Head of Payer Strategy and Partnerships

📌 ABOUT ALPACA HEALTH Alpaca Health enables clinicians to become entrepreneurs, starting in autism care. We help clinicians launch and scale their own clinics by providing AI-powered software, payer contracting, and full back-office infrastructure. Our goal is simple: shift power in healthcare away from large consolidated entities and back to clinicians. We've raised over $14M in funding from early-stage investors like Core Innovation Capital, Adverb Ventures, and South Park Commons, and are building for long-term category leadership. More importantly, we're serving hundreds of patients, while growing 30% MoM. This role is full-time. We’re looking for candidates based in NYC or open to relocating who are open to 5 days a week in the office. 🎯 ROLE: HEAD OF PAYER STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS We are hiring a Head of Payer Partnerships to expand and strengthen Alpaca Health’s payer ecosystem. This role sits at the intersection of healthcare strategy, contracting, operations, and market expansion. You will help independent autism therapy practices access better reimbursement, faster growth, and stronger payer relationships through Alpaca’s platform. You will own the strategic relationships and operational systems that power payer access across the country, from negotiating rates and opening new markets to building referral pathways and laying the groundwork for value-based care mod...