Job Description:
The Orthopedics Clinical Lead brings deep hands-on experience in outpatient orthopedics and musculoskeletal care delivery and practice operations to guide product development, implementation, and sales. This role serves as a clinical subject matter expert responsible for ensuring orthopedic, physical therapy, and occupational therapy workflows are clinically appropriate, operationally effective, and aligned with patient safety and regulatory expectations. The successful applicant will partner closely with product management, design, and development teams to ensure our healthcare IT solutions reflect real-world clinical musculoskeletal workflows, orthopedic device integrations, and operational realities. Furthermore, this individual will collaborate directly with implementation and sales teams to support client onboarding, product positioning, and clinical alignment during the commercial cycle.
Represent real-world outpatient musculoskeletal care delivery models, workflows, and operational practices within orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, physical therapy, and occupational therapy settings.
Engage orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, clinical assistants, and practice administrators through site visits, workshops, discovery sessions, and virtual engagements.
Serve as a trusted specialty advisor during product discovery, validation, and prioritization activities.
Provide practical insight into specialty-specific workflows including examination and evaluation, diagnostic imaging, injection and in-office procedure documentation, fracture care, surgery planning, post-operative rehabilitation pathways, physical & occupational therapy, etc.
Translate musculoskeletal regulatory, operational, and clinical requirements—for example 90-day surgical global period tracking, therapy cap limitations, and prior authorization rules—into clear, actionable guidance for product management, design, and engineering teams.
Support cross-functional alignment by clearly communicating orthopedics and rehabilitation therapy requirements to technical and non-technical audiences, including sales and implementation.
Lead musculoskeletal-focused discussions, addressing workflow, compliance, and operational considerations with internal and external stakeholders.
Travel to customer and partner sites as needed to support field engagement and product discovery.
Perform other duties that support the overall objective of the position.
Education Required:
Required : Clinical degree and active or prior clinical licensure/certification in a healthcare profession relevant to the specialty area (e.g., Advanced Practice Provider, RN, PharmD, LCSW, PsyD, PT, OT, or equivalent clinical credential).
Required: Clinical degree and active or prior clinical licensure/certification in a musculoskeletal or sports medicine profession (e.g., Doctor of Medicine [MD] or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine [DO] specializing in Orthopedics or Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation [PM&R] or related specialty, Physician Assistant [PA], or Advanced Practice Provider [NP/APRN], Physical Therapist [PT], Occupational Therapist [OT], or equivalent clinical credential.
Preferred : Advanced degree in healthcare, clinical informatics, healthcare administration, public health, business, or related field.
Note: Or any combination of education and experience which would provide the required qualifications.
Experience Required
Minimum of 5 years of direct clinical, care delivery, or practice operations experience within an outpatient orthopedics, physical medicine, or sports medicine setting required.
Demonstrated deep understanding of the unique clinical workflows, documentation needs, and progress-tracking requirements across outpatient physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT) disciplines
Experience using ambulatory orthopedic or rehab therapy EHR systems in active clinical…