Country Lead Germany

• Ahead Health is building Europe's AI-powered preventive health platform. We're live in Switzerland, Netherlands, and just starting up in Germany.
• You'll take our proven product and make it a success in Germany. From personal white-glove service of new members in newly launched cities to building a nationwide network of healthy, happy members.
• The groundwork is done: clinic partnerships in major cities, regulatory set-up, first marketing, notable brand ambassadors, and product localization. You’ll take that, and work with the entire Ahead-team to make it a success.
• You’re a full-stack operator with extreme ownership. If it needs doing—from marketing to medical ops—you do it.
• Join a lean, technical, and experienced team from Google, Twitter, Kaia Health, Coolblue, and McKinsey.

We have a proven product, paying customers, and strong NPS in Switzerland. Now it's time to scale across Europe, with Germany as a critical expansion market.

Here's what's already in place:

• First traction and paying users in Germany
• Localized product with licensed doctors
• Partner clinics in major German cities
• Legal and regulatory set-up for the German health system
• Brand ambassadors like Laura Philipp to support German growth
• Fast-shipping team that supports ambitious expansion plans
• VC funding to fuel growth

For the next steps, we need a leader on the ground to turn this potential into a thriving business.

Your role

You'll be our “main person” in Germany. That means everything is your job until it isn't.

You'll take a proven model and further adapt it to the German market. The German healthcare system, insurance landscape, and consumer expectations are unique everywhere. You'll figure out what translates and what needs a local rethink.

You'll have real autonomy. The product and medical model exist; your job is to own go-to-market, operations, partnerships, and growth in Germany to build something that works at scale.

This is an entrepreneurial, ‘singleton’ role for at least six months. You'll get this off the ground, then build and lead the German team.

You won't do it alone. Our CEO, COO, and core team will work closely with you, with regular on-sites in the head office in Zürich or visits to Germany.

If launching a disruptive health platform with real backing and full ownership sounds like your ideal challenge, we should talk.

Your responsibilities

• Scale the clinic partner network. Expand our partner clinics, negotiate the terms, get them live. You own the pipeline end to end and keep it growing ahead of demand.
• Launch & land operations in Germany. Working with our central ops-team, making sure the members get the localized experience that makes them coming back.
• Be the “voice of the German customer”. Feed what you learn back to the product, marketing, and the medical team, and work with them to get it live.
• Drive customer demand. Execute the German go-to-market strategy across marketing, brand ambassadors, B2B partnerships, and any-and-all things we can do to grow faster – working closely with our GTM team.
• Stay ahead of regulation. HWG, GOÄ, and other regulations are known to you for whatever comes next. You flag changes early so we can create opportunities.
• Close B2B deals. Targeted outreach for corporate wellness and insurance partnerships in the DACH region.
• Own the P&L. Unit economics per partner and per member. You know which channels earn their budget from week one.
• Hire when it's time. Build the local team to scale as the model proves out.

Need to have

• 8+ years of experience in commercial, product, or business development. You've built and scaled something before.
• Startup operator DNA. You thrive in ambiguous environments where the to-do list is infinite.
• Full-stack commercial skills. You can build a financial model and negotiate a partnership in the same morning.
• Native German speaker. Fluent in English.
• Based in Berlin (preferred) or Munich (or willing to relocate)
• Customer-obsession. You have "consumer taste" and prioritize NPS and member experience.
• Familiarity with legal and regulatorily-heavy environments. You can work with experts to navigate complexities to scale responsibly
• Speed with quality. You default to action while maintaining the high trust bar required in healthcare.

Nice to have

• Technical background or experience working closely with engineering teams.
• Experience launching a service in the German market specifically.
• Network in German health insurance and/or corporate wellness.
• Background in healthcare, health-tech, or high-end wellness.
• Experience with B2B2C or subscription models.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + meaningful equity.
• Meaningful work: helping shape the future of preventive health in Europe.
• Small, experienced, and mission-led team.
• Direct reporting line with real ownership.
• Co-working space or home office contribution
• No unnecessary process. We are allergic to ceremony and success theater.