Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Timeline
SELECTED 0→1 & AI IMPACT
CORE STRENGTHS
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EMILY HANSON

Edina,MN

Summary

Operator and strategist with 10+ years taking new concepts from ideation to scaled execution across payer and employer markets. Specializes in AI-enabled product strategy, early commercialization, and complex stakeholder alignment. Repeatedly builds the path for enterprise adoption—clarifying the problem, designing the solution, proving value, and enrolling cross-functional partners around aligned incentives.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

VP, Strategy & Growth, Emerging Products

Andros
01.2025 - Current
  • Own end-to-end 0→1 commercialization for Andros’ newest (AI-enabled) product—from problem framing and value proposition through MVP definition, pricing/packaging, and launch.
  • Built the early market strategy and secured initial partnerships with commercial health plans; created payer-grade ROI narratives and procurement pathways aligned to compliance, security, and actuarial review.
  • Led cross-functional execution (Product, Engineering, Data, Clinical, Legal, Security) to translate market signals into a tight learning loop and iterative roadmap.
  • Established operating rhythm (OKRs, pilot success criteria, funnel analytics) and a stakeholder enrollment playbook mapping incentives across Product, Quality, Utilization, and IT/Security.
  • Evangelize applied AI in healthcare workflows (e.g., decision support and automation) with clear governance and human-in-the-loop safeguards.

Chief of Staff (Interim, Contract)

Joshin
09.2024 - 01.2025
  • Strategic partner to CEO across growth, fundraising, and innovation; deepened Board/advisor relationships and instituted performance metrics to improve execution during a critical stage.

Director of Platform

SemperVirens Venture Capital
10.2022 - 08.2024
  • Built the fund’s healthcare platform vertical (strategy, metrics, relationships) to deliver scaled value to portfolio companies and LPs.
  • Drove key LP relationships and supported fundraising efforts, contributing to an aggregate $125M raised; created an internal growth model to accelerate portfolio outcomes.

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Innovation

World 50 (formerly EHIR)
03.2020 - 04.2022
  • Expanded cross-stakeholder offerings (innovators, advisors, investors, partners); launched new programs (e.g., EHIR Academy, investor offering) generating $1M+ in first-year new business.
  • Built Innovator Relations from 1 → 12 within two years; set product strategy, team goals, and organizational success metrics tied to measurable outcomes.

Operations Manager, Healthcare Portfolio

Tribeca Companies
10.2018 - 03.2020
  • Hired 40+ roles across three newly acquired health tech companies; led post-acquisition operating integration.
  • Co-created initial GTM motions with SMEs and industry advisors to hit aggressive early targets across the portfolio.

Division Director, Finance & Accounting

Robert Half
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Built and led an Accounting Operations recruitment team serving growth-stage tech and financial services clients.

Training Manager, SW North America

Lululemon
01.2013 - 01.2017
  • Led visual merchandising and sell-through training across 26+ new store openings/renovations in the U.S. and abroad.

Education

B.S. - Human Resource Development

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
05.2013

Skills

  • Product strategy & discovery
  • Problem framing
  • Outcome-oriented roadmapping
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Pricing & Packaging
  • Pilot design & evaluation
  • Enterprise GTM (payers/employers)
  • AI/ML use-case design (NLP/GenAI)
  • Data/analytics storytelling
  • Stakeholder mapping & incentive design
  • OKRs and operating models
  • Contracting & procurement navigation (legal, security, compliance)

Affiliations

  • Advisory Board Member, Cadre (growth-stage tech startup): Product strategy and enterprise GTM counsel.
  • Advisor, World 50 — Healthcare Advisor and foundational Advisor for the launch of the AI Roundtable (Spring 2026).
  • Women in Venture Capital — Member; HGAN (Healthcare Growth Advisory Network) — Advisor.

Timeline

VP, Strategy & Growth, Emerging Products

Andros
01.2025 - Current

Chief of Staff (Interim, Contract)

Joshin
09.2024 - 01.2025

Director of Platform

SemperVirens Venture Capital
10.2022 - 08.2024

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Innovation

World 50 (formerly EHIR)
03.2020 - 04.2022

Operations Manager, Healthcare Portfolio

Tribeca Companies
10.2018 - 03.2020

Division Director, Finance & Accounting

Robert Half
01.2017 - 01.2018

Training Manager, SW North America

Lululemon
01.2013 - 01.2017

B.S. - Human Resource Development

University of Minnesota

SELECTED 0→1 & AI IMPACT

  • Took a net-new, AI-enabled health tech product from concept to market: crystallized payer use cases, defined MVP, and secured early commercial plan partnerships.
  • Operationalized learning loops (discovery → pilots → scale), embedding AI outputs into human workflows with clear quality thresholds and governance.
  • Consistently built coalitions across executive, clinical, actuarial, and technical stakeholders—aligning incentives and establishing a repeatable “path to yes.”

CORE STRENGTHS

  • Product Strategy & Roadmapping (0→1, 1→N)
  • Applied AI/ML in Healthcare (use-case design, NLP/GenAI enablement, workflow integration)
  • Enterprise Go-to-Market & Commercialization (payers, large employers, ecosystem partners)
  • Stakeholder Alignment & Change Leadership (Boards, clinical, actuarial, IT/security, legal)
  • Outcomes & Operating Cadence (OKRs, metrics, pilots → scaled rollouts)
  • Partnership Development, Pricing/Packaging, Pipeline & Revenue Enablement
EMILY HANSON