Founding Head of Product

Palo Alto on site Until 10/7/2026 5+ years exp First posted March 18, 2026 Last posted August 8, 2026
Job description

About Us

GenMD is unlocking healthcare data at scale. Today, roughly 97% of healthcare data goes unused because of patient privacy concerns. We’ve found a way to unlock that data—safely and ethically—for AI labs, pharma companies, and researchers. We provide the core infrastructure that enables better drugs, faster clinical trials, and more powerful medical research—the kind of foundation that makes real breakthroughs, including curing diseases, possible.

The company was built out of years inside Stanford Medicine, working closely with world-class researchers and clinicians. We have access to tens of millions of patients, longitudinal health records, and clinical notes. GenMD is just coming out of stealth, already revenue-generating, well-funded, and backed by premier investors with years of runway. We’re intentionally small, move fast, and are focused on building something fundamental.

The Product

We turn a health system's real patient data into privacy-preserving digital twins — synthetic records that keep the statistical structure of the original without exposing a single patient. Health systems monetize data they could never share; researchers, pharma, and AI labs get same-day access instead of waiting months on IRB and contracting.

The Role

You’ll be our first full time product hire, reporting directly to the CEO. There is no product org to inherit and no playbook to follow. You’ll own discovery, what we build, and how it goes to market. In your first year you will:

  • Launch the product and land our first X paying customers

  • Decide what we build next, and what we don't, and work with engineers to ship it

  • Sharpen and validate how we package and price our products

Requirements

  • 5+ years in product roles, with direct experience in healthcare, pharma, life sciences, or regulated data products.

  • Experience building and shipping products in very early-stage startups (e.g. first PM, first product hire, or pre-PMF teams).

  • Has taken a product from 0 → 1 or 1 → early revenue, including customer discovery, positioning, and iteration.

  • Comfortable selling the product: joining sales calls, handling objections, and shaping the product based on buyer feedback.

  • Strong product judgment under ambiguity—you’ve worked with limited resources, unclear specs, and fast-changing priorities.

  • Founder mentality: you’ve owned outcomes in environments where there was no playbook.

Culture

  • Office in Palo Alto. Walking distance to Stanford campus. On-site, five days.

  • Small team, high ownership, fast pace.

  • We don’t hire for culture fit—we hire people who create culture.

Benefits

  • Competitive comp + meaningful equity.

  • Unlimited PTO, full health benefits.

  • Daily breakfast, coffee, and fresh snacks. On-site Fitness Center.

  • Team offsites and conferences.

Compensation (from employer):
$180K – $250K • Offers Equity

About this role

Summary

Own product discovery, development, and go-to-market strategies for healthcare data platform.

Job title

Founding Head of Product

Experience level

5+ years

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Palo Alto, on-site work allowed

Salary

$180k–$250k

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

healthcareproduct managementcustomer discoveryproduct shippingsales

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

healthcareregulated data productsearly-stage startupproduct launch
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Palo Alto, CA, USA

On-site City