Director / Senior Director, Science
About the role
The Director / Senior Director, Science plays an integral role that bridges scientific innovation, product development, clinical evidence, and commercial strategy. This person will act as a key scientific representative for Click, driving scientific communications and heavily enabling Business Development efforts.
This position can either be based out of Click’s headquarters located in Tribeca, NYC, or at our Industrious workspace in Boston, MA. We have a hybrid working model that consists of at least 4 days in office each week.
Responsibilities
- Scientific Communications & External Leadership
- Publish & Speak: Take a leading role in writing and publishing peer-reviewed papers, white papers, and clinical data presentations. Actively represent Click at external scientific, medical, and industry conferences.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Identify, build and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), clinicians, and academic researchers.
- Bridging Science & Strategy: Translate complex clinical data and evidence-based medicine into compelling scientific narratives for external audiences, ensuring actionable insights are communicated effectively.
- Business Development Enablement & Strategic Growth
- BD Support: Provide deep scientific and medical credibility to business development efforts. Partner closely with the commercial and BD teams to evaluate opportunities, conduct scientific diligence, and create compelling proposals for partners.
- Partner Management: Serve as a scientific face of the company for existing and emerging partnerships, acting as a liaison between external stakeholders and internal R&D/product teams.
- Flexible Execution
- Operate comfortably in a lean, dynamic startup environment. Provide hands-on scientific and medical leadership across multiple digital therapeutic products and pipeline assets as needed on a day-to-day basis.
- Product Collaboration
- Work closely with product, clinical, and regulatory teams to ensure that product development aligns with the latest clinical evidence and market access requirements in a regulated space.
Qualifications
- A doctoral/professional degree (MD, PhD, PsyD, PharmD) is required.
- Deep expertise in a CNS discipline (e.g., psychiatry, neurology, psychology) and experience with evidence-based nonpharmacological / biobehavioral treatment is required. Experience in migraine or headache disorders, as well as wearable data, is highly preferred. Clinical practice experience is a plus.
- 5+ years of experience in the life sciences, digital health, or pharmaceutical industry within a regulated space. Prior experience in product development, Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, or Commercial/BD enablement is highly desired.
- Established record and proven willingness to write, publish, and speak externally.
Compensation
The base salary range for this position is between: $165,000 - $195,000. 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
- 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
- DoorDash and Catered Lunches
- Parent Benefits
- LinkedIn Learning
- Gemini Enterprise Stack
- 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.