🔥 Jobs in Women's Health February 9, 2026

Explore “The Three Rooms of Women’s Health Innovation”—insights on strategy, metrics, and customers that every founder and professional should know. Plus, check out our upcoming events and 100+ new women’s health jobs waiting for you.

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Jodi Neuhauser
February 09, 2026

Hi there,

Welcome to Issue #131!

⬇️ This week’s highlights! âŹ‡ď¸

  • The Three Rooms of Women’s Health Innovation- Learn how top founders navigate funding, growth, and customer insights—an opportunity you can’t afford to miss.

  • Upcoming Events-The Business of Women’s Health 101 (2 sessions!) and the opportunity to speak with our founder during IWH Office Hours.

  • Women’s Health Jobs- Step into your next career — 100+ new opportunities in women’s health!

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Before you read the section below, we want you to anchor on one thing.
Building a successful women’s health company requires moving between three distinct “rooms.” Most founders are naturally strongest in one—and that strength often shapes how they approach every decision.

This question helps you identify which room you tend to build from, so you can read the framework below with that lens in mind.

Which room are you strongest in right now?

Most women’s health founders build naturally in one room — and underestimate the others.

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The Three Rooms of Building a Successful Women’s Health Business

Launching and scaling a women’s health company is a uniquely complex and rewarding challenge. Unlike many other industries, women’s health requires navigating a multi-layered ecosystem of clinicians, patients, payers, investors, regulators, and strategic partners—often while educating a market that hasn’t historically been built with women in mind.

Many founders don’t fail because their idea is wrong. They stall because they’re building in only one room at a time.

Over time, we’ve seen that successful women’s health companies are built by founders who can move fluidly between three critical “rooms”:

  • The Founder’s Room, where vision, ownership, and long-term strategy are shaped

  • The Growth Room, where funding, marketing, metrics, and retention determine whether a business can scale

  • The Customer Room, where deep understanding of real needs, behaviors, and emotional journeys determines whether products are actually adopted and trusted

Most founders are naturally strong in one of these rooms. The challenge—and the opportunity—is learning to lead in all three at once.

This framework sits at the core of how we teach in the IWH Mini-MBA, because building a durable women’s health business isn’t about mastering one function. It’s about integration.

Room 1: The Founder’s Room – Ownership, Strategy, and Exits

The Founder’s Room is where vision meets reality. Passion is essential—but it isn’t enough. Investors, whether venture capitalists, angel investors, or strategic partners, are ultimately backing a viable economic engine, not just a compelling mission.

One of the most misunderstood dynamics here is ownership dilution. Founders may begin with 50% of their company, but by Series D or E, ownership can shrink to single digits. In high-growth outcomes, even a 3–5% stake can represent a significant exit. Understanding how and why that happens—and deciding what tradeoffs you’re willing to make—is core founder work.

In women’s health especially, these conversations are often delayed because the work feels deeply personal. But avoiding clarity around ownership, governance, and exit strategy doesn’t protect the mission—it quietly limits scale and decision-making power.

Importantly, raising venture capital is not the only path to success. Companies that can self-fund growth retain control and optionality. Strategic partnerships with corporations can also provide capital, distribution, or credibility without the same dilution dynamics as traditional VC rounds.

Ultimately, founders need to think clearly about liquidity events. Whether through acquisition, IPO, or secondary sale, most investors are seeking a return on capital. A founder who refuses to plan for an eventual exit can unintentionally misalign incentives and constrain growth.

This room is also where board dynamics matter. The right investors don’t just bring capital—they bring pattern recognition, access to buyers and partners, and strategic leverage. One founder shared how a single investor introduction enabled her product to land in Bloomingdale’s within a month—something that could otherwise have taken years.

The Founder’s Room is about ownership, financial literacy, strategic decision-making, and understanding risk and reward. This is where clarity replaces guesswork.

In the IWH Mini-MBA, we spend real time here—breaking down cap tables, investor incentives, governance structures, and exit paths so founders can make informed decisions early, not reactive ones later.

Room 2: The Growth Room – Marketing, Metrics, and Retention

The Growth Room is where ideas either become businesses—or stall.

Marketing in women’s health isn’t just about visibility. It’s about education, behavior change, and trust. Many women don’t know that solutions exist for the problems they’re experiencing, which means growth requires meeting customers where they are emotionally and cognitively, not just where you want them to be.

Retention is the clearest signal of whether you’re doing this well. In women’s health, repeat engagement often matters more than initial conversion. If customers don’t come back—or don’t stick—something in the experience, positioning, or delivery isn’t working.

Key growth considerations include:

  • Knowing your customer: Emotional state, unmet needs, and existing behaviors matter as much as demographics. A woman entering perimenopause may not yet identify as “seeking care,” even if she’s actively struggling.

  • Mapping the customer journey: Your “customer” may be a clinician, a caregiver, a payer, or the patient herself. Each has different incentives and decision-making power.

  • Channels and timing: Social media, newsletters, physician offices, employer benefits, and subscriptions all work differently depending on life stage and urgency.

Metrics provide the feedback loop:

  • Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) relative to lifetime value

  • Retention and churn, especially in subscription models

  • Conversion rates across awareness, consideration, and purchase

  • Marketing ROI, to guide resource allocation

Women’s health companies often face market inertia—habits are hard to change, and awareness is low. Brands that succeed build emotional resonance, communicate benefits clearly, and deliver consistent, trustworthy experiences over time.

Subscription models can be powerful, but subscription fatigue is real. The strongest brands earn their place by delivering tangible value, convenience, and trust. Products like Coterie’s diapers or Flow’s menstrual care succeed not just because they’re recurring—but because they reliably solve real problems.

This is why the Mini-MBA doesn’t teach “growth hacks.” We focus on building repeatable, defensible growth systems—pricing, positioning, channels, and retention strategies that actually work in women’s health and healthcare-adjacent markets.

Room 3: The Customer Room – Emotional Connection and Experience

The Customer Room is where products ultimately live or die.

Women’s health solutions succeed when they address real, felt needs and create a sense of being understood. Empathy matters—but translation matters more. The hardest work is turning clinical truth into language, timing, and experiences women can actually act on.

Understanding the customer requires attention to:

  • Emotional states: Pain points, anxieties, aspirations, and moments of vulnerability

  • Touchpoints: Every interaction—from first exposure to repeat use—shapes trust and loyalty

  • Behavioral patterns: When and how customers purchase informs pricing, packaging, and delivery

Life stages like pregnancy and postpartum dramatically reshape behavior. Products that reach women at the right moment, with the right message, can create lifelong relationships. In women’s health, education is often as important as the product itself.

Successful companies guide customers from awareness to engagement to retention—building trust in a system where women have historically been dismissed or underserved.

In the Mini-MBA, we teach this explicitly: how to map emotional journeys, design meaningful touchpoints, and pressure-test messaging before scaling spend.

Integrating the Three Rooms

Sustainable success comes from managing all three rooms simultaneously:

  • The Founder’s Room: ownership, strategy, and liquidity planning

  • The Growth Room: marketing systems, metrics, and retention

  • The Customer Room: empathy, experience, and trust

A misstep in any room can slow or derail growth. Over-optimizing fundraising without retention creates a leaky bucket. Strong marketing without customer understanding leads to wasted spend. Most founders can quickly identify the room they spend the least time in—and that’s often where the next bottleneck lives.

The leaders who scale in women’s health are the ones who learn to balance vision, strategy, and empathy at the same time.

Learn Directly from the Experts: The Women’s Health Mini-MBA

The framework shared here is foundational—but the nuance of building and scaling a women’s health business is best learned directly from people who have done it.

The Women’s Health Mini-MBA is an immersive program designed around these three rooms, covering:

  • The U.S. healthcare system and the unique structural challenges of women’s health

  • Ownership, fundraising strategies, and investor alignment

  • Marketing, retention, and customer acquisition in healthcare-adjacent markets

  • Product development, go-to-market strategy, and scaling responsibly

  • Direct access to founders, investors, operators, and ecosystem leaders

The next cohort begins March 2026 and is intentionally capped at 40 participants to ensure meaningful discussion, personalized coaching, and a high-trust learning environment. Installment plans are available.

This is your opportunity to move beyond theory and gain actionable, insider knowledge—whether you’re a founder, operator, or investor looking to build or back companies that truly move women’s health forward.

Use code IWH100 for $100 off enrollment.

Get a Taste of the Mini-MBA: The Business of Women’s Health 101

Curious about the world of women’s health from a founder’s perspective? Join Jodi Neuhauser for The Business of Women’s Health 101 on Wednesday, February 11, 12:00PM EST. This FREE session is a perfect introduction to the key foundations of the industry—covering product, marketing, regulatory, finance, operations, and talent.

Think of it as a sneak peek into the Mini-MBA experience: you’ll walk away with practical insights, resources, and expert guidance that you could explore more deeply in our full program. Whether you’re prepping for interviews, thinking about your next role, or just curious about how women’s health businesses really operate, this session gives you a front-row seat to the strategies, frameworks, and stories that founders like Jodi use every day.

Don’t miss this chance to get a taste of the Mini-MBA and see what’s possible in women’s health! REGISTER HERE.

Inside Gabbi: What We’re Building—and Whom We’re Hiring

Curious about what it’s really like to scale a women’s health startup? Join CEO Kaitlin Christine on Wednesday, February 11, 1:00 PM EST for a candid, behind-the-scenes conversation about Gabbi.

Gabbi is transforming how women understand their breast health risk and access early, appropriate care—bringing clarity and transparency to a system that often delays diagnosis. In this session, Kaitlin will share what the company is building, their priorities for growth, and how they’re approaching hiring as they scale.

This isn’t a polished pitch—it’s an honest look inside a growing women’s health business. Come curious, leave with insights, and get a sense of the opportunities available if you’re looking to join the women’s health space.

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Why HERS: The Health Executive & Research Summit

Although women make up more than half the global population, their health needs have too often been overlooked—leaving gaps in research, underdiagnosed conditions, and limited funding for female-specific care. HERS 2026 is your opportunity to be part of the movement changing that.

Track the Shift from Investment to Results
Explore cutting-edge innovations—from AI-powered screening tools and next-gen diagnostics to patient-centric wearables and targeted therapies—designed to close clinical gaps and improve outcomes across the women’s health continuum.

Connect Across the Ecosystem
Meet investors, founders, scientists, clinicians, and advocates driving change in women’s health. Whether you’re building a startup, funding the future, or implementing care on the front lines, HERS is where lasting connections happen.

Demystify Funding & Commercialization
Hear firsthand from scientists-turned-founders, venture capitalists, and market access strategists about bringing solutions to market—from navigating reimbursement challenges to seizing growth opportunities in a rapidly evolving investment climate.

Drive the Future of Women’s Health
Walk away with actionable insights, a clearer path to scale your impact, and connections with changemakers across science, business, and policy. Together, we can address decades of underinvestment and underrepresentation, and shape bold solutions in diagnostics, therapeutics, and healthcare delivery.

Get 20% off registration using code: HERS26IWH20

Registering before the February 20th advanced deadline will lock in the best possible rate with this discount!

See the full agenda and register here.

📆 Upcoming In Women’s Health Events

Wednesday, February 11th at 12:00pm ET

The Business of Women's Health 101 (session 1) ¡ Luma

What are the foundations of the business side of women’s health? This FREE workshop will give you a baseline overview and some context for the key historical,…

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Wednesday, February 11th at 4:00pm ET

Inside Gabbi: What We’re Building—and Whom We’re Hiring, a Conversation with CEO Kaitlin Christine · Luma

A conversation with CEO Kaitlin Christine Gabbi is rethinking how people navigate health insurance—bringing more transparency, trust, and better incentives to…

luma.com/70ccrp80

Friday, February 13th at 2:00pm ET

February Office Hours: IWH Members Only ¡ Zoom ¡ Luma

Join the In Women's Health member community and Founder Jodi Neuhauser for members-only office hours. Discuss recent interviews, get resume feedback, and ask…

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Wednesday, February 18th at 4:00pm ET

The Business of Women's Health 101 (session 2) ¡ Zoom ¡ Luma

What are the foundations of the business side of women’s health? This FREE workshop will give you a baseline overview and some context for the key historical,…

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Friday, February 20th at 1:00pm ET

IWH: February Monthly Women's Health Career Networking ¡ Zoom ¡ Luma

Come meet others currently creating or accelerating their career in women's health. Spend time getting to know others in our industry, hear the latest industry…

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✨ Now … let’s make your career magic happen

Feature Roles:

  1. The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) is the leading professional membership organization for ob-gyns. ACOG champions ob-gyns in providing equitable, evidence-based care for patients today and into the future.

    Sandra E. Brooks, MD, MBA, FACOG, is the chief executive officer of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Dr. Brooks leads a membership organization of more than sixty thousand health care professionals dedicated to the field of obstetrics and gynecology and to improving the lives of all people seeking obstetric and gynecologic care.

    📌Instructional Designer

  2. Seven Starling is a leading virtual provider of women's behavioral health services supporting every stage of motherhood. Seven Starling's holistic clinical model combines specialized therapy, peer support, and medication management to effectively treat common perinatal mood disorders like postpartum depression and anxiety.

    Tina Beilinson Keshani is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seven Starling, a digital platform making high-quality mental healthcare more accessible throughout the motherhood journey. She is a strong believer that companies can be a force for good in the world.

    📌VP of Sales

  3. Allara Health is a telehealth platform specializing in women's health, focusing on complex hormonal, metabolic, and gynecological conditions through personalized care and virtual appointments.

    Rachel Blank is the Founder and CEO of Allara Health, leading the company’s vision to deliver the first truly collaborative care platform for women with chronic health issues. She has guided Allara through substantial funding rounds, national care expansion, and key insurance partnerships, scaling the company’s reach and reinforcing its status as an innovator in women’s health.

    📌Marketing Coordinator

International:

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Senior and C-Level Roles

Marketing/Growth/Sales

Customer Success/Care Coordinator

Clinical Roles & In-Clinic Business Roles

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