Scientific Manager, Schizophrenia

  • Click Therapeutics
  • Oct 19, 2023
Full time Scientific

Job Description

Who We Are:

Click Therapeutics, Inc., develops, validates, and commercializes software as prescription medical treatments for people with unmet medical needs. As a leading innovator of Digital Therapeutics™, Click delivers accessible, clinically proven, FDA-regulated prescription treatments to the smartphone in your hand. Click’s treatments are defined by a commitment to applying technical and scientific rigor and patient-centric design to the development process. This results in uniquely engaging experiences that achieve compelling clinical outcomes for patients seeking new treatment options. Click Therapeutics continuously expands and refines its platform with novel cognitive, behavioral and neuromodulatory mechanisms of action and advanced data-driven tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. The digital therapeutics under development on Click’s platform address diverse areas of therapeutic need, including indications in psychiatry, neurology, oncology, immunology, and cardiometabolic diseases. Consistently named a best place to work, Click fosters an inclusive, diverse workforce of innovators, clinicians, scientists, researchers, designers, technologists, engineers and more, united in a common mission to provide patients everywhere access to safe and effective prescription digital therapeutics. For more information, visit www.clicktherapeutics.com and connect with us on LinkedIn. 

About the Role:

The Scientific Manager, Schizophrenia role will be a member of the Science team at Click. In this role, you will manage the therapeutic development of Click’s digital therapeutics for SMI indications, including schizophrenia and depression. This role is highly collaborative, and the ideal candidate should be passionate about clinical science innovation and excited about the potential of digital therapeutics to help people in need. The ideal candidate should also be comfortable translating behavioral health techniques into digital treatments, exploring new and innovative treatment mechanisms, and providing guidance to our product team during app conceptualization and build. This role will report to the Director, Clinical Science.

The Science team is the engine that fuels the development of new therapeutic concepts through rigorous evaluation and creative ideation. Our team values are:

  • We show up for each other
  • Empathy in everything we do
  • Collaboration at every step
  • Adventurous spirit in pursuing innovation
  • Responsible approach to research and development
  • Evidence generation to advance science

In addition to working closely with Click’s internal teams, this role will provide a unique opportunity to engage with our development partners for building digital therapeutics. Click’s partnerships are highly collaborative and leverage the combined expertise of each organization.

This position is based out of Click’s headquarters located in Tribeca, NYC, or one of our industrious offices in either Boston, MA or Miami, FL. We have a hybrid working model that consists of at least 3 days in office each week.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage clinical scientists responsible for digital therapeutic development
  • Maintain familiarity with scientific literature to identify novel opportunities for digital therapeutics to treat SMI
  • Interface and collaborate with leading external partners to advance key products in Click's pipeline
  • Represent the clinical science team in collaborations with global development partners
  • Mange and design and conduct exploratory research projects to optimize the treatment and related product features
  • Support scientific communications by presenting results at conferences and seminars
  • Guide the professional development of direct reports

Qualifications:

  • Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology or Clinical Science, or M.D. in Psychiatry
  • Expertise in the treatment of SMI
  • At least 2 years of management experience
  • At least 2 years of post-doctoral experience
  • Experience building, optimizing, or evaluating digital health interventions
  • Strong understanding of the current scientific literature related to SMI
  • Tech savvy with confidence in the transformative potential of software as treatments
  • Record of scientific publication and presentation

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Past experience developing a digital intervention for SMI
  • 2+ years of industry experience
  • Experience with the IP process

Compensation:

The base salary range for this position is between: $115,000 - $140,000. The final base salary will be dependent upon skills, experience and location. In addition to the base salary, Click Therapeutics offers an annual performance-based cash bonus and a generous equity package.

Benefits:

The role includes great benefits and is an excellent wealth-building opportunity at a fast-growing pre-IPO company in a nascent and extremely exciting space.

Competitive Salary with Annual Review | Cash Bonus | Stock Options | 5% 401(k) matching | Medical | Dental | Vision | Life Insurance | Voluntary Benefits | Unlimited PTO | Uber One | Nectar Rewards | One Medical | Fertility Support | Fitness Reimbursement | Bike Membership | Professional Development Stipend | Lunch Stipends | Parent Benefits | LinkedIn Learning | Industrious Workspaces | Commuter Subsidies | Flexible Work Arrangement | Choice of Mac or Windows | Sponsored Company Events | Office Snacks and Beverages | Much More…

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Click Therapeutics is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status. Click Therapeutics also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Click Therapeutics in the U.S. In certain circumstances it may be advantageous to Click Therapeutics to support the application(s) for temporary visa classification and/or sponsor applications for permanent residence so that a foreign national colleague can accept or remain in a work assignment in the U. S. For certain classes of temporary visas, the resulting work authorization may be specific to Click Therapeutics and the specific job and/or work site. Click Therapeutics may at its business discretion decide to or refrain from obtaining, maintaining and/or extending the temporary visa status and/or sponsoring a colleague for permanent residency and /or employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified U.S. workers and the colleague's long-term prospects for securing lawful permanent residence, among other reasons. Employment applicants requiring immigration sponsorship must disclose, when initial application for employment is made, whether or not they are legally authorized to work for Click Therapeutics in the U.S. and, if so, whether that authorization permits them to work in the job they seek. In no case should Click Therapeutics support of a colleague's temporary visa application or sponsorship of a colleague for permanent residence be construed to guarantee success of that application or amend or otherwise invalidate the "at-will" employment relationship between the colleague and Click Therapeutics.

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