Associate Director, Clinical Scientist

Definium Therapeutics, formerly known as Mind Medicine, is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders. Our mission is to be the global leader in the development and delivery of treatments that unlock new opportunities to improve patient outcomes. We are developing a pipeline of innovative product candidates, with and without acute perceptual effects, targeting neurotransmitter pathways that play key roles in brain health.   

Founded in 2019, we are continuously expanding our presence and global footprint. We are constantly searching for high-impact individuals in various clinical, technical and business operations domains to strengthen our team of patient-centric, intelligent individuals.

This is a fully remote assistant director, clinical science position that serves as support for the Dosing Program Lead in late and early phase studies for DT120 (MM120) and DT402 (MM402) compounds.  

Responsibilities:

• Support Dosing Program Lead across assets and may serve as dosing program representative on clinical trial teams 
• Assist with the preparation or presentation of dosing session materials using relevant programs including at minimum Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint 
• Facilitate dosing session-related educational presentations, trainings, and oversight 
• Support Dosing Program Lead in managing the operational execution of individual trials 
• Cultivate long-term, collaborative relationships with clinical trial sites to support clinical trial execution and quality 
• Contribute to the writing and editing of clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, manuscripts, and other study-related documents 
• Contribute to ongoing data review and cleaning, data summarization and analysis in support of abstracts, manuscripts and presentations for external meetings and conferences  
• Support Dosing Program Lead and Medical Affairs in development of clinical practice dosing model 
• Vendor engagement and management 

 Requirements:

• Doctoral level degree in relevant field (psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, cognitive science, behavioral science, nursing etc. ) required 
• Experience in CNS drug development (psychiatry or neurology) preferred 
• 2+ years of clinical trial or other human subject research experience 
• 2+ years experience in clinical setting with patients  
• Awareness of early through late-stage clinical drug development processes and good clinical practice preferred 
• Familiarity with common measurement tools used in psychology and psychiatry, preferred 
• Awareness of safety monitoring processes for human subjects in clinical research 
• Proficiency in reviewing datasets and generating insights using standard tools (e.g., spreadsheets, dashboards) 

Other Skills 

• Excellent writing and communication skills  

• Excellent public speaking skills  

• Ability to function as a team player at a high level in a dynamic environment 

• Enjoys problem solving 
• Attention to detail

Working Conditions and Travel 

• This is a 100% remote position with 25%-50% travel requirement based on business needs 

• Working hours may vary to support teams and sites across multiple time zones 

The starting base pay range for this position is $169,814.00 - $192,241.00. Compensation will be determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, skill set, years of experience, and the employee’s geographic location.

Employees in this role may be entitled to additional compensation, including bonus and equity. Benefits information is listed on our Jobs Page. The Company provides competitive benefits to employees including:

• 100% paid health benefits including Medical, Dental and Vision for you and your dependents
• 401(k) program with company match and vesting after the turn of the first month after your start date
• Flexible time off
• Generous parental leave and some fun fringe perks!