enterprise customers.

3. Operational Excellence & Scaling

Build the operating infrastructure required to support rapid growth.

4, Performance Management (KPIs & OKRs)

Metrics Architecture: Establish, track, and optimize company-wide KPIs and quarterly OKRs to ensure team alignment with board-level goals.

5. Cross-Functional Leadership

Act as the operational integrator across the Senior Leadership Team.

6. Operational Risk & Quality

Establish appropriate operational controls and risk management across the delivery organisation.

7, AI Transformation.

Breaking operational inertia, redesigning role architectures, and moving the company from pilot-stage AI experiments to enterprise-wide adoption.

Qualifications & Experience

• We are looking for a proven operator and delivery leader, ideally with experience in a technology-enabled, Healthtech, healthcare, life sciences or similarly complex environment.
• Healthtech VC Sector Experience: Demonstrated track record working within VC-backed Healthtech start-ups or scale-ups, Ideally you would have experience as COO, VP Operations or Chief of staff
• Strong experience leading complex enterprise implementations or service delivery programmes.
• Experience building and improving operating models and delivery processes.
• Proven workforce, resource and capacity planning experience.
• Strong experience establishing KPIs, performance management and delivery governance.
• Demonstrable experience leading cross-functional teams and programmes.
• Deep familiarity with healthcare data compliance, enterprise pharma expectations, and healthtech investor dynamics.
• Data-Driven Leadership: Mastery of setup and governance across CRM systems