[Hiring] Special Projects Lead @Clover Health

Role Description

We’re hiring a high-agency operator into the Innovation & Delivery team to drive Clover’s most important cross-functional initiatives from ambiguity to execution. You’ll join a small, cross-functional team within Innovation & Delivery that builds the systems, programs, and strategies defining Clover’s next chapter.

This is a rare role designed for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, systems design, and executional rigor. You’ll operate as a force-multiplier to the CEO and executive team:

• Orchestrating execution across organizational boundaries.
• Structuring problems that don’t yet have owners.
• Driving initiatives that directly shape Clover’s growth and operational leverage.

As a Special Projects Lead, you will:

• Architect Strategic Programs: Translate high-level goals into MECE workstreams with clear interfaces, owners, and timelines.
• Harness AI & Emerging Technology: Identify and deploy AI-powered tools and approaches to accelerate execution and unlock solutions across your own work and broader workstreams.
• Drive Execution with CEO-Standard Rigor: Own initiatives from kickoff through outcomes. Set the pace. Maintain altitude and detail without losing either.
• Align Stakeholders Across Levels and Functions: Influence without authority. Drive accountability through clarity, not escalation.
• Translate Ambiguity Into Action: When no playbook exists, build one. When priorities are unclear, force rank them. When coordination breaks down, rebuild the system.
• Collaborate Across Boundaries: Manage projects that touch internal teams and external partners — vendors, regulators, and strategic collaborators. Align internal readiness to external dependencies.

Success in this role looks like:

• First 90 days: Quickly grasp Clover’s business model, establish key relationships, and become the go-to-lead on a core strategic project.
• First 6 months: Successfully drive multiple cross-functional initiatives to completion, develop systems improving operational efficiency, and establish yourself as a trusted leadership advisor on strategic priorities.
• First year: Create scalable coordination mechanisms that improve execution across teams, resolve strategic misalignments, and deliver measurable business impact on growth and operational leverage.

Qualifications

• 3–10 years of experience at a top-tier consulting firm (e.g., McKinsey, Bain, BCG), in BizOps at a tech company, or in a high-trust internal strategy/Chief of Staff-type role.
• Structured logic thinking, precise writing, and synthesized insights in communication.
• A system builder who wants to see the impact of your thinking play out in operations.
• Experience driving complex, multi-org initiatives to completion.
• Energy for ambiguity and motivation by direct proximity to decision-making and value creation.
• Ability to earn trust and create alignment through clarity, quality, and velocity without needing positional authority.

Benefits

• Financial Well-Being: Competitive base salary and equity opportunities, performance-based bonus program, 401k matching, and regular compensation reviews.
• Physical Well-Being: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Mental Well-Being: Initiatives such as No-Meeting Fridays, monthly company holidays, access to mental health resources, and a generous flexible time-off policy.
• Professional Development: Learning programs, mentorship, professional development funding, and regular performance feedback and reviews.
• Additional Perks: Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), reimbursement for office setup expenses, monthly cell phone & internet stipend, remote-first culture, paid parental leave for all new parents.

Company Description

We are reinventing health insurance by combining the power of data with human empathy to keep our members healthier. We believe the healthcare system is broken, so we've created custom software and analytics to empower our clinical staff to intervene and provide personalized care to the people who need it most.

We always put our members first, and our success as a team is measured by the quality of life of the people we serve. Those who work at Clover are passionate and mission-driven individuals with diverse areas of expertise, working together to solve the most complicated problem in the world: healthcare.

From Clover’s inception, Diversity & Inclusion have always been key to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and our employees are people with different strengths, experiences, perspectives, opinions, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives.