SlipstreamJobs tracks this role from the company's public career site. Apply directly on the employer's site.
Hippocratic AI is a healthcare-focused generative AI company building the first healthcare-only, safety-focused LLM system capable of safe, autonomous clinical conversations with patients. The company recently raised $126M in Series C funding at a $3.5B valuation and is backed by leading healthcare and AI investors including CapitalG, General Catalyst, a16z, and Kleiner Perkins.
As Associate Chief Nursing Officer, you will partner directly with the Chief Nursing Officer to lead nursing operations, client partnerships, and AI product development. This is a leadership role managing a team of nurses while overseeing day-to-day operations across production and evaluation environments.
Key responsibilities include:
**Nursing Operations Leadership:** Own all nursing operations across production and evaluation environments, establishing clinical protocols and quality standards aligned with regulatory requirements and patient safety commitments. Monitor team performance, drive continuous improvement, and serve as a clinical counterpart to engineering, data science, and go-to-market teams. Translate nursing expertise into technical requirements and support enterprise sales with clinical credibility. Represent the company at national nursing conferences, media engagements, and publications.
**Client Partnership & Subject Matter Expertise:** Serve as the nursing voice in customer and executive meetings, partnering with sales, customer success, and clinical teams to understand client needs and build trust with health system partners. Act as a subject matter expert on nursing practice, workflows, and scope of care across diverse clinical settings.
**Product Development & Nurse Co-Pilot:** Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate nursing knowledge into product requirements and feature priorities. Contribute to nursing-specific AI capabilities, ensuring clinical accuracy and real-world usability. Lead continuous discovery with CNOs, nurse managers, and bedside nurses to understand care model economics, workforce dynamics, and scope-of-practice constraints. Partner with health systems to reimagine nursing operational models powered by the AI platform. Build and lead a nursing transformation practice with playbooks, implementation resources, and outcome measurement frameworks. Establish rigorous outcomes architecture defining success metrics and reporting clinical and operational impact.
**Requirements:**
Must Have:
- Active RN license in good standing; BSN required
- 10+ years of nursing leadership experience with at least 5+ years across diverse care settings, including managing virtual workforce
- Direct P&L responsibility across multiple cost centers or operational lines
- Leadership experience in nursing operations with P&L management responsibility
- Demonstrated experience working directly with non-clinical functions (product, engineering, data science, sales, customer success)
- Evidence of designing or scaling a clinical implementation, quality improvement, or workflow transformation program
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills with comfort representing clinical perspectives to senior stakeholders and external clients
- Strong analytical mindset and ability to translate complex clinical concepts into operational and product requirements
- Experience establishing or improving clinical protocols, workflows, or quality improvement programs
- Demonstrated track record of operational transformation in health systems
- Ability to operate across clinical, technical, and executive contexts
Nice to Have:
- MSN, DNP, or equivalent advanced nursing degree
- Minimum 2+ years of nursing leadership experience outside traditional hospital/health system settings, specifically in health-tech, digital health, AI/ML-enabled care, or clinical operations product companies
- Track record of working effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous, cross-functional environments
- Experience building or scaling a clinical implementation function
