Principal Research Scientist, Clinical Research

About the role

We are seeking a Principal Research Scientist to lead the Clinical Research function at Headway. The ideal candidate will establish, drive, and execute on the research and publication strategy for Headway’s Clinical Research team. This role will involve scaling the clinical research function, developing quarterly roadmaps, aligning clinical research resources, and overseeing the execution of clinical research in collaboration with leadership.

Responsibilities

• Establish and drive the vision for clinical research, including standards for analysis and experimentation
• Tackle projects yourself, including strategic analysis to strengthen our vision and resolve for key initiatives
• Translate complex insights into clear, data-driven recommendations
• Build relationships with many stakeholders internally from Product, Data, Engineering, Operations, and Marketing
• Influence senior leadership and have a chance to directly influence strategy and growth

Requirements

• 10+ years of health services research, clinical epidemiology, or health economics research, including leading projects and experience in the end-to-end peer review publication process with a demonstrated publication record in studies of mental health
• Led research teams, overseen research staff, and successfully obtained grant funding
• Experience working on patient health outcomes, health economic outcomes, patient and provider satisfaction outcomes, enhancing care delivery for providers, and/or working within a health insurance landscape
• Significant experience with real-world health care data, including health insurance claims and EHR data
• Strong background in experimentation; able to both set strategy and coach others
• Significant experience with data and analytics, including working with large datasets. Hands-on technical fluency in SQL and Python/R, with experience working with modern data stacks (e.g., Snowflake, dbt, Looker)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills — able to “translate” technical insights into business impact

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a research-related field
• Strong collaboration, leadership skills, clear communication, and the ability to execute both independently and within cross-functional teams

Skills

• Strong collaboration, leadership skills, clear communication, and the ability to execute both independently and within cross-functional teams
• Strong collaboration, leadership skills, clear communication, and the ability to execute both independently and within cross-functional teams

Benefits

• Compensation range: $170,000 - $265,000 based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location
• Health and wellness benefits
• Retirement savings
• Meaningful ownership opportunities through equity
• Additional benefits include: Work-from-Home Stipend, Therapy Reimbursement, 16-week parental leave, Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership, 13 paid holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Training and professional development

Pay and Schedule

Headway offers a competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity.

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits
• Retirement savings
• Meaningful ownership opportunities through equity
• Additional benefits include: Work-from-Home Stipend, Therapy Reimbursement, 16-week parental leave, Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership, 13 paid holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Training and professional development

Equal Opportunity Employer

Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, or experience.