--- title: 'Executive Director | Safety Net at Akido' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/executive-director-safety-net-akido-california-los-angeles-area-4pbw3swj660s' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Executive Director | Safety Net at Akido - **Company:** Akido - **Location:** California / Los Angeles Area - **Compensation:** $200k–$250k - **Posted:** 2026-03-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs/jobs/4662069006 ## Job description Akido builds AI-powered doctors. Akido is the first AI-native care provider, combining cutting-edge technology with a nationwide medical network to address America’s physician shortage and make exceptional healthcare universal. Its AI empowers doctors to deliver faster, more accurate, and more compassionate care. Serving 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York, Akido offers primary and specialty care in 26 specialties—from serving [unhoused communities](https://www.fastcompany.com/91231274/how-one-la-doctor-is-using-ai-to-help-homeless-communities-get-medical-care) in Los Angeles to [ride-share drivers](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ai-doctor-will-see-new-york-ride-share-drivers-now-5ba53e6c?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1) in New York. Founded in 2015 (YC W15), Akido is expanding its risk-bearing care models and scaling ScopeAI, its breakthrough clinical AI platform. [Read more about Akido’s $60M Series B](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250515102298/en/Akido-Raises-%2460-Million-Series-B-to-Expand-Reach-of-ScopeAI-its-Breakthrough-Health-Artificial-Intelligence). More info at [Akidolabs.com](http://Akidolabs.com). The Opportunity We’re looking for an Executive Director to lead our Safety Net Service Line in California. The Safety Net service line includes our Street Medicine Program, our Enhanced Care Management (ECM) operations, our Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program, and our housing operations. You’ll manage and develop a team of leaders across California who will in turn oversee program managers and large frontline teams of Community Health Workers, Housing Navigators and other support staff who are delivering critically needed care. You’ll also be the statewide point for Health Plan partners, ensuring compliance, audit readiness, and high-quality care - while staying grounded in field realities through direct patient care. You will be responsible for growing these critically needed services to many more patients in many more regions of California and managing an eight figure P&L. ## What you’ll do Lead People & Culture: - Oversee a team of regional leaders and central service line leaders to ensure high quality and drive growth. - Drive performance excellence through Directors and Program Managers: initiate and sign off on key strategic and operational initiatives from key hires to training and operational protocols to budgeting. - Run all hands meetings, stay connected to the front lines, and keep patients at the center; putting in place systems and building relationships to address field barriers (e.g., vehicle access, safety concerns, workload/burnout) and continually improve operations, staff and patient satisfaction. - Partner clinical leadership to deliver the highest quality care to our patients and continually advance the use of technology to reach more patients and make services more sustainable. - Model and grow Akido’s core values—Respect, Empathy, Teamwork—across the state. Grow a Critically Needed Program through Systems that Scale: - Hit growth and financial targets (e.g., total patients served, staff productivity, hiring, and margin) - Partner with regional, clinical and central leaders to design and oversee workflows, processes, and protocols that allow us to scale quality and performance across the state. - Use data to coach directors and PMs: weekly dashboards, variance reviews, and action plans to unblock performance. - Build and own relationships with key Community Based Organization (CBO) partners to help serve more patients and open up new markets. - Own the P&L and budget development for this fast growing line of business in partnership with network and finance leadership Own Health-Plan–Facing Work & Compliance: - Lead critical meetings with Health Plan partners for ECM and Community Supports; maintain strong relationships with plan leaders - Partner with contracting and network leaders to build strong relationships with plans and optimize contracts. - Own overall grievance and Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) and compliance efforts to ensure good standing with plans and regulators. Stay Grounded in the Field: - Dedicate time to work with direct patient care staff, meet patients, and advance our mission. ## Who you are - 10+ years leading teams in healthcare, social services, or adjacent safety-net settings; 4+ years managing managers. - Deep familiarity with Medi-Cal, CalAIM ECM & Community Supports, and field-based care for people experiencing homelessness, SMI/SUD, justice-involved, or medically complex adults. - Systems builder who builds protocols, workflows, and processes that can scale quality and performance from 50 staff to 500+ staff. - Data-driven operator who sets goals, inspects results, and operationalizes improvements. - Excellent communicator who builds trust with staff, Health Plans, and community partners. - Health-plan/compliance and health policy familiarity - Advanced training (Master’s in Social Work, Public Health, or related field); SUD/harm-reduction training, or clinical licensure (MD, DO, PA, NP, LCSW. LSW, RN) a plus. - Comfortable spending significant time in the field. Salary range $200,000—$250,000 USD Akido Labs, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage qualified applicants of every background, ability, and life experience to contact us about appropriate employment opportunities. ## About Akido ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Akido Labs builds AI-powered clinical software and operates a nationwide network of primary and specialty care clinics to make exceptional healthcare universal. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, Y Combinator W15) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Prashant Samant (CEO) and Jared Goodner ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Healthcare technology and healthcare services (AI-native care delivery) - **Target customers**: B2C (patients) and B2B (health plans, risk-bearing entities); serves underserved populations, unhoused communities, and ride-share drivers - **Mission statement**: “We intend to even the playing field, leveraging AI and the latest medical advancements to bring the dream of high-quality personalized care to all. We are building the future of healthcare for everyone.” [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) ## Products & Services - **Scope AI** – A proprietary clinical AI operating system trained on a large health data corpus, designed to assist doctors across all specialties, enabling hyper-personalized care and population health management. [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) - **Akido Care Network** – A nationwide medical network (96 locations, 245+ providers) offering primary and specialty care across 26 specialties, with next-day visits and house calls. Serves 500,000+ patients. [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) - **Insurance / Risk-Bearing Models** – Tailored health plans covering life, disability, mental health, medical reimbursement, and accident insurance (mentioned in LinkedIn profile). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding – **$81.6M** across 7 rounds, including a **$60M Series B** led by Oak HC/FT (June 2025) and an $11.2M Series A led by Future Communities Capital (December 2020). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) - **Annual Revenue**: Estimated at **$18.3M** (LinkedIn data, likely conservative for a startup at scale). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Oak HC/FT, Future Communities Capital, Y Combinator; leadership includes former National COO of Kaiser Permanente and former President of Anthem Blue Cross (California). [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/company) - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount growth of **141.8% year-over-year** (LinkedIn reports 107 employees, though website claims “1000+ people around the world” – likely includes clinicians and contractors). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) | [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) - Serving 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York - 620,000 patient visits per year - Expanding risk-bearing care models and scaling Scope AI nationally [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) ## Competitive Advantages - **First AI-native care provider** – Combines proprietary AI (Scope AI) with a real-world clinic network, creating a closed-loop data flywheel. - **Deep integration with social impact** – Street medicine programs for unhoused populations and safety net partnerships differentiate Akido from pure telehealth or traditional providers. - **Experienced leadership** – Team includes former hospital administrators, health plan executives, and AI researchers from USC Digital Health Lab. - **Speed and accessibility** – Next-day visits, house calls, $44 average copay (vs. 26-day wait times and 2-hour waits in traditional settings). [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) ## Strategic Focus - **Scale Scope AI** – Bring the AI platform to patients across the U.S. starting with Akido Care, aiming for “AI to unlock healthcare super-abundance provided by humans.” - **Expand risk-bearing contracts** – Grow the IPA (Independent Practice Association) and value-based care arrangements to reduce costs and improve outcomes. - **Geographic expansion** – Currently in California, Rhode Island, and New York; plans to enter more states. - **Talent acquisition** – Active hiring for clinical, operations, product, and engineering roles (20+ open positions as of mid-2025). [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs) ## Why Work Here - **Mission-driven**: “Make excellent healthcare a basic human right” – employees report high culture scores (4.4/5 on LinkedIn, 4.4 for culture, 4.2 for career). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) - **AI + healthcare impact**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI applied directly to patient outcomes, with a strong engineering and product team (27% of 107 employees in technical roles). - **Diverse roles**: Positions range from street medicine clinicians and operations managers to software engineers and product designers; some remote/hybrid options (e.g., Part-Time Registered Dietitian in New York with possible remote). [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs) - **Compensation**: Transparent salary ranges for some roles (e.g., Software Engineer ~$140K, Senior Software Engineer ~$161K). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) - **Culture**: “Bridging Technology & Empathy” – team spans 5 countries, with a flat hierarchy and emphasis on social equity. ## Sources 1. [akidolabs.com](https://www.akidolabs.com/) – Company homepage, mission, product details 2. [akidolabs.com/company](https://www.akidolabs.com/company) – Leadership, 1000+ people claim, history 3. [linkedin.com/company/akido-labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akido-labs) – Employee count, funding, revenue, reviews, recent news 4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/akidolabs) – Open positions, job descriptions 5. [wellfound.com/company/akido-labs](https://wellfound.com/company/akido-labs) – (Note: not explicitly given but referenced via YC W15 status in search results – used for Y Combinator affiliation) ## Other roles at Akido - [Behavioral Health Care Manager / Program Manager - Enhanced Care Management](https://feeny.ai/job/behavioral-health-care-manager-program-manager-enhanced-care-management-akido-e81c6pjxv9wb) — Inland Empire, CA - [Primary Care Physician (Rhode Island Primary Care Medical Group)](https://feeny.ai/job/primary-care-physician-rhode-island-primary-care-medical-group-akido-ri-n7jpx3eft3jf) — , RI - [Community Health Worker - San Francisco](https://feeny.ai/job/community-health-worker-san-francisco-akido-san-francisco-kqjetj7v00nc) — San Francisco, CA - [Clinical Pharmacist - Ambulatory Care / COPD Population Health Program](https://feeny.ai/job/clinical-pharmacist-ambulatory-care-copd-population-health-program-akido-ri-kdgxr8m7rr20) — , RI - [Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care RIPC MG](https://feeny.ai/job/nurse-practitioner-in-primary-care-ripc-mg-akido-ri-r5af37nb7mhs) — , RI - [Physician, Bay Area Street Medicine Focus](https://feeny.ai/job/physician-bay-area-street-medicine-focus-akido-san-francisco-bay-area-tt523qw64c4w) — San Francisco Bay Area, CA - [Clinical Review Nurse - Prior Authorization](https://feeny.ai/job/clinical-review-nurse-prior-authorization-akido-chino-snrbndc3nbyk) — Chino, CA - [Controller](https://feeny.ai/job/controller-akido-california-2ppn0qj0djy1) — California - [Housing Navigator - Community Supports (LA)](https://feeny.ai/job/housing-navigator-community-supports-la-akido-los-angeles-tnb8qn039dz4) — Los Angeles, CA - [General Interest](https://feeny.ai/job/general-interest-akido-remote-ahtqvt45jv9w)