Senior Clinical Scientist

About the role

We are seeking a rigorous and strategic Clinical Science Lead to serve as the scientific backbone of Neverstop - a mission-driven wellness platform helping people age well. We take a holistic approach to aging, supporting physical resilience, cognitive health, emotional wellbeing, and long-term functional independence.

This is more than a research role. You'll translate complex wellness and health data into actionable product logic - owning our risk reduction metrics, AI-driven guardrails, and the clinical evidence that makes our outcomes provable to partners and carriers. You'll combine the analytical mindset of an epidemiologist or outcomes researcher with a business-oriented, cross-functional approach to deliver real clinical impact.

What You'll Be Working On

• Measurement & risk metrics - Design the system that translates member data into clinical risk scores - defining what "better" looks like and making it provable.
• Clinical safety & guardrails - Define the boundaries that keep the AI coach off medical advice - escalation logic, safety thresholds, and clinical grid governance.
• Clinical feature logic - Define the algorithmic and clinical logic behind our product features - intervention matching, domain weighting, and recommendation engine - in close collaboration with product and engineering.
• Scientific validation - The scientific authority on what goes into the product — evidence standards and the evidentiary foundation behind every clinical claim.
• Thought leadership - White papers, carrier outcome reports, and industry positioning that translate our clinical rigor into external credibility.
• Underwriting clinical foundation - Own the science behind our digital UW product - scoring design, back-testing against outcomes, crosswalks to validated instruments, and the carrier-facing evidence that benchmarks our UW vs. market alternatives.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (M.Sc./M.A. with a thesis or PhD) in one of the following fields - Epidemiology, Medical Sciences, Neuroscience, Public Health, Health Economics or a related field.
• 3+ years of industry experience in digital health, outcomes research, or health economics- including mandatory experience working inside a fast-paced commercial/startup company where health/Wellness is the core product.
• Proven experience as a sole functional owner ('team of one'), leading through influence across Product and R&D to deliver clinical validation at startup speed
• Experience in productizing clinical ideas and frameworks and bringing them to market.
• Proven experience designing clinical measurement frameworks, risk reduction metrics, or psychometric instruments, or functional/cognitive assessment batteries.
• Highly comfortable working with large datasets; hands-on familiarity with Python or R for metric deep-dives and data analysis is a distinct advantage.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills (fluent English)
• Passionate about wellness!

Nice to have

• Clinical background in Physical Therapy (PT) or Occupational Therapy (OT), especially working with older adults - an advantage.
• Understanding of insurance dynamics, risk models, or disability/occupational risk frameworks- an advantage

About Assured Allies

Assured Allies is on a mission to help people age well. Our Neverstop program is an innovative digital health intervention that leverages AI coaching and evidence-based behavioral design to reduce long-term disability risk- delivered to members through premier insurance carrier partners.

Location

We're hiring this role for our Needham office (Greater Boston area), MA - on a need basis office presence. Occasional travel to our TLV (IL) site is required.

Why Join Us?

• Impact That Drives Real Change: Build an AI-driven product that genuinely improves lives. Here, your scientific rigor won't sit in a research drawer—it will directly shape features that touch thousands of families daily.
• Redefine the Future of Longevity: Be part of a mission-driven team rewriting the playbook on what "aging well" looks like, blending behavioral science, clinical guardrails, and cutting-edge technology.
• Rigor Over Vanity Metrics: Work alongside a brilliant, low-ego, cross-functional team of product managers and engineers who value absolute data integrity and provable health outcomes.
• A High Autonomy & Clinical Authority: Own complex, ambiguous problems from day one. You will have the data, trust, and resources needed to build new measurement frameworks from scratch.
• A Path to Lead: Join a scaling company as a foundational clinical voice. This senior role offers a clear and structured trajectory to lead the clinical science function as we continue to grow.