Senior Scientific Manager (Depression)

Medical, Clinical & Science       ·          New York, NY        ·       Full time

Who We Are:

Click Therapeutics, Inc. develops, validates and commercializes software as prescription medical treatments for patients with unmet medical needs. Through cognitive and neurobehavioral mechanisms, Click’s Digital Therapeutics™ enable change within individuals, and are designed to be used independently or in conjunction with biomedical treatments. The Clickometrics® adaptive data science platform continuously personalizes user experience to optimize engagement and outcomes. Following a groundbreaking clinical trial, Click’s industry-leading smoking cessation program is available nationwide through a wide variety of payers, providers, and employers. Click’s lead prescription program has entered a pivotal, fully remote, randomized, controlled trial on the Verily platform for the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) in up to 540 adults. Click is progressing a broad pipeline of Digital Therapeutics™ across a variety of high-burden therapeutic areas, including MDD, Schizophrenia, Migraine, Chronic Pain, Atopic Dermatitis, Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), Obesity and more.

About the Role:

The Senior Scientific Manager role will be a member of the Science team at Click. In this role, you will manage and contribute to the development and validation of digital therapeutics for serious mental and physical illnesses. This role is highly collaborative, and the ideal candidate should be passionate about clinical science innovation and the potential of digital therapeutics to help people in need. This role will report to the Associate Director of Clinical Science.

The Clinical 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

Generally positions at Click can be on-site, remote or hybrid (an optimal combination of remote and on-site). Our headquarters is located in Tribeca, NYC, at the center of one of the fastest-growing digital health communities. We also have dedicated spaces in central Miami, San Francisco, and Boston, and, in addition, via our partnership with Industrious, any Click employee can access co-working locations nationally.

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. 

Responsibilities:

• Oversee therapeutic development of digital treatments for serious mental illnesses, such as depression and schizophrenia, in close collaboration with other cross-functional leads.
• Manage clinical scientists responsible for digital therapeutic development.
• Maintain familiarity with scientific literature to identify novel opportunities for digital therapeutics.
• 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.
• Contribute to business development opportunities in collaboration with a cross-functional team.
• 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 serious mental illness and or medically complex conditions.
• At least two years of experience building, optimizing, or evaluating digital health interventions.
• At least 2 years of management experience.
• At least 2 years of post-doctoral experience.
• Tech savvy with confidence in the transformative potential of software as treatments.
• Record of scientific publication and presentation.

Benefits:

Stock options | Competitive salary with annual review | 401(k) matching | Annual performance-based cash bonus | Comprehensive medical benefits through Aetna | Flexible Spending Accounts | Life insurance and disability benefits | Open vacation policy / unlimited PTO | Generous paid parental leave | Commuter subsidies | Monthly catered lunches | Choice of Mac, Windows, or Linux equipment | Sponsored company events | Free, unlimited 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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