Head of Product
Austin, TX - USA
Job Summary
Thank you for considering a career at Ensemble!
Ensemble is a leading provider of technology-enabled revenue cycle management solutions for health systems including hospitals and affiliated physician groups. They offer end-to-end revenue cycle solutions as well as a comprehensive suite of point solutions to clients across the country.
Ensemble keeps communities healthy by keeping hospitals healthy. We recognize that healthcare requires a human touch and we believe that every touch should be meaningful. This is why our people are the most important part of who we are. By empowering them to challenge the status quo we know they will be the difference!
O.N.E Purpose:
Customer Obsession:Consistently provide exceptional experiences for our clients patients and colleagues by understanding their needs and exceeding their expectations.
Embracing New Ideas:Continuously innovate by embracing emerging technology and fostering a culture of creativity and experimentation.
Striving for Excellence:Execute at a high level by demonstrating our Best in KLAS Ensemble Difference Principles and consistently delivering outstanding results.
The Opportunity:
Welcome to Orchestration Works Ensembles bold leap into the future of healthcare innovation.
Were building something big. Orchestration Works is a brand-new division designed to move fast break barriers and bring cutting-edge technology like AI and automation to life across the healthcare revenue cycle. This is where ideas dont just get tested they get scaled. Our mission is simple: transform how we work deliver next-level results for our clients and lead the industry into tomorrow.
Why Orchestration Works Exists
Healthcare is changing at warp speed. To stay ahead were taking RD out of the lab and putting it into real operations quickly intelligently and boldly. This new division gives us the freedom and focus to experiment learn and deploy innovations that make a measurable impact.
What Makes It Different
- A dedicated RD powerhouse: A 50-person independent team headquartered in Austin Texas built to move at startup speed.
- Real autonomy: Independent leadership resources and decision-making authority that lets us innovate without friction.
- A laser focus: Revenue Cycle Management innovations powered by automation AI and reimagined processes including work on advanced Administrative and Clinical Reasoning Models.
- A future-ready mindset: Were here to help Ensemble evolve rapidly while protecting what makes us exceptional.
Why It Matters
The future of healthcare isnt waiting and neither are we. Orchestration Works positions Ensemble to stay ahead of industry shifts unlock new performance breakthroughs and deliver smarter faster more reliable results for the organizations we serve.
The Head of Product owns product practice for Orchestration Works: the intake funnel that feeds the portfolio the ROI thesis discipline that every initiative must carry and the operating cadence that keeps the 120-day model honest. Every problem that enters OW arrives with a documented hypothesis about automation lift operational improvement and financial return this role is the keeper of that discipline from intake through gate decisions through outcome reporting.
This is end-to-end initiative ownership across the pod portfolio: product leadership outcomes testing and the reporting rhythm that keeps executive governance informed. The Head of Product runs the gate review cadence for the General Manager owns portfolio reporting into Control Tower and sets the product and design standard that pod Product Managers and Designers work to. The role is the interface to Ensembles Product organization ensuring OWs portfolio stays connected to the enterprise roadmap without duplicating it.
- The intake funnel: Manage the single intake through which prioritized operational and clinical problems enter and prepare initiatives for portfolio admission problem framed with Operations ROI thesis documented pod composition defined.
- ROI thesis discipline: Every initiative enters with a documented hypothesis about automation lift operational improvement and financial return and is measured against it. No thesis no admission.
- The operating cadence: Run the three-gate rhythm portfolio admission lock-or-kill at the concept gate and production readiness preparing decision materials for the General Manager and the four-leader validation team.
- Kill discipline: Initiatives that cannot deliver against their thesis are killed quickly deliberately and without stigma. Own the learning capture so killed concepts still return value.
- Portfolio reporting: Own outcome measurement against baseline and the reporting interface into Control Tower for OW agenda items.
- Product practice across pods: Set the standard pod Product Managers work to scoping prioritization validation planning and initiative ownership from problem to adoption within Ensembles existing toolchain (Aha).
- Design and human-AI interaction: Oversee the interaction design standard for OW outputs ensuring AI is designed to work alongside operators not around them.
- Interface to the Product organization: Keep OWs portfolio aligned with Ensembles enterprise product roadmap and the 15/30/50 automation trajectory.
Required
- 10 years of product management experience with progressive leadership responsibility including leading product managers.
- A track record of taking zero-to-one products from concept through validated deployed solutions and of killing concepts that did not earn their way forward.
- Experience running stage-gate portfolio or investment-review processes with documented business cases and outcome measurement.
- Healthcare domain experience; ability to engage credibly with operational leaders on revenue cycle problems.
- Experience with AI-enabled products and rapid experimentation cycles.
- Executive-level communication; comfort presenting decisions and outcomes to C-level governance bodies.
- Must be inquisitive and demonstrate openness to innovation including AI to explore better processes and ways to alleviate friction and improve patient and client experiences.
Preferred
- Deep revenue cycle management knowledge (patient access coding billing denials AR underpayments).
- Experience in an innovation lab incubator venture studio or startup product leadership environment.
- Familiarity with Aha or comparable product portfolio tooling.
- Experience overseeing design or human-AI interaction work.
- 120 days three gates: Every initiative moves from intake to deployment-ready in 120 days or less through three decision gates. Killing a concept at the gate is a legitimate expected outcome that is the model working not breaking.
- Multi-hat startup-like team: Roles here are broader than their titles. Leaders operate hands-on pods rotate in and out on initiative cycles and everyone contributes beyond their lane.
- Validated on real work: Front-line Ensemble teammates use what we build on real workflow before anything is locked. Solutions are designed around validated work not assumption.
- Built on Core: Same codebase same CI/CD same Ensemble engineering bar. OW proves it; Core scales it.
- Co-located in Austin: The dedicated team and active pod members work together in person at the OW office. Candidates must currently reside in the Austin area or be willing to relocate; relocation assistance may be available for eligible candidates.
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Join an award-winning company
Five-time winner of Best in KLAS
Black Book Researchs Top Revenue Cycle Management Outsourcing Solution 2021-2024
22 Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) MAP Awards for High Performance in Revenue Cycle 2019-2024
Leader in Everest Groups RCM Operations PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024
Clarivate Healthcare Business Insights (HBI) Revenue Cycle Awards for strong performance-2023
Energage Top Workplaces USA 2022-2024
Fortune Media Best Workplaces in Healthcare 2024
Monster Top Workplace for Remote Work 2024
Great Place to Work certified 2023-2024
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- Purpose Values
Bottom line we believe in empowering people and giving them the tools and resources needed to thrive. A few of those include:
- Associate Benefits We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical emotional and financial health of you and your family including healthcare time off retirement and well-being programs.
- Our Culture Ensemble is a place where associates can do their best work and be their best selves. We put people first last and always. Our culture is rooted in collaboration growth and innovation.
- Growth We invest in your professional development. Each associate will earn a professional certification relevant to their field and can obtain tuition reimbursement.
- Recognition We offer quarterly and annual incentive programs for all employees who go beyond and keep raising the bar for themselves and the company.
Ensemble is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is our policy not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race color sex sexual orientation gender gender identity religion national origin age disability military or veteran status genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Ensemble also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.
Due to business operational payroll and regulatory requirements this position is limited to individuals who reside and are authorized to work within the United States. Applications generated from outside the United States will not be considered. Individuals may reapply when located within the United States.
Ensemble provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law. If you require accommodation in the application process please contact .
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About Company
Ensemble Health Partners is the leading revenue cycle management company for hospitals, health systems and physician practices.