About Tembo Health

Tembo Health is redefining how dementia care is delivered to older adults and their families. We are on a simple but bold mission: make expert dementia care accessible, empathetic, and effective—anytime, anywhere.

We’ve built a virtual dementia care management platform that empowers patients, families, caregivers, and primary care physicians to navigate the complex journey of dementia with confidence and compassion.

Most primary care physicians lack the time or tools to manage dementia effectively, leaving families overwhelmed and costs escalating due to avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits. Tembo Health changes that—combining virtual clinical care, trained Care Navigators, and family support to ensure every person living with dementia receives coordinated, high-quality care.

We are venture-backed by leading investors including Bloomberg Beta, B Capital, Resolute Ventures, and AARP, and led by healthcare and technology innovators from Flatiron Health, Oscar, and Imagen.

Our Values

• Patients First: We're here to make the lives of patients better and every activity has this in mind. We are here to support them and in so doing, improve overall healthcare.

• Constant Learning: We believe in constantly learning and applying knowledge to find innovative solutions. Share and workshop ideas to achieve great answers. Be open to outside perspectives. Find inspiration in unexpected places.

• Aim High: It doesn't matter whose idea it is, if it's a great idea, let's do it! We’re not looking to incrementally change, but we’re aiming for the big rocks that will make a splash and impact.

• Prioritize What Matters: We believe in making an impact sooner rather than later. Know what it takes to accomplish a goal and not be afraid to put in the work. We want to be able to ruthlessly prioritize and focus on the important activities.

• Get Stuff Done: Ideas are nothing without implementation. Try things, break stuff, learn and improve so that we’re always moving forward.

• Be Smart, Stay Curious: Keep exploring, you never know what you might find.

Medical Director / Chief Medical Officer

About the Role

The Medical Director / Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is responsible for providing clinical leadership, fostering superior quality patient care, developing and ensuring strategic goals are met. The CMO works cooperatively and effectively with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team (SLT), utilizing a balanced and collaborative approach to include the clinical perspective involved in the Tembo Health’s services, ensuring the achievement of annual business and strategic goals and objectives. The CMO provides senior-level leadership for quality of care, provider productivity, and training, and delivers effective and efficient patient care during the required clinical time in compliance with established clinical protocols. The CMO is responsible for the preparation & maintenance of the clinical care policies and procedures. The Chief Medical Officer reports to the Chief Executive Officer.

What You'll Be Doing: Core Responsibilities

• Strategic & Process Design: Owning the entire clinical strategy, including the design, implementation, and governance of all proprietary, evidence-backed processes for improving health outcomes and key value-based care metrics.

• Executive Partnership: Serving as a member of the Executive Team, driving clinical and data strategy, and deeply partnering with Product to build the next generation of our care platform.

• Clinical Staff Oversight: Establishing the organizational structure and culture for all clinical staff, overseeing all aspects of hiring, mentorship, training, quality assurance, and clinical policy setting.

• External Leadership: Acting as the principal clinical representative to key external partners (investors, health plans, health systems) to drive business development and define the future of dementia care.

We're Looking for a "Tembo Trailblazer" Who Is...

• A Problem Solver Meets Dreamer (The Visionary): You are a clinical visionary who challenges foundational assumptions in healthcare. You thrive on the challenge of building a system 10x better than the status quo and possess the courage to execute on radical ideas.

• Researcher to Implementer (The Strategist): You leverage your extensive clinical and operational knowledge to not just translate cutting-edge research, but to define the future of evidence-based practice and embed it into a proprietary, scalable care model.

• Understands the Full Picture (The Executive): You possess executive-level acumen to grasp complex, multi-stakeholder implications (clinical, financial, regulatory, technological) across the entire company strategy.

• A Quick Learner with a "Why Not" Attitude: Your operational experience is deep, and your learning curve is steep. You are highly capable across diverse domains—from advanced data analysis to regulatory strategy—to lead the company through complex scaling challenges.

Skills and Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO. Preferred Geriatrician, Family Practice or Internal Medicine with 3-8 years of clinical experience.

• 3-8 years of progressive clinical and operational experience.

• 2-5 years in a senior leadership role (e.g., VP of Clinical Affairs, CMO) within a value-based care or high-growth technology-enabled healthcare company.

• Unrestricted and active Medical Licensure in field of expertise with the ability for potential licensure in all 50 states including D.C.

• Current Board Certification in field of expertise.

• Proven leadership of clinical teams. Preferably ARNPs or interdisciplinary teams in a virtual setting

• Exceptional clinical skills.

• Excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills.

• Deep expertise in quality metrics, clinical data analytics, regulatory compliance, and EMR/EHR system optimization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Startup experience.

• Clinical practice experience with neurocognitive disorders and/or geriatric populations.

• Experience with delivery of virtual care.

• Additional degrees or experience (e.g., MBA, MPH, Informatics).

• Bonus if you already have active licenses in numerous states.

Why You’ll Love Working at Tembo Health

• Mission-Driven Impact: Every call helps a family access expert dementia care and reduces ER visits, hospitalizations, and caregiver burden.

• Professional Growth: Gain specialized dementia care training aligned with CMS GUIDE Care Navigator standards.

• Remote Flexibility: Work from anywhere while staying connected with an innovative, passionate team.

• Collaborative Culture: Join a multidisciplinary environment of clinicians, care navigators, and healthcare innovators.

• Competitive Pay: $150K - $225K based on experience and performance. Benefits and stock options also included. Title will be commensurate with experience.

• Meaningful Work: Be part of a company improving quality of life for families across the nation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Tembo Health celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.