Chief Operating Officer Full Time

About Pangaea Data Limited

Pangaea Data (Pangaea) is a South San Francisco and London based business founded by Dr Vibhor Gupta and Prof Yike Guo (Director Data Science Institute at Imperial College London; Provost, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). They have worked in medicine and computing for over 20 years and have raised over $300 million through their academic research, including a $110 million grant focused on development work on large language models in medicine. Pangaea’s AI platform, PALLUX, is configured on clinical guidelines to find more untreated (undiagnosed, miscoded, at-risk) and under-treated patients with hard-to-diagnose conditions for screening and treatment at the point of care. Pangaea’s advisors include industry veterans from healthcare and the life sciences, including Lord David Prior (former chairman, NHS England) and Mr. Andy Palmer (former CIO, Novartis).

The Role

As Pangaea Data’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), you will be a crucial part of the management team and responsible for scaling Pangaea Data’s core business, driving strategic initiatives and overseeing its daily operations, to ensure they are running efficiently. As COO you will work closely with the CEO to define long-term organizational strategies, set measurable goals, and ensure sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the company, ensuring that all the teams (marketing, technical, biomedical and commercial etc) are aligned with the company’s strategic goals
• Executing on Pangaea’s global expansion strategy across operations, products and new markets
• Cultivating and managing relationships with key stakeholders
• End-to-end project management on top business priorities including identifying opportunities, scoping projects, and driving rapid cross-functional implementation
• Process development and improvement, particularly for operations at scale
• Supporting strategic goal setting and performance management
• Creating and maintaining existing processes, workflows, and organizational tools
• Anticipating challenges before they arise and using your initiative to problem solve in daily operations
• Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability

Requirements

• 5+ years proven experience as a COO or in a similar senior operational leadership role with a focus on operations and marketing preferably in healthtech, digital health, or healthcare
• Experience with scaling up companies, ideally in the healthcare or healthtech sector
• Ability to think strategically as well as understand operations in detail
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret data into clear actionable steps
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for building stakeholder relationships
• Experience in fast-paced and rapidly evolving start-up organizations

Perks and Benefits

• Flexible working hours.
• Salary dependent on experience.
• Benefits include private medical insurance, life insurance and travel cards.
• You would join a small, dedicated and fast-growing team.
• You will have the opportunity to learn about building a start-up business from experienced professionals and serial entrepreneurs.
• Pangaea Data is currently supported by serial entrepreneurs and angel investors. You will have the opportunity to experience an investment life cycle for a start-up and meet leading venture capitalists.

Application Contact Information

This position will be highly visible to senior management within the company and its investors’ organizations. Please send you application, which should include your CV/resume and cover letter highlighting your relevant experiences, to careers@pangaeadata.ai

General Information

Pangaea Data’s headquarters is in London (UK) with teams in San Francisco (US) and Hong Kong. For more information please visit www.pangaeadata.ai.

Pangaea Data is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.