Chief of Staff - AI (Portugal-based Remote/Hybrid) Porto

Chief of Staff - AI (Portugal-based Remote/Hybrid)
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

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Chief of Staff - AI (Portugal-based Remote/Hybrid), Porto

Client: SWORD Health, Inc

Location: Porto, Portugal

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 11e54920e2fa

Job Views: 12

Posted: 23. 01. 2025

Job Description:

Sword Health is on a mission to free two billion people from pain as the world’s first and only
-
- end platform to predict, prevent and treat pain. Delivering a 62% reduction in pain and a 60% reduction in surgery intent, at Sword, we are using technology to save millions for our 2, 500+ enterprise clients across three continents. Today, we hold the majority of industry patents, win 70% of competitive evaluations, and have raised more than $300 million from top venture firms like Founders Fund, Sapphire Ventures, General Catalyst, and Khosla Ventures. Recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer in 2023, this award highlights our focus on being a destination for the best and brightest talent. Not only have we experienced unprecedented growth since our market debut in 2020, but we’ve also created a remarkable mission and
- driven environment that is loved by our growing team. With a recent valuation of $2 billion, we are in a phase of hyper growth and expansion, and we’re looking for individuals with passion, commitment, and energy to help us scale our impact.

Joining Sword Health means committing to a set of core values, chief amongst them to “do it for the patients” every day, and to always “deliver more than expected” on behalf of our members and clients. This is an opportunity for you to make a significant difference on a massive scale as you work alongside 800+ (and growing!) talented colleagues, spanning two continents. Your charge? To help us build a
- free world, powered by technology, enhanced by people — accessible to all.

The AI Team

The main goal of the AI Team is to leverage AI and ML to provide
- quality clinical care at unprecedented levels of personalization and scale. In this regard, in close collaboration with the clinical team, we develop ML-powered features that identify the best course of action for each patient at any given moment or circumstance whilst employing a holistic perspective but also contemplating any relevant nuance. We also work on ensuring the overall experience is as close as possible to a 1:1 session with a Physical Therapist and thus play a crucial role in enabling the AI Care provided by Sword, a decision support system for clinical prescription management, a ranking system to direct attention to members requiring assistance, and an engagement system surfacing the most relevant data points for any given communication. Examples of this are projects like “Phoenix” and all the decision support systems that empower our Physical Therapists to provide
- class care to our members. Note that AI Experience is not required for this position.

What you’ll be doing:

1. Act as a force multiplier for the leadership, by helping to drive some initiatives yourself;
2. Act as a thought partner to the leadership, providing strategic input and challenging assumptions when needed;
3. Drive special projects that emerge from strategic priorities, managing stakeholders and ensuring successful delivery;
4. Own and execute critical AI team processes including offsites,
   - functional alignment sessions and other events;
5. Proactively identify operational inefficiencies and implementation gaps in the AI organization, proposing and implementing solutions;
6. Serve as a key liaison between the AI team and other departments;
7. Create and maintain
   - level reporting on strategic initiatives, synthesizing complex information into actionable insights.

What you need to have:

1. 2+ years of experience in
   - paced tech environments, consulting firms, or operational roles at
   - ups;
2. Exceptional analytical and
   - solving skills, with ability to structure ambiguous problems;
3. Strong ability to get things done (fast);
4. Track record of managing complex,
   - functional projects from ideation to completion;
5. Demonstrated ability to learn technical concepts quickly and translate them for various audiences;
6. Experience in stakeholder management;
7. Comfort with metrics and analytics;
8. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills;
9. Natural curiosity about AI/ML and strong eagerness to grow;
10. Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Engineering, Economics, etc. ).

What we would love to see:

1. Experience working with or supporting AI/ML teams in a business context;
2. Track record of building processes and systems from scratch in
   - growth environments.

To ensure you feel good solving a big Human problem, we offer:

1. A stimulating,
   - paced environment with lots of room for creativity;
2. A bright future at a promising
   - tech startup company;
3. Career development and growth, with a competitive salary;
4. The opportunity to work with a talented team and to add real value to an innovative solution with the potential to change the future of healthcare;
5. A flexible environment where you can control your hours (remotely) with unlimited vacation;
6. Access to our health and
   - being program (digital therapist sessions);
7. Remote or Hybrid work policy: We have offices in Porto and Lisbon, so if you want to have
   -
   - face contact you can always work from there.