Entrepreneur-in-Residence

About the role

You will own the end-to-end creation of a digital health venture from blank slate to a venture-backable narrative. You will partner with Terrarium's studio team to define a high conviction thesis and pressure test it against real world provider and payer dynamics. You will translate ambiguous market signals into a clear product hypothesis and a near-term roadmap that can be executed with a small founding team. You will leverage our proprietary research stack and deep customer network to run decisive experiments that de-risk the opportunity. You will recruit and evaluate founding teammates through our curated cofounder matching network to build a complementary early team. You will synthesize findings into crisp narratives, unit economics models, and a capital plan for the investment committee. You will act as the operational engine that converts insights into an initial prototype, early pilots, and letters of intent. You will own the narrative arc that moves a concept into a fundable company under the Company Ventures and Terrarium banner.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Lead a zero-to-one company creation process, moving from problem discovery to a backable plan within a 4 month full-time EIR program.
• Run rapid experiments that validate customer pain, willingness to pay, and repeatable acquisition across provider and payer segments.
• Translate qualitative insights into a clear product specification and a near-term roadmap, then ship a minimum viable product that can be tested in the field.
• Build the early operating model, including pricing strategy, go-to-market motion, and measurable success metrics aligned with enterprise buyers.
• Engage Terrarium's provider and payer partners to secure pilots, letters of intent, and proof points that de-risk adoption risk.
• Recruit and evaluate cofounders and founding hires through Terrarium's cofounder matching network to assemble an elite early team.
• Prepare for the investment committee with a crisp narrative, clearly defined milestones, and a multi-stage capital plan.
• Synthesize research, customer feedback, and pilot results into decision frameworks that prioritize the highest leverage product bets.
• Map workflow-native opportunities where automation and data liquidity reduce operational drudgery for clinical and administrative teams.
• Navigate clinical, regulatory, and data realities to ensure solutions are feasible within existing healthcare system constraints.
• Build market maps and analyst support artifacts that clarify competitive positioning and differentiation for investor discussions.
• Leverage Terrarium's builder services, including product, design, data, and regulatory guidance to accelerate execution.

Requirements

• You commit to full-time work for a 4 month EIR program based in New York City with hybrid flexibility for travel and focused build periods.
• You have 6 to 12+ years of hands-on experience in startups, product, engineering, operations, or new business building in healthcare or related sectors.
• You have a documented record of shipped products, launched services, or scaled programs that drove measurable revenue, cost savings, or clinical outcomes.
• You demonstrate strength in one or more of product management, full-stack or data engineering, B2B SaaS go-to-market, healthcare operations, analytics, or marketplace design.
• You are fluent in customer research and maintain a metrics-driven mindset, using data to guide decisions and validate hypotheses.
• You exhibit integrity, resilience, and a collaborative style, working effectively with diverse stakeholders under uncertainty.
• You possess founder energy and a bias to action, with a portfolio of work where you have built or owned zero-to-one initiatives.
• You are comfortable navigating clinical, regulatory, and data realities inherent in digital health environments.
• You communicate clearly, make decisions with incomplete data, and thrive in fast feedback loops.
• You enjoy recruiting exceptional people and setting a high performance bar for early teams.
• You are willing to work in a hybrid New York City location, with structured in-person sessions and flexibility for remote deep work.
• You understand the importance of timely deliverables within the 4 month program timeline and can align with investor committee schedules.

Nice to have

• Preferred familiarity with workflow-native software that automates operational drudgery and elevates clinical work.
• Exposure to enterprise partnerships that shorten the path from idea to pilot to scaled deployment in healthcare.
• Experience with data liquidity and AI enabled products in revenue cycle, care coordination, capacity planning, or patient engagement.
• Background in marketplaces, platform strategies, or ecosystem design within health tech contexts.

Practical notes

The EIR commitment is full time for 4 months, with the goal of company formation. The role is based in New York City hybrid, balancing in-person working sessions with flexibility for travel and heads-down build time. During the EIR period, a competitive monthly stipend is provided, and upon investment approval, participating companies receive pre-seed funding with meaningful founder equity.