Board of Advisors – Health System Strategy
Posted 2026-05-05
Remote, USA
Full-time
Immediate Start
- *About Talamel Health Technologies
- *Hospitals lose $125B/year after patients are medically ready for discharge.
Fragmented discharges trap patients in beds at ~$2,800/day, drain staff, and crush margins.
We fix that.
- Talamel Health Technologies built
- *Dina**
- , an AI-powered Discharge Navigation Assistant platform that acts as a
- shared orchestration layer*
between hospitals, post-acute providers, primary care, and patients.
- EHRs document care inside organizations.
- *Dina orchestrates the work between them.**
Already in real-world use and generating measurable bed-day savings, Dina is positioned to become the connective tissue for care transitions across peri-urban, suburban, and urban hospitals nationwide.
We are now entering a critical growth phase
- Securing early adopter hospitals, converting pilots to paid deployments, and building a repeatable enterprise sales motion.
- *The Opportunity: Board of Advisors – Health System Strategy**
- We are extending our Strategic Advisory Board to add
- *Health System Strategy & Hospital
- *Partnerships Advisors
.
- This role is designed for a senior healthcare executive who understands:
- How hospital CFOs think
- How operations leaders evaluate risk
- How pilots actually get approved
- And how enterprise contracts really get done
- Advisors receive early visibility into Talamel’s active
- *$1M Seed Round**
- and have the opportunity to participate alongside healthcare executives and early supporters.
- *Why This Role Matters Now**
- Our 2026 go-to-market strategy is explicitly relationship-led.We are targeting
- 1–2 early adopter hospitals (pilot → paid)
- Expansion to 4–6 paying hospitals via advisor-led case studies
- 10 live Clear deployments in 12 months
To achieve this, we need experienced health system leadership at the table.
Not theory.
- Execution.
- *Key Responsibilities
- *1. Health System Access & Strategic Introductions
- Introduce Dina to hospital CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and CMOs
- Identify health systems under throughput, margin, or value-based pressure
- Open doors to peri-urban, suburban, and urban hospitals aligned with our SAM focus
- *2. Early Adopter & Pilot Structuring
- Advise on pilot design (scope, metrics, internal approvals)
- Help frame measurable bed-day savings in language CFOs respect
- Guide transition from 160-day pilot to paid deployment
- *3. Enterprise Contract Strategy & Negotiation
- Provide insight into pricing thresholds and signing authority dynamics
- Help shape enterprise-friendly contracting terms
- Advise on expansion pathways (Clear → Bronze → Silver → Gold tiers)
- *4. Strategic Market Positioning
- Refine messaging to resonate with health system boards and executive teams
- Pressure-test ROI narrative against real operational constraints
- Help sharpen enterprise-level value proposition
- *Ideal Profile
- We are seeking advisors with
- 10+ years in hospital or health system leadership
- Leadership experience in health systems, SNFs, ACOs/IPAs, or managed care
- Deep understanding of hospital contracting and enterprise procurement
- Experience negotiating pilots or enterprise health IT deployments
- Strong network across regional or multi-state systems
- Interest in shaping an early-stage company solving a $125B systemic problem
- *Founding Team
- *Vivek Bhatia — Founder & CEO
- 18+ years leading healthcare transformation across payer and provider organizations. Former Director at Blue Shield of California with a proven record of executing large-scale enterprise initiatives.
- *Jukka Valkonen — Head of Clinical AI Strategy**
- RN/PHN with 35 years of clinical experience across hospitals and post-acute settings. Expert in discharge workflows and frontline operations.
- *Jim Collette — Head of Technology**
- Former Chief Architect at Jiseki Health. Specializes in scalable, secure, compliant healthcare infrastructure.
- *Why Join Talamel Health
- Solve one of healthcare’s most expensive operational failures
- Shape how hospitals collaborate across the continuum
- Help build the connective tissue EHRs never created
- Influence enterprise adoption from the ground up
- Participate in a high-leverage advisory role with equity
- Engage early in an active Seed Round
- *Compensation & Engagement
- Equity for advisory contribution
- 1–2 hours/month (virtual)