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# Sr. Director/VP, Strategic Partnerships at Heartflow

- **Company:** Heartflow
- **Location:** Rohnert Park, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/heartflowinc/jobs/6185021004

## Job description

Heartflow is a medical technology company advancing the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease, the #1 cause of death worldwide, using cutting-edge technology. The flagship product—an AI-driven, non-invasive cardiac test supported by the ACC/AHA Chest Pain Guidelines called the Heartflow FFRCT Analysis—provides a color-coded, 3D model of a patient’s coronary arteries indicating the impact blockages have on blood flow to the heart. Heartflow is the first AI-driven non-invasive integrated heart care solution across the CCTA pathway that helps clinicians identify stenoses in the coronary arteries (RoadMap™Analysis), assess coronary blood flow (FFRCT Analysis), and characterize and quantify coronary atherosclerosis (Plaque Analysis). Our pipeline of products is growing and so is our team; join us in helping to revolutionize precision heartcare.

Heartflow is a publicly traded company (HTFL) that has received international recognition for exceptional strides in healthcare innovation, is supported by medical societies around the world, cleared for use in the US, UK, Europe, Japan and Canada, and has been used for more than 750,000 patients worldwide.

Heartflow's next strategic growth driver relies on reaching people long before they become a cath-lab patient — through the organizations people already trust with their health: wearables and longevity platforms, concierge and executive health networks, and physician practice groups. Reporting to the Chief Commercial Operations & Customer Success Officer, the Vice President, Strategic Partnerships will build Heartflow's top-of-funnel partnership ecosystem, provide strategic guidance and oversight for the Specialty Sales management team, and shape the go-to-market strategy that establishes Heartflow as the dominant, most trusted name in preventive, imaging-based cardiology — including in cash-pay and non-covered segments where consumers are increasingly willing to invest directly in early detection.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead Strategic Partnerships
- Own the strategy, sourcing, negotiation, and lifecycle management of strategic partnerships with consumer health, wearables, and longevity organizations (e.g., Oura, Whoop) as well as concierge medicine and physician practice networks (e.g., MDVIP, PPA) and similar organizations.
- Build the business case, deal structure, and success metrics for each partnership; negotiate and close commercial agreements that create durable, differentiated patient-referral and awareness pipelines into Heartflow.
- Serve as the executive-level relationship owner for top-of-funnel partners, representing Heartflow to partner C-suites and translating partner roadmaps into Heartflow commercial opportunity.
- Partner with Legal, Regulatory, Medical Affairs, and Marketing to ensure partnership structures are compliant, scientifically credible, and consistent with Heartflow's clinical evidence and brand.
- Build repeatable partnership playbooks (data-sharing, co-marketing, referral pathways, clinical validation) rather than one-off deals, so the model scales as the partner roster grows.
- Provide Strategic Guidance & Oversight for Specialty Sales Management
- Serve as the strategic and operational leader for the Specialty Sales management team Heartflow is building — setting vision, territory/segment strategy, and performance expectations.
- Guide the hiring, onboarding, and development of Specialty Sales managers and, in partnership with Sales Operations, define KPIs, incentive design, and reporting cadence for the team.
- Ensure tight alignment between the Specialty Sales motion and the top-of-funnel partnerships this role also owns, so partner-driven demand converts efficiently into physician and patient adoption.
- Act as the escalation point and coach for Specialty Sales leadership on complex accounts, competitive deals, and cross-functional roadblocks.
- Accelerate Growth in Preventive Cardiology
- Build and execute the strategy to grow Heartflow's footprint in preventive, imaging-led cardiology — including segments where advanced imaging (CCTA, CAC, plaque/FFR-based analysis) is pursued outside of traditional insurance coverage.
- Develop cash-pay and hybrid commercial models (concierge medicine, executive health, longevity clinics, direct-to-consumer) in partnership with Market Access, Finance, and Legal.
- Identify and prioritize the highest-value preventive-cardiology customer segments and channels, and build the commercial motion to win them.
- Partner with Medical Affairs and Health Economics to ensure preventive-care messaging remains clinically rigorous and guideline-consistent even where reimbursement has not yet caught up with demand.
- Develop GTM Strategy, Tools, and Plans
- Own the development of Heartflow's go-to-market strategy for the preventive cardiology and top-of-funnel partnership motion — including segmentation, channel strategy, and sequencing.
- Build the commercial tools, playbooks, battle cards, and enablement content Specialty Sales and partner-facing teams need to win share of mind and share of market.
- Define and track the KPIs that matter — partner-sourced pipeline, conversion, cash-pay volume, Specialty Sales productivity — and report progress to executive leadership and the Board as needed.
- Partner with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to ensure GTM plans translate cleanly into field execution and partner-facing experience.
- Competitive Intelligence & Differentiated Positioning
- Maintain a rigorous, current view of the competitive landscape in cardiac imaging, AI-driven diagnostics, and adjacent preventive-health/wearables ecosystems.
- Translate competitive dynamics into a differentiated Heartflow positioning strategy for partners, physicians, and consumers — and pressure-test that positioning regularly against new entrants and incumbent moves.
- Brief executive leadership, Sales, and Marketing on competitive shifts and recommend proactive countermoves.
- Represent Heartflow's point of view at industry conferences, partner forums, and with key opinion leaders to reinforce market and mind-share leadership.

Skills Needed:

- Excellent executive communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills are essential.
- Demonstrated success sourcing, negotiating, and scaling strategic partnerships with consumer-facing health, wearables, or physician-network organizations, with quantifiable business impact.
- Experience building or leading a sales or sales-management organization, including hiring, coaching, and performance management of sales leaders (not only individual contributors).
- Fluency with cash-pay, direct-to-consumer, or hybrid-coverage commercial models in healthcare, and comfort operating where reimbursement is still evolving.
- A strategic, execution-oriented leader who can navigate ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and operate equally well as a dealmaker and a people leader

Educational Requirements & Work Experience:

- 12+ years of progressive commercial leadership experience in medical device, digital health, diagnostics, or consumer health/wearables, including direct partnership, sales-leadership, or P&L accountability
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred

A reasonable estimate of the yearly base compensation range is $286,000 - $375,000 (for VP level) and $265,000 to $300,000 (for Sr. Director level), bonus, and equity. Heartflow is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at Heartflow, including recruitment, hiring, training, relocation, promotion, and termination.

Positions posted for Heartflow are not intended for or open to third party recruiters / agencies. Submission of any unsolicited resumes for these positions will be considered to be free referrals.

Heartflow has become aware of a fraud where unknown entities are posing as Heartflow recruiters in an attempt to obtain personal information from individuals as part of our application or job offer process. Before providing any personal information to outside parties, please verify the following: A) all legitimate Heartflow recruiter email addresses end with “@heartflow.com” and B) the position described is found on our careers site at [www.heartflow.com/about/careers/](https://www.heartflow.com/about/careers/).

## About Heartflow

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Heartflow is a medical technology company that leverages AI to create personalized 3D models of the heart from a single CT scan, enabling clinicians to diagnose, treat, and manage coronary artery disease (CAD) non-invasively.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NASDAQ: HTFL) – IPO in 2025
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2007
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed on primary company pages; the company was founded by a team including Dr. Charles Taylor (inventor of the core technology). *Note: Founders not explicitly named on the main website.*

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Medical Technology / HealthTech / AI-Driven Diagnostics (Cardiology)
- **Target Customers**: B2B – Hospitals, health systems, and cardiology clinics; the end-users are clinicians (cardiologists, radiologists) and the ultimate beneficiaries are patients with suspected or known CAD.
- **Mission/Purpose**: To transform coronary artery disease (CAD) from the leading cause of death into a disease that can be managed for life.

## Products & Services
- **Heartflow One Platform**: The company’s core AI-driven, non-invasive precision coronary care platform. It provides a suite of analyses from a single Coronary CTA (CCTA) scan:
    - **Roadmap™ Analysis**: Visualizes the coronary anatomy and assesses blood flow anywhere in the coronary tree.
    - **FFRct Analysis**: Computes Fractional Flow Reserve from CT, determining the functional significance of a blockage (the original, most established product).
    - **Plaque Analysis**: Quantifies and characterizes plaque to inform risk stratification and disease management.
    - **Type**: SaaS/Software-as-a-Medical-Device (SaMD) integrated into clinical workflow.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available from the provided sources. As a recently public company (2025), market cap fluctuates. *Source: LinkedIn indicates a 2025 IPO.*
- **Key Metric**: Over **650,000 patients treated**; over **1,800 institutions** using the platform; **99.5% of U.S. lives covered** for FFRct Analysis.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in the provided search results. The company is now public.
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Supported by scientific statements from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) for personalized CAD management.
    - Late-breaking data at AHA 2025 reinforced the prognostic power of its Plaque Analysis.
    - Growing evidence base across the CAD care continuum, from risk stratification to CT-guided intervention planning.
    - Backed by **>625 peer-reviewed publications**.
    - LinkedIn follower growth: +32% year-over-year, indicating strong brand and market interest.

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-Mover & Gold Standard in FFRct**: Heartflow created the FFRct technology category and has the most robust clinical evidence base (over 625 peer-reviewed publications) and guideline support (ACC/AHA).
- **Integrated Platform (Heartflow One)**: It is the only complete, non-invasive, precision coronary care platform that covers the entire guideline-directed CCTA pathway (anatomy, physiology, and plaque).
- **Massive Clinical & Reimbursement Moat**: Achieving 99.5% U.S. lives covered creates an enormous barrier to entry for competitors, as reimbursement and clinical adoption are already deeply established.
- **AI-First, Non-Invasive Solution**: Replaces invasive diagnostic procedures (cardiac catheterization) with a safer, cheaper, and more comfortable CT scan, aligning with the industry shift toward value-based care.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepening the Evidence Base**: Continuing to publish clinical data to expand the use cases for its platform (e.g., from diagnosis to guiding interventions).
- **Global Expansion**: Operating in the US, Europe, and Japan, with a focus on expanding access and adoption in these key markets.
- **Platformization**: Moving from a single product (FFRct) to a comprehensive CAD management platform (Heartflow One) that manages patients from screening through treatment.
- **Lifecycle Management**: Shifting the narrative from a one-time diagnostic test to a tool for managing CAD for the patient's entire life.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven**: The work directly impacts the world's leading cause of death. The company culture emphasizes a "patient-first" mentality.
- **Remote-First Culture**: The company is remote-first with employees across the US, Europe, and Japan. Hubs include San Francisco (HQ), Austin, London, and Tokyo.
- **Strong Benefits**: Medical/Dental/Vision (90% of premium paid by company), 401k match, parental leave, flexible PTO, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- **Engineering & Clinical Excellence**: A high-caliber team of engineers, data scientists, and clinicians working on cutting-edge AI in a regulated medical environment. The tech stack involves complex 3D modeling, AI/ML, and cloud infrastructure.
- **Growth Stage**: As a recently public company with strong adoption, it offers a balance of startup energy and established market stability. High growth potential in a mission-critical field.

## Sources
1. [heartflow.com (Company Overview)](https://www.heartflow.com/)
2. [heartflow.com (About Us)](https://www.heartflow.com/about/)
3. [heartflow.com (Careers Page)](https://www.heartflow.com/about/careers/)
4. [Greenhouse (Job Board)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/heartflowinc)
5. [LinkedIn (Company Profile)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/heartflow-inc)

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