Vice President of Security, Ambience Healthcare
$250-300k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
AI operating system for healthcare
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AI operating system for healthcare
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$250-300k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To supercharge clinicians with breakthrough generative AI technology.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years in security-critical environments (healthcare, finance, federal, or security tech)
- Experience in enterprise SaaS and small-to-mid-size startup settings
- Has managed and scaled security teams (Director/VP-level a plus)
- Adept at prioritizing risks, building action plans, and communicating trade-offs
- Comfortable working directly with technical teams to drive alignment and execution
- Drawn to healthcare innovation, motivated by improving clinician and patient outcomes
- Thrives in a fast-paced, early-stage environment, ready to take on new challenges proactively
What the job involves
- As VP of Security at Ambience, you will be entrusted with defining, driving, and continuously enhancing our security strategy. You will manage enterprise risk, ensure compliance across regulatory frameworks, and maintain a robust security posture that supports our rapid growth
- This role is both highly strategic and hands-on, requiring you to collaborate across the company—from engineering and product to sales and legal—to embed security best practices, mitigate risks, and instill a culture of security and privacy
- This position reports directly to our executive leadership
- Expand and refine our Risk Registry and Security Posture
- Translate risks into clear OKRs and resource needs
- Set and manage security budgets every six months, optimizing costs
- Build and lead a high-performing security team, including hiring and development
- Oversee ad hoc security tasks (infrastructure approvals, IR/BCDR plans, etc.) with transparent documentation
- Determine adoption timelines for key frameworks (HITRUST, ISO, FedRAMP)
- Develop and maintain policies on technical security, data privacy, sharing, and HIPAA
- Collaborate with sales, legal, and customer teams to support client-facing security requirements and contract documents
Our take
Healthcare providers often find themselves overwhelmed by administrative duties like form filing and record coding, detracting from their primary focus on patient care. While these tasks are essential for billing and compliance, they are time-consuming and prone to errors.
In response to this challenge, Ambience Healthcare offers an AI-powered "operating system" designed specifically for healthcare organizations. Its suite of tools automates documentation, coding, and referrals, streamlining workflows for clinicians while enhancing accuracy.
Recently closing a successful funding round, the company plans to expand its business in the US and potentially include diagnosis in the future. While facing competition from startups like Corti and Nabla, Ambience is well-positioned with strong investor backing and a clear focus.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Feb 2024
$70m
SERIES B
Apr 2022
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid maternity/paternity leave
- Quarterly retreats
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) plan
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Nikhil Buduma
(Co-Founder)Previously co-founded Lean On Me Peer Support where they served as a Board Member for over 8 years and Remedy Health where they served as the Chief Scientist for almost 4 years.
Michael Ng
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former Co-Founder and COO of Remedy Health. Was a Product Management MBA Intern at Sumo Logic, and Private Equity Associate at Calera Capital.
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