Director of Science 7 Month FTC

Job Description

Unmind is the leading workplace wellbeing platform, on a mission to create mentally healthy workplaces where employees can flourish.

Grounded in science and built for enterprise, we drive people-first performance at some of the world’s biggest brands, including Uber, Major League Baseball, NHS, Disney, Standard Chartered, Mediacom and British Airways.

Our services support the whole organization with data-driven performance insights for leaders, training for managers, wellbeing tools for all employees, as well as access to a global network of accredited mental health practitioners.

Our internal standards are as high as those of our clients. We’re an ambitious VC backed software business on the exhilarating 10-100M phase of our growth journey. It’s hard and rewarding work and we’re determined to be our very best case study along the way.

Unmind believe high performance will hinge on the powerful harmony between our relentless drive for results and creating an environment that elevates our people's wellbeing. This wouldn’t be possible without a dedication to our core values:

• Be Human
• Grow Your Mind
• Innovate at Speed
• Inspire & Impact

To learn more about what these values mean to us, visit our careers page.

Our DEI commitment

We strive to build a workplace that celebrates our differences, where every Unminder feels included, equal, seen and heard. This is true regardless of your age, race, gender identity, religion or belief, marital or parental status, disability, neurodiversity, or sexual orientation.

We’re proud of our culture, but not smug. So if there’s anything we can do to make the hiring process more accessible, just let us know when you apply, or email talent@unmind.com.

The Role – Director of Science

In this role, you’ll get to:

• LEAD: Lead Unmind’s Science team, including strategic oversight of our Talk, Research and Psychology teams, and management of the respective functional leads.
• REPRESENT: Be the voice of Science at cross-functional leadership meetings, driving change and innovation, and ensuring that our key business decisions are underpinned by scientific knowledge and insight.
• COLLABORATE: Form strategic collaborations with teams across the business, including Commercial and Product teams, ensuring strategies are aligned to deliver maximum value for our clients and users. You’ll also facilitate collaboration with key clients, in line with our commercial priorities.
• STRATEGIZE: Drive forward key strategic priorities, identifying and developing critical initiatives that will help us realize our company vision.
• INSPIRE: Take the lead in planning our external scientific thought leadership, positioning Unmind as leaders in the field.
• GOVERN: Ensure solid clinical and scientific governance is at the heart of everything we do as an organization, that we’re informed by the evidence base, and that we continue to hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards of ethics and rigor.

Skills and Experience

To be a good candidate for this role, you will have:

• Doctorate in Clinical or Counseling Psychology, or equivalent.
• At least 5 years’ experience in digital mental health.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire high-performing teams.
• Strong strategy-building and problem solving skills, thinking critically and outside the box, with a systems thinking mindset.
• An ability to talk product and commercial language, and balance stakeholder priorities with scientific principles.
• Comfort in working in an environment of rapid growth, constant change, with lots of unknowns.
• Passion for improving mental health, innovation and building tech-for-good.

Benefits

At Unmind we believe in having a whole person approach and we hope that our benefits enhance the lives of Unminders, helping them be happy, healthy and fulfilled. You can see the full details of our benefits on our careers page, but they include:

• Private Medical Insurance for you and your family
• Dental Plan
• Unmind Equity scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus your birthday day off and celebration days
• Flexible working, including flexible use of Public Holidays and 3pm finishes on Fridays June-August
• $1,358 annual learning budget with 2 days learning leave
• Financial wellbeing support via Questis
• Access to the Unmind platform, including Talk - book free, unlimited sessions with a therapist or coach