Head of Clinical Research
- Hiring from
- United Kingdom
- Work type
- Remote
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2026
Behavioural Medicine / Mat cover, 12-month FTC / Remote
Level: Head of function
The Role
The Team
You'll be:
Holding PI responsibility for almost all Numan RWE studies , including legal, regulatory and ethical accountability
Leading development and maintenance of study protocols, statistical analysis plans, data management plan and all governance documentation
Overseeing study intervention design and delivery, with a suitable clinical governance infrastructure in place
Overseeing randomisation, adverse event reporting, protocol deviation management and master file maintenance
Acting as primary point of contact for any funding partners on research methodology, governance and reporting
Overseeing quantitative and qualitative outcome streams, working with data science colleagues on analysis
Recruiting and line managing project-specific staff, which may include Health Coaches and research coordinators / intervention designers
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)
Representing Numan as a scientific thought leader, working with the public affairs and PR teams to increase external visibility and coverage
Developing and maintaining Numan's clinical research strategy and forward pipeline, with oral medication research as the immediate priority
Establishing the processes, systems and governance needed to scale research capacity, including study templates, ethics frameworks, data collection standards and publication workflows
Identifying and prioritising the research questions that best demonstrate Numan's real-world outcomes, and developing proposals to pursue them
Collaborating with data science, product, clinical and behavioural medicine teams to embed a research-informed culture
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
Developing and managing relationships with pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions and public health organisations
Leading the pursuit of external research funding (e.g. NIHR, Innovate UK, industry grants, commercial study partnerships)
Representing Numan at external research events, forums and steering groups
We're looking for someone who has:
A PhD in a relevant discipline (e.g. clinical or health psychology, nutrition, public health, epidemiology, obesity research or a related field)
Experience as a Principal Investigator or equivalent lead on clinical or behavioural research studies, with full accountability for governance, ethics and regulatory compliance
A strong track record of peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations in health, behavioural or clinical research
Experience developing and maintaining external research partnerships with academic, NHS, pharmaceutical or funding organisations
Strong knowledge of UK research governance frameworks, including GCP, HRA ethics submissions and ICH guidelines
Experience with a variety of study designs, and the ability to lead complex multi-outcome analysis plans
The strategic vision to build research infrastructure and pipeline, not just execute individual studies
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:
Experience in obesity, weight management, GLP-1 pharmacotherapy or digital health research
Established networks within the UK obesity research, academic or clinical community (e.g. UKCO, Association for the Study of Obesity)
Experience securing external research funding or leading industry-academic partnership studies
Familiarity with real-world evidence study designs and large-scale digital health datasets
Experience working in a scale-up or commercial digital health environment