Strategic Partnership Lead, Healthcare

Trase Systems is an innovative company focused on simplifying AI adoption for enterprises. The Strategic Partnership Lead, Healthcare will serve as the primary liaison at Duke Health, leading the partnership lifecycle to drive AI transformation and deliver operational value to one of the most sophisticated academic medical centers in the country.

Responsibilities:

• Engage C-suite, clinical, operational, IT, academic, and research leaders to understand the strategic priorities across service lines (i.e., cardiology, primary care, oncology, DCRI, etc.) and map them to Trase agentic capabilities
• Surface competitive intelligence of healthcare use cases gaining market traction to inform the joint Duke-Trase product roadmap and go-to-market strategy
• Co-manage the quarterly Joint Steering Committee meeting and iterate on the charter as the partnership progressive to meet our collaborative objectives
• Build the business cases and ROI frameworks that decision-makers need to select and prioritize Agentic use cases — clinical impact narratives (i.e., impact cards), financial models, and value stories grounded in real clinical data
• Partner closely with Trase product and engineering, Trase technical program managers, and Duke clinical leads to translate partner needs and requirements into scoped engagements
• Navigate legal, procurement, compliance, clinical, and IT governance processes across large, matrixed health system organizations. This involves leading multi-disciplinary reviews to ensure that all AI deployments adhere to institutional safety standards, data privacy regulations, and complex hospital system bylaws
• Proactively identify potential regulatory bottlenecks and collaborate with internal Trase legal and security teams to streamline the path from initial technical discovery to formal procurement and clinical activation
• Structure and negotiate Statements of Work (SOWs) within the established enterprise agreement, ensuring each engagement is clearly defined with measurable milestones and success criteria
• Collaborate with internal Trase legal, security, and product teams to ensure all negotiated SOWs align with the partner's clinical & IT requirements
• Proactively manage the lifecycle of these agreements, from initial technical discovery and scoping to formal procurement and eventual clinical activation and expansion to additional service lines
• Act as an exceptional relationship builder, navigating internal dynamics and organizational inertia to drive the cultural adoption of AI workflows
• Create and own the change management playbook: identify clinical champions, manage stakeholder expectations, and resolve implementation friction to ensure long-term success
• Advise on technical governance, AI safety, and auditability to help partners navigate highly regulated healthcare environments
• Develop and maintain a living account plan for the account — mapping stakeholder relationships, expansion opportunities, adoption health, and 12–24 month priorities. This document is an institutional asset, not a sales artifact
• Own escalations and navigate setbacks without losing the relationship. When implementations are bumpy or expectations aren't met, you're the person who holds the trust together and drives resolution
• Coordinate collaborative research and marketing efforts (i.e., case studies, blog posts, publications, etc.), aligning stakeholders and advancing descriptive and research publications under a joint governance framework
• Contribute to building Trase's commercial playbook for health systems — you're among the early team members, and your learnings will shape how we scale
• Represent Trase at regional and national healthcare conferences and industry events