Full-Time

Director of Virtual Care Operations

Updated on 8/25/2026

K Health

K Health

201-500 employees

AI-driven primary care subscription service

Compensation Overview

$160k - $200k/yr

+ Stock options

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Four days on-site per week, Monday through Thursday, are required in the New York City office.

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Forecasting
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • The candidate must have 8+ years of operations experience, preferably in healthcare, call center/customer support, healthcare operations, or other high-volume service environments.
  • The candidate must have 4+ years of people management experience leading large teams through managers.
  • The candidate must have experience managing operational key performance indicators and service-level metrics in a fast-paced environment.
  • The candidate must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
  • The candidate must have experience building and improving operational processes at scale.
  • The candidate must have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • The candidate must be able to operate both strategically and hands-on when needed.
Responsibilities
  • Lead day-to-day operations for a large virtual care support organization, including Care Concierge, patient support workflows, and provider coordination.
  • Ensure patients and providers successfully connect for scheduled virtual visits with minimal friction.
  • Monitor and improve operational key performance indicators, including service-level agreements, wait times, abandonment rates, staffing efficiency, productivity, quality, and patient experience.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks and implement scalable solutions to improve efficiency and service delivery.
  • Build operational processes that can scale across multiple partners and clinics.
  • Partner closely with Workforce Management teams on staffing models, forecasting, scheduling, and intraday management.
  • Drive continuous optimization of labor utilization and operational costs while maintaining service quality.
  • Use data and operational insights to make staffing and workflow recommendations.
  • Establish clear operational cadences, escalation pathways, and accountability structures.
  • Lead and develop a large operations organization of approximately 80 team members through managers and team leads.
  • Coach and support frontline leaders in performance management, employee engagement, and team development.
  • Build a high-accountability, high-performance culture while maintaining strong employee experience.
  • Help create organizational structure and processes that support scale and growth.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering teams to improve operational tooling, workflows, and automation opportunities.
  • Collaborate with Clinical teams to improve provider experience and operational effectiveness.
  • Support launches of new clinics, partners, and operational initiatives.
  • Communicate operational performance, risks, and recommendations clearly to senior leadership.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience in virtual care, digital health, telehealth, healthcare services, or care navigation.
  • Experience managing call center or contact center operations.
  • Familiarity with workforce management concepts, including forecasting, staffing models, scheduling, and intraday operations.
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Clinical teams.
  • Consulting, operations strategy, or operational excellence background.

K Health provides personalized medical care for primary, urgent, and mental health needs using an artificial intelligence platform. Users input their symptoms into the app to receive data-driven health insights and can then connect directly with licensed clinicians for remote consultations. Unlike traditional insurance or one-off telehealth visits, the company uses a subscription model to offer continuous access to both AI tools and medical providers. Their goal is to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for adults across the United States by using data to streamline the patient experience.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$461.8M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Atlantic Health launched PatientGPT on August 11, 2026, widening K Health's installed base.
  • Hartford HealthCare expanded K Health into specialty care on July 16, 2026.
  • K Health raised $50 million in 2026, extending runway for enterprise sales and product build.

What critics are saying

  • PatientGPT launches in beta, so clinical errors trigger reputational and liability blowback.
  • K Health faces open 2026 FLSA litigation in S.D.N.Y. from Gill.
  • Health systems can replace K Health with Epic, One Medical, or in-house chatbot stacks.

What makes K Health unique

  • K Health embeds clinical AI inside health-system EHRs, not standalone symptom chat.
  • Atlantic Health launched PatientGPT on August 11, 2026, as New Jersey's first.
  • Partnerships with Hartford, Novant, Hackensack Meridian, Northwell, and Penn medicine create distribution.

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Benefits

Malpractice insurance coverage

Work from anywhere in the US

Generous Paid Time Off

NetCE access

Paid parental leave

401k benefit

Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance options

CME Allowance $2000 Annually

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

2%
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