Community Partnerships Manager (Northeast Pennsylvania)

Meet Ophelia

Are you looking for a role in a company that's solving one of the greatest challenges of our lifetime? Ophelia helps people end their opioid use and restore their quality of life with respect for their time and dignity. Our mission is to make evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) accessible to everyone... and we're looking to bring more people onto our team to help us achieve it.

Ophelia is a venture-backed, healthcare startup that helps individuals with OUD by providing FDA-approved medication and clinical care through a telehealth platform. Our approach is discreet, convenient, and affordable. We've been successfully operating in 14 states for almost four years and we're excited to continue our growth. We are a team of doctors, scientists, startup veterans, and White House advisors, backed by leading technology and healthcare investors working to re-imagine and re-build OUD treatment in America.

About the Role

Ophelia Health is seeking a full-time Community Partnerships Manager to initiate and develop strong, lasting relationships with community partners to support patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). In this role, you will be the face of Ophelia in local communities, acting as the vital link between our organization and the community programs we partner with. Your mission is to ensure that Ophelia’s innovative telehealth solutions for OUD are well-integrated and accessible within local communities by building awareness and relationships. By establishing trust and building bidirectional partnerships, you will help create a network of support that enhances our patients' treatment journey.

Join Ophelia Health to not only build a career but to make a meaningful impact on one of the greatest healthcare crises of our lifetime. You’ll be part of a passionate team, with ample opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and the chance to truly make a difference in people’s lives.

What you'll do:

• Execute Outreach Strategies: Help develop and implement effective strategies to reach new markets, ensuring Ophelia’s services are widely recognized and utilized across communities.
• Build and Manage Referral Relationships: Engage with referral sources, including healthcare providers, community organizations, health systems, and other stakeholders, to create strong, sustainable partnerships. Identify partners that are clinically and philosophically aligned with Ophelia.
• Community Engagement: Spend the majority of your time in the field, meeting with healthcare providers, community leaders, patient advocates, and others to identify needs, remove barriers to treatment, and solidify Ophelia’s presence.
• Educational Outreach and Networking: Lead and participate in educational meetings, presentations, and networking events to promote Ophelia’s services both in-person and virtually.
• Feedback Integration: Collect and analyze feedback from community partners to refine Ophelia’s referral strategies. Understand and articulate patient referral barriers to the broader internal team to build solutions for existing pain points.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Ophelia’s marketing, commercial, clinical, product, and operations teams to achieve outreach and market penetration goals.

What we're looking for:

• Live in Northeastern Pennsylvania (ideally Lackawanna, Luzerne, or surrounding counties)
• Able to travel locally with reliable transportation & valid drivers license ~4 days/week for meetings with partners
• 2-5 years of experience in a customer or community-facing role within the addiction treatment space or within healthcare more broadly
• Proven ability to cultivate and maintain strong relationships within the community, leveraging existing connections and a demonstrated track record of success in fostering collaborative partnerships
• Skilled in independently crafting and executing outreach strategies, with a demonstrated ability to monitor performance metrics, adapt approaches as needed, and ensure objectives are achieved
• Goal oriented, perceives challenges and unchartered territory as an opportunity for growth and learning
• Excellent interpersonal savvy and communication skills, with a high level of comfort talking to clinical staff, administrative staff, and people with opioid use disorders
• Passionate about serving marginalized and vulnerable populations
• Proven ability to maintain professionalism and confidentiality when working with sensitive and confidential information

Our Benefits Include:

• Competitive medical, vision, and health insurance (many plans are fully covered for the employee!) 
• 20 days of PTO per year 
• 10 company holidays 
• $950 Work From Home Stipend
• 401k Contribution Platform
• Additional benefits offered through our benefits provider such as life insurance, short and long term disability, financial wellness, virtual primary care, among others!

Interested in learning more about Ophelia and this role? Apply below!