# Vice President, Operations \| Aetherus Health at CAREERS AT NLC > United States · Director+ · Other · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Anlcventures%3A8018792003 (read 2026-11-10). ## Facts (observed) - Company: [CAREERS AT NLC](https://alderhq.app/companies/careers-at-nlc) - Location text: Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania - Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania") - Posted: 2026-10-09 (32 days ago) - First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-08 - Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times - Apply on the employer's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/nlcventures/jobs/8018792003 ## Pay and sponsorship - Posted pay: not posted - Market band for similar posted roles (Pittsburgh, n 7): p25 $194k, median $206k, p75 $240k ## Description (the employer's text) ### Vice President, Operations \| Aetherus Health Location: Pittsburgh, PA Reports to: Founder & CEO Start date: January 2027 Employment: 0.6 FTE to start, scaling to full-time employment as financing closes Career path: Clear track to Chief Operating Officer Compensation: Salary + equity participation ### About the Venture: Aetherus Health Aetherus is an early-stage medical device company developing a pocket-sized positive pressure device that gives patients rapid, drug-free relief from breathlessness while passively capturing physiologic data during treatment. The company is pursuing FDA 510(k) clearance for Lung Expansion Therapy, with COPD as the launch market and future opportunities in perioperative care and heart failure. The target is US commercial launch in Q3 2027. Aetherus runs a deliberately lean model: - Global headquarters in New Jersey - Operating, clinical, and product development base in Pittsburgh - Engineering and development with an external partner in Minneapolis - Specialist partners used wherever they offer the best mix of capability, speed, quality, and cost ### The Opportunity We are looking for a disciplined medical device operator to own the full non-commercial path from product to patient: product delivery, engineering and software, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and launch readiness. This is a hands-on executive role, not a strategy or oversight role. You will turn agreed strategy into delivered outcomes, keep complex programs moving through the messy middle, and make decisions within agreed boundaries. Much of the specialist capability sits with external partners, so you will lead through influence, contracts and clear accountability rather than headcount. As Aetherus scales, operational functions will report into you. Your Role ### Own Product to Market Execution - Build and drive the integrated critical path to US launch in Q3 2027 - Lead product finalization across hardware and software: design freeze, V&V, submission readiness and manufacturing readiness - Surface risks and delays early, and bring options and a recommendation, not just the problem - Run a lean operating cadence that gives the CEO and Board confidence without bureaucracy ### Lead Engineering and Development Partners - Govern day-to-day delivery across engineering, software and product development partners - Be technically credible enough to challenge assumptions and make sound operating calls - Hold partners to clear deliverables, timelines, quality standards and budgets ### Regulatory and Quality - Own executive accountability for FDA 510(k) submission readiness and clearance - Keep regulatory work integrated with product, software, V&V and manufacturing plans - Ensure an appropriate QMS and design control framework as the team and supplier network grow ### Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Launch - Select and onboard the initial manufacturing partner, including technology transfer and production readiness - Own the supplier, materials, inventory, logistics and fulfillment plan - Track COGS, supplier risk, capacity and lead times, and drive cost and manufacturability improvements ### Build the Company - Co-own early hiring and progressively lead operations hiring - Decide with the CEO which capabilities stay outsourced and which move in-house - Represent Aetherus on the ground in Pittsburgh, including regular on-site participation in an accelerator pathway during the first half of 2027 - Support clinical studies and health system pilots where operational integration is needed ### What This Role Is Not - A commercial, business development or strategy-only role - A project coordinator role that reports status while decisions stay with the CEO - A pure engineering, regulatory, quality or manufacturing specialist role. This is an integrated operating leadership role. - A large company role supported by internal departments ### Your Profile You are strongest in the middle of complex programs and you carry work through until it ships. We are looking for someone who: - Values outcomes over activity and completion over presentation - Surfaces bad news early, challenges hard before decisions, then executes fully once aligned --- Data: alder (https://alderhq.app). Cite https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Anlcventures%3A8018792003 and the date you read it. Observed facts come from the employer's own listing; location reach, level, family and skills are inferences.