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# Chief Financial Officer at Ossium Health

- **Company:** Ossium Health
- **Location:** San Francisco California, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-06-04
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://ossiumhealth.com/jd?gh_jid=4686766006

## Job description

## About Ossium

Ossium’s mission is to improve the health, vitality, and longevity of human beings through bioengineering. We develop, manufacture, and bank cell therapy products that apply the power of stem cell science to revolutionize treatment for patients with blood, immune, and orthopedic diseases.  At Ossium, we empower our employees, maintain the highest standards of operational excellence, and are a force for good.

## About the Job

We’re hiring a CFO for our rapidly-growing bioengineering company as we move closer to the next phase of our evolution. Reporting to the CEO & Co-founder, this person will work on all facets of financial management, including cash management, financial planning & analysis, budgeting, and strategic planning.

In this role, you’ll work closely with the CEO and the executive leadership team to expand the foundation of the finance and accounting function at Ossium and set the company up for successful continued growth and scale.  You’ll ensure that decisions are made with clear financial data to enable sustainable growth.

Required Qualifications

- 10+ years experience as a senior financial executive (VP/C-level) in a public company
- Hands-on knowledge of public market offerings
- Advanced ability to develop financial strategy, including projections, modeling, and profitability analysis across business lines
- Dynamic executive presence and excellent presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely with senior and C-level partners and investors
- Proven success in taking a business through scale and building out finance programs to support that growth
- Experience working with external auditors (including a PCAOB audit), compliance, and regulatory oversight
- Outstanding project management skills; track record of guiding internal and external stakeholders through complex financial transactions
- Exceptional Excel skills
- This position is based in our San Francisco office; we maintain a hybrid schedule of Monday - Thursday in the office, with Friday as a remote work day
- Capability to operate with a high level of organization and excellent time management in a fast-paced startup environment

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience leading finance team through an IPO, including:
- Close cycle compression and SEC filings (10K, 10Q) cadence
- SOX readiness, gap assessment, and key controls implementation
- Fluency with financial reporting software
- Management consulting experience
- Private company/startup experience
- MBA

## Key Responsibilities

- Directing and overseeing the financial operations of the company: financial strategy, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, cash flow analysis, company audits, compliance and controls, treasury, banking relationships, accounting operations and disclosures
- Develop comprehensive financial reports, dashboards, and analytics for our management team; prepare and present quarterly and annual financial statements, investor updates, and board materials
- Controlling and evaluating the organization’s corporate finance strategy and capital structure to use equity and leverage effectively to fund growth objectives
- Leading Ossium through audits, including managing external resources
- Partnering with the People team to map out department structure, create job descriptions, and interview for key finance and accounting positions
- Reviewing budget and expenses; making recommendations to minimize costs and increase ROI
- Partnering closely with the CEO to lay the foundation for a successful transition to a public company

This position has a salary range of $301,540 - $393,690 annually. Ossium Health takes a market-based approach to pay. The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and market conditions. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer a full slate of employee benefits including:

- Stock options
- 401(k) matching
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off + 11 company holidays
- Employer paid life insurance and long-term disability
- Gym membership/recreational sports reimbursements

Ossium Health provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected characteristic. Our [Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement](https://ossiumhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Ossium-Health-2024-Equal-Employment-Opportunity-Policy-Statement.pdf) and the [Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster](https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) reaffirm this commitment. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact our People Team at careers@ossiumhealth.com or 650-285-0603. Ossium Health complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities.

Principals / direct applicants only please. Recruiters, please do not contact this job poster.

## Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

## About Ossium Health

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Ossium Health is a clinical-stage bioengineering company that creates life-saving stem cell therapies from deceased donors for use in bone marrow transplants and other blood and immune system diseases.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (with a manufacturing facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Kevin Caldwell (CEO, Co-Founder) and Erik Woods (Chief Science Officer, Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Biotechnology / Cell Therapy
- **Target Customers**: B2B – healthcare providers (transplant centers), life science companies (biopharma partners), and organ procurement organizations (OPOs)
- **Mission**: “To improve human health through bioengineering” and “Establish a new source for life-saving stem cells” by bringing the deceased donor transplant ecosystem into the fight against diseases of the blood and immune systems.

## Products & Services
- **HPC, Marrow (Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells from marrow)**: An allogeneic stem cell product derived from vertebral body donors, used in bone marrow transplants. First patient successfully engrafted at Henry Ford Health in June 2024.
- **OssiGraft**: An orthopedic product (first patient treated November 2023) – marks the company’s entry into orthopedics.
- **CD34+ Product**: A purified hematopoietic stem cell product used in a multivisceral transplant study at Columbia University Medical Center (first patient November 2021).
- **Platform Model**: A proprietary process for recovering, processing, and cryopreserving cells from deceased donors, enabling off-the-shelf cell therapies.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: **Total Funding** – USD 128.9 million across multiple rounds (Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, and a grant)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
  - Lead investors: CPMG (Series C lead), Vivo Capital (Series B co-lead), General Catalyst (Series B co-lead), First Round Capital (Series A lead)
  - Other investors: Manta Ray Ventures, Village Global, Asahi Kasei, Alumni Ventures
  - Federal partner: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) – contract for radiological/nuclear emergency preparedness
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: ~75 employees, with +13.3% yearly growth (LinkedIn)
  - Active job postings: 14 (as of mid-2025)
  - Recent clinical milestones: first patient engrafted with HPC Marrow (June 2024) and first OssiGraft patient (Nov 2023)
  - Series C closed July 2023 ($52M)
  - Expanded into orthopedics and federal preparedness markets

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unique Cell Source**: Uses deceased donors (vertebral bodies) rather than living donors or iPSCs, leveraging an existing transplant network to produce scalable, off-the-shelf allogeneic cell therapies.
- **Proprietary Processing & Cryopreservation**: Founders have deep expertise in cryobiology; Dr. Woods co-invented the first closed-system cryovial for cell therapy (CellSeal®) and commercial human platelet lysate (Stemulate®).
- **Regulatory & Operational Infrastructure**: CLIA-certified lab, FDA-registered facility, and AABB accreditation; experienced in high-complexity clinical cell manufacturing.
- **Government Partnership**: BARDA contract validates the platform for national emergency preparedness, providing a stable, non-dilutive revenue stream and strategic credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- Advance clinical trials for HPC Marrow in bone marrow transplant (lead indication) and expand into orthopedics with OssiGraft.
- Strengthen partnerships with OPOs and healthcare systems to increase donor tissue access.
- Scale manufacturing capacity at the Indianapolis facility to meet commercial and federal contract demand.
- Continue to develop additional cell therapy programs (e.g., immune effector cells, mesenchymal stromal cells) using the same platform.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes Truth (data-driven decision making), Ownership (high accountability), Grit (persistence toward mission), and Impact (improving human health).
- **Mission-Driven**: Employees are motivated by the chance to fight diseases like leukemia and lymphoma, and to contribute to national health security (BARDA partnership).
- **Work Environment**: Two locations – San Francisco HQ (office) and Indianapolis facility (cell manufacturing lab). Roles span clinical production, recovery services, quality assurance, research, and commercial. Likely on-site for lab and manufacturing roles.
- **Growth Opportunity**: Rapidly scaling company with recent clinical wins and a growing headcount; employees can take ownership of impactful projects early in their careers.
- **Notable Perks**: Not detailed in search results, but the company highlights “empowering employees, maintaining the highest standards of excellence, and being a force for good.”

## Sources
1. [Ossium Health – Careers Page](https://ossiumhealth.com/careers/)
2. [Ossium Health – Homepage](https://ossiumhealth.com/)
3. [Ossium Health – Company About](https://ossiumhealth.com/company/)
4. [Ossium Health – Our Team](https://ossiumhealth.com/our-team/)
5. [Ossium Health – LinkedIn Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ossiumhealth)

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