Director, Partner Operations

The posting, as Habitat Health wrote it

Habitat Health empowers older adults to experience more good days in their homes and communities. Through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), we provide comprehensive medical care along with support for daily needs such as meals, transportation, and in ‑ home assistance. We deliver coordinated clinical and social care in our centers and directly in participants’ homes, creating a fully integrated experience that brings peace of mind and a true sense of belonging. As we expand our scalable, affordable PACE model to meet the growing and complex needs of aging populations, our mission ‑ driven care teams continue to help participants live well on their own terms.

Habitat Health is supported by leading healthcare organizations and investors including New Enterprise Associates, Kaiser Permanente, and Town Hall Ventures. We are entering a period of significant growth and are looking for exceptional teammates to help us scale a better model of care for older adults. To learn more, visit www.habitathealth.com.

Location: Candidates must reside in California, Bay Area or Greater Los Angeles preferred, and willing to travel up to 25%

Role Scope : The Director, Partner Operations is a high-impact, cross-functional role at the core of Habitat’s thesis and operating model. This leader will facilitate pre-launch partner workstreams for new centers, mature our partner-facing operations, and nurture partner relationships from front line clinical teams to executives.

We are looking for a strategic, dynamic leader who can drive deep operational execution and vision-setting with senior stakeholders – an individual with strong communication skills, sound judgment applied to ambiguous operational problems, and a track record of success across cross-cutting priorities and complex organizational dynamics.

Core Responsibilities & Expectations for the Role

• Develop and manage our Kaiser partner relationship across all levels, from day-to-day operations to senior executives
• Strengthen partner-facing workflows and tools to improve care delivery, patient experience, and market performance
• Problem solve operational, partner-facing issues; derive systems-level insights, and design and deploy systematic solutions.
• Build a scalable partnership management structure that supports new center launches and adapts across partner archetypes and markets.
• Adapt Habitat’s operations to support expansion into new markets and local partner needs.
• Deliver executive updates to Habitat and partner leadership, connecting internal initiatives to external commitments.
• Support broader strategic initiatives across the enterprise, particularly where they impact partnerships.

Required Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of experience in healthcare industry, focused on operations, partnerships, strategy, and consulting
• Experience in startup organization
• A genuine desire to be in operations , and a willingness to get in the weeds to bring structure

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he essential functions of a position, or receive other employment benefits and privileges, please contact us at careers@habitathealth.com .

We encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, even if their experience does not align perfectly with every qualification listed.

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