Head of Clinical Research
Behavioural Medicine / Mat cover, 12-month FTC / Remote
Level: Head of function
The Role
The Team
You'll be:
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Holding PI responsibility for almost all Numan RWE studies , including legal, regulatory and ethical accountability
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Leading development and maintenance of study protocols, statistical analysis plans, data management plan and all governance documentation
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Overseeing study intervention design and delivery, with a suitable clinical governance infrastructure in place
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Overseeing randomisation, adverse event reporting, protocol deviation management and master file maintenance
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Acting as primary point of contact for any funding partners on research methodology, governance and reporting
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Overseeing quantitative and qualitative outcome streams, working with data science colleagues on analysis
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Recruiting and line managing project-specific staff, which may include Health Coaches and research coordinators / intervention designers
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Leading or co-leading peer-reviewed publications from Numan real-world evidence, and driving conference abstracts and presentations at high-impact forums (e.g. ECO, ObesityWeek, UKCO)
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Representing Numan as a scientific thought leader, working with the public affairs and PR teams to increase external visibility and coverage
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Developing and maintaining Numan's clinical research strategy and forward pipeline, with oral medication research as the immediate priority
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Establishing the processes, systems and governance needed to scale research capacity, including study templates, ethics frameworks, data collection standards and publication workflows
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Identifying and prioritising the research questions that best demonstrate Numan's real-world outcomes, and developing proposals to pursue them
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Collaborating with data science, product, clinical and behavioural medicine teams to embed a research-informed culture
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Acting as the internal authority on clinical research standards, and working with the regulatory team to keep the clinical research claims library up to date
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Developing and managing relationships with pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and public health organisations
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Leading the pursuit of external research funding (e.g. NIHR, Innovate UK, industry grants, commercial study partnerships)
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Representing Numan at external research events, forums and steering groups
We're looking for someone who has:
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A PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. clinical or health psychology, nutrition, public health, epidemiology, obesity research or a related field)
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Experience as a Principal Investigator or equivalent lead on clinical or behavioural research studies, with full accountability for governance, ethics and regulatory compliance
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A strong track record of peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations in health, behavioural or clinical research
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Experience developing and maintaining external research partnerships with academic, NHS, pharmaceutical or funding organisations
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Strong knowledge of UK research governance frameworks, including GCP, HRA ethics submissions and ICH guidelines
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Experience with a variety of study designs, and the ability to lead complex multi-outcome analysis plans
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The strategic vision to build research infrastructure and pipeline, not just execute individual studies
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to represent Numan credibly to external scientific and industry audiences and translate evidence into compelling narratives internally
It’s a bonus if you have:
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Experience in obesity, weight management, GLP-1 pharmacotherapy or digital health research
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Established networks within the UK obesity research, academic or clinical community (e.g. UKCO, Association for the Study of Obesity)
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Experience securing external research funding or leading industry-academic partnership studies
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Familiarity with real-world evidence study designs and large-scale digital health datasets
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Experience working in a scale-up or commercial digital health environment
