Associate to the CEO

🚀 CEO Team - Hybrid (Lisbon, Portugal) | Salary: Competitive

About Sword Health Sword Health is on a mission to free two billion people from pain as the world’s first and only end-to-end platform to predict, prevent, and treat pain.

Why Sword Health? Delivering a 62% reduction in pain and a 60% reduction in surgery intent, we're using technology to save millions for our 2,500+ enterprise clients across three continents. We hold the majority of industry patents, win 70% of competitive evaluations, and have raised more than $300 million from top venture firms like Founders Fund, General Catalyst, and Khosla Ventures.

Our Culture Recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer in 2023, we're focused on being a destination for the best and brightest talent. We've experienced unprecedented growth since our market debut in 2020, creating a remarkable mission and value-driven environment loved by our growing team. With a recent valuation of $2 billion, we're in a phase of hyper growth and expansion, looking for individuals with passion, commitment, and energy to help us scale our impact.

Our Values Joining Sword Health means committing to a set of core values, chief amongst them to “do it for the patients” every day, and to always “deliver more than expected” on behalf of our members and clients.

What You'll Do

• 🤝 Support the CEO and Sword's leadership through our exponential growth, with high-impact strategic initiatives and operational responsibilities.
• 🚀 Lead special projects with high cross-functional impact and/or high financial impact on core business units.
• 💡 Lead and support the development of new waves, new business verticals, etc.
• 🤝 Promote alignment and accountability across the organization, as a change agent for the organization.

Responsibilities

• Assist in key strategic areas such as investor and board relations, competitive intelligence, and corporate development.
• Support decision-making, communication, program management, and initiative implementation for Sword’s leadership.
• Develop, track, and improve key performance indicators.
• Plan, coordinate, and organize meeting content and flow.
• Promote and follow up on cross-functional initiatives and projects, e.g., new product launches, growth initiatives, etc.
• Analyze, improve, and standardize processes for optimized efficiency.
• Use logic and prioritization tactics to manage information flow in a timely and accurate manner.

What You Need

• 💼 2-5 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or business development.
• 🧠 Excellent analytical and synthesis skills.
• 🧠 Excellent problem-solving skills.
• 💪 Ability to successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• 🤝 Capacity to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• 💡 Highly resourceful with a strategic mindset.
• 💪 Organization and planning skills.
• 🤝 Ability to diffuse conflict and work with diverse teams towards the best solution through strong interpersonal skills.
• 🗣️ Highly proficient in spoken and written English.

What We'd Love to See

• 💡 Entrepreneurial spirit
• 🤝 Capacity to communicate effectively with different stakeholders in a structured manner.
• 🤝 Ability to create trusting relationships at all levels of an organization.
• 🎓 Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Economics, Management, or related areas.

Benefits & Perks Portugal:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Meal allowance.
• Equity shares.
• Remote work allowance.
• Flexible working hours.
• Work from home.
• Unlimited vacation.
• Snacks and beverages.
• English class.
• Unlimited access to Coursera Learning Platform.

To Apply Candidates must possess a valid EU visa and be based in Portugal. This position does not offer relocation assistance.

Job Category: Project Management