Research Scientist (Part-time, 4 days)

Job Description

Location: UK Based, Remote-first (with monthly travel to London)

Working pattern: 4 days per week

At Unmind, we're here to create better mental health.

We believe mental health should be a source of strength, not struggle – for people, teams, and entire organisations.

We combine science, technology, and human care to help companies like Uber, Disney, Major League Baseball, and the NHS improve mental health and drive performance.

Now we’re looking for more brilliant people to help us do it.

🚀 Our Values

We’re building a company where ambition and empathy go hand in hand.

Outpace the rest – Move fast. Deliver excellence.

Stronger together – We go further, faster, together.

Client first – We win, when our clients win.

🌈 Inclusion & Belonging

We’re building a place where everyone feels seen, heard, and supported – and where difference is celebrated.

If you need adjustments during the process, tell us when you apply or email talent@unmind.com.

Learn more about how we hire and our commitment to equity in our Candidate FAQ →

🎯 The Role - Research Scientist

As a Research Scientist, you'll join a small, ambitious team of researchers, psychologists and consultants advancing the science of digital mental health care. Built on academic rigour, we're evolving how we leverage rich in-product datasets to surface impact.

Your role bridges clinical research, data science and commercial impact — analysing our products from clinical, organisational and financial impact perspectives. You'll work across a range of research, from in-product data analysis to bespoke client studies, complementing traditional designs with real-world data at scale to quantify return on investment (ROI) and provide clients with an evidence-based picture of how Unmind transforms workplace wellbeing. You'll also collaborate with Product, Data, Commercial teams and leading academic partners.

In this role, you’ll get to:

• Own: Drive the execution and analytical heavy lifting for studies that evaluate the impact of Unmind. You will lead study design, data cleaning and statistical modelling to turn raw clinical data into rigorous evidence that strengthens our business case.

• Collaborate: Partner with Product, Data and Commercial teams to ensure research is integrated into the product lifecycle and commercial strategy. You will work cross-functionally to run bespoke client studies and integrate external data with our in-product datasets to provide tailored, high impact

• Disseminate: While academic publication remains part of our DNA, you will focus mainly on helping to translate findings into impactful internal reports and client-facing decks. Your work will also help to inform data-driven business decisions.

• Share: You’ll represent Unmind in a variety of settings - either in person or virtually - giving engaging and inspiring presentations. You’ll also have the opportunity to coordinate with our commercial and science comms teams to help communicate and disseminate our research findings to a wider lay audience.

🌟 About You

We firmly believe that no-one is the finished article and that there should be learning in every role you do. So some of the role will be learning as you go, and we hope that’s exactly what you are looking for. However, some experience in the following is important for the role:

• Qualifications: A Master's or PhD in psychology, health outcomes, clinical research or a related data science field.

• Programming & Analytical Techniques: Proficiency in R (with a preference for an additional language, e.g. Python or SQL), alongside a broad statistical toolkit spanning, for example, data visualisation, causal inference, mixed effects models, regression, missing data methods, and model comparison.

• Research Design & Methodology: A solid command of study design and methodology, with the ability to confidently advise on structuring data collection to ensure statistically sound results across a variety of research contexts.

• Workplace Wellbeing Knowledge: An understanding of how employee mental health drives organisational outcomes — including productivity, absenteeism, retention and healthcare costs — underpinned by familiarity with the broader evidence base linking mental health to business performance.

• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex data and research findings into compelling narratives and visualisations for non-technical and non-scientific audiences.

• Delivery & Project Management: A hands-on, roll-your-sleeves-up approach to getting things done to a high standard, with the ability to plan, prioritise and simultaneously deliver multiple projects — often across several client datasets at once — with autonomy and rigour.

Tip for candidates: If you’re unsure whether to apply – do. We know great people don't always tick every box.

💚 Life at Unmind

We believe wellbeing and performance go hand-in-hand – and we build our environment to support both.

A few highlights:

✅ Private medical for you & your family

✅ Equity in Unmind

✅ Generous gender-neutral parental leave

✅ 25 days holiday + birthday + celebration days

✅ Revive & Thrive Days – company-wide Friday off monthly

✅ Flexible working + early Friday summers

✅ Remote-first within the UK, with monthly in-person meet-ups and access to a London co-working space

✅ Annual learning budget + learning leave

✅ Free weekly therapy or coaching sessions

✅ Wellbeing support via WellHub & Bippit

See all benefits on our Careers Page →