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Vitalize

AI-powered hospital staffing and scheduling

Brand Marketing

Full-Time
$160k - $190k/yr+ $5,000 relocation bonus
Senior
San Francisco, CA, USA
Hybrid
Growth & MarketingBrand & Creative Marketing

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 5 years of experience in brand marketing, ideally in B2B technology, healthcare, or another complex industry.
  • Exceptional creative instincts and a strong point of view on what makes a brand distinctive and memorable.
  • Experience developing and executing brand campaigns from idea through launch.
  • Strong writing and storytelling instincts, with the ability to make complex ideas simple and compelling.
  • Experience partnering with creative teams, designers, agencies, and executives.
  • An understanding of how to build credibility with a sophisticated audience.
  • Comfort balancing brand-building with business outcomes.
  • High ownership and comfort building from scratch.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and evolve how Vitalize looks, sounds, and feels across every external touchpoint.
  • Build a clear, distinctive brand voice and ensure it comes through consistently across the website, campaigns, social presence, events, and other channels.
  • Develop creative brand campaigns and moments that get Vitalize in front of more healthcare leaders and give them a reason to pay attention.
  • Lead how Vitalize shows up around company milestones, industry moments, events, launches, and other opportunities to build awareness.
  • Partner with the founders and leaders to develop their external presence and bring Vitalize’s perspective into relevant industry conversations.
  • Find creative ways to introduce people to Vitalize through exceptional online and in-person experiences beyond traditional marketing.
  • Build the systems, guidelines, and creative foundation that allow the Vitalize brand to scale without becoming generic.
  • Develop ways to understand whether awareness, recognition, and engagement with Vitalize are growing.
Desired Qualifications
  • Healthcare experience is a plus; curiosity, strong judgment, and the ability to quickly become an expert also matter.

About the company

Vitalize Care provides an AI-powered platform for hospital operations, focusing on optimizing staffing and scheduling. It helps health systems forecast staffing needs using predictive scheduling, align staffing levels with real-time patient demand and acuity, and automate filling open shifts with the most suitable nurses. The system saves labor costs, improves nurse allocation, and frees nurse managers from manual scheduling tasks, while offering data-driven tools to support decision-making. In addition to staffing, it also offers resources to support the mental health and well-being of healthcare professionals, such as coaching and peer support. The platform targets health systems and hospitals and is typically offered on a subscription or licensing basis as enterprise software. Its goal is to enhance operational efficiency, improve patient flow, and optimize workforce management in healthcare settings.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$31.6M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2021

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What believers are saying

  • May 14, 2026, Norwest and Oak HC/FT led a $30 million Series A.
  • July 2026 hiring posts claimed $10M ARR across 30+ hospitals.
  • Customer-investors MemorialCare and Rochester Regional Health validate hospital buyer demand.

What critics are saying

  • QGenda, ShiftWizard, and UKG already dominate healthcare scheduling with deeper enterprise penetration.
  • If health systems standardize on broader HCM suites, Vitalize loses standalone workflow value by 2027.
  • Fast growth from 51 to 60 employees in July 2026 raises execution and retention strain.

What makes Vitalize unique

  • Vitalize automates >80% of schedule creation, load balancing, and optimization using predictive modeling.
  • Its platform integrates ADT, acuity, census, and costs into real-time staffing decisions.
  • February 2026 migration to PlanetScale supports scaling 400GB and 150 million rows.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Company Social Events
  • Gym Membership
  • Meal Benefits
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Home Office Stipend
  • Relocation Assistance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

5%
The SaaS News
Oct 7th, 2026
Vitalize raises $31M Series A.

Vitalize raises $31M Series A. Vitalize raises $31M in a Series A funding round led by Oak HC/FT to scale its AI-powered hospital staffing and capacity management operating system. Updated October 06, 2026 Vitalize, a healthcare technology startup based in the United States, has secured $31 million in Series A funding. The company provides an AI-powered operating system designed to unify hospital staffing, scheduling, patient flow, and capacity management to reduce administrative burdens and labor costs. Investors. The funding round was led by Oak HC/FT, a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and fintech. Additional participating investors include Norwest Ventures, .406 Ventures, Constellation Ventures, Y Combinator, and MemorialCare Innovation Fund. Vitalize use of funds. Vitalize plans to use the new capital to support company growth, expand deployment of its platform, and accelerate product development. The firm intends to scale its software from its current focus on labor management into broader areas of patient throughput and capacity optimization. About Vitalize. Founded in 2023 by co-founders Sanketh Andhavarapu and Veeraj Shah, Vitalize aims to act as an air traffic control system for healthcare operations. The platform uses machine learning and AI agents to forecast staffing needs, automate scheduling tasks, and manage patient placement to improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiency. Funding details. Company: Vitalize Raised: $31M Round: Series A Funding Date: October 6, 2026 Lead Investor: Oak HC/FT Additional Investors: Norwest Ventures, .406 Ventures, Constellation Ventures, Y Combinator, MemorialCare Innovation Fund Software Category: Health Tech Source: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/vitalize-secures-31m-scale-ai-powered-operating-system-hospital-staffing-and-scheduling Updated October 06, 2026

Fierce Healthcare
Oct 6th, 2026
Vitalize secures $31M to scale AI-powered operating system for hospital staffing and scheduling

Hospital staffing and scheduling is unglamorous, complex and tedious work, and Veeraj Shah, co-founder and CEO of startup Vitalize, believes it's the most valuable healthcare task to tackle. | Vitalize positions its software as an "air traffic control" system for healthcare operations, helping health systems automate staffing, forecast demand, manage capacity and reduce reliance on overtime and agency labor.