Company Description
Homeward is a technology-enabled healthcare provider delivering quality, affordable and comprehensive care to those who don’t have it. Starting in rural America. Today, 60 million Americans living in rural communities are facing a crisis of access to care. In the U.S. healthcare system, rural Americans experience significantly poorer clinical outcomes. This trend is rapidly accelerating as rural hospitals close and physician shortages increase, exacerbating health disparities. In fact, Americans living in rural communities suffer a mortality rate 23 percent higher than those in urban communities, in part because of the lack of access to quality care.
Our vision is care that enables everyone to achieve their best health. So, we’re rearchitecting the way it’s delivered – leveraging breakthroughs in diagnostics, remote monitoring, and a variety of other domains, Homeward is creating a new healthcare delivery model that is purpose-built for rural America and directly addresses the issues that have historically limited access and quality.
Most importantly, we’re aligning everyone’s incentives (ours, partner health plans’, and members’) towards getting and keeping people healthy by taking full responsibility and financial risk for the total cost of each member’s healthcare and outcomes.
Homeward is co-founded by a leadership team that defined and delivered Livongo’s products, and backed most recently by a $50 million series B co-led by Arch Ventures and Human Capital, with participation from General Catalyst for a total of over $70 million in funding. With this leadership team and funding, Homeward is committed to bringing high-quality healthcare to rural communities in need.
What you’ll do:
- Strategic People Operations Leadership: Spearhead all aspects of recruiting and HR execution for our esteemed team of professionals. This involves championing people initiatives throughout the entire employee journey, from hiring and onboarding to performance management, payroll, compensation, and benefits. As the inaugural HR hire, you will be instrumental in shaping our HR infrastructure and processes.
- Strategic Business Partnership: Forge strong partnerships with our founders and executive team, providing invaluable insights and guidance as a trusted talent advisor. Our success hinges on nurturing a strong rural workforce, which will require creative thinking and different approaches from the norm.
- Innovative Program Development: Lead the charge in pioneering innovative people strategies, leveraging cutting-edge technology and programs to accommodate our expanding team's needs.
- Data-Driven Decision-Making: Establish robust operational frameworks and key performance indicators (KPIs) for the people function, furnishing the company with insightful progress reports and identifying areas for optimization. Your data-centric approach will underpin all our HR endeavors.
- DEI Advocacy: Champion and design diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategies to build diverse teams that drive better business outcomes and enable us to deliver superior care to our patients.
- Travel Flexibility: Be open to periodic travel to our various hub offices and in-market locations as needed to support our growing team.
What you bring:
- A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in people operations within high-growth companies
- Prior experience driving comprehensive people strategies, encompassing recruiting, onboarding, learning and development, and HR programs
- A strong grasp of HR best practices, labor laws, and regulatory requirements.
- Hands-on experience with HR software and a keen sense of the newest tools in the space
- Ability to thrive in a distributed team environment, adeptly navigating the nuances of remote collaboration.
- A genuine passion for delivering healthcare solutions in rural America, aligning with our company's mission and vision.
Bonus points if you have:
- Prior experience in the healthcare industry
- Familiarity with navigating the dynamics of a fast-paced, rapidly growing organization
What Shapes Our Company:
- Deep commitment to one another, the people and communities we serve, and to care that enables everyone to achieve their best health
- Compassion and empathy
- Curiosity and an eagerness to listen
- Drive to deliver high-quality experiences, clinical care, and cost-effectiveness
- Strong focus on the sustainability of our business and scalability of our services to maximize our reach and impact
- Nurturing a diverse workforce with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view
- Taking our mission and business seriously, but not taking ourselves too seriously– having fun as we build!
