Staff Clinical Scientist

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As a Staff Clinical Scientist, you will serve as a senior scientific leader responsible for shaping clinical evidence strategy across some of WHOOP’s most complex and high-impact health initiatives. You will independently lead clinical programs from early scientific exploration through validation and regulatory evidence generation, translating ambiguous clinical, product, and business questions into rigorous research strategies.

In addition to directly owning high-priority workstreams, you will establish scientific and methodological standards, provide technical guidance to other scientists, and influence decisions across teams. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, identify scientific risks and opportunities before they become blockers, and ensure that WHOOP’s clinical evidence is rigorous, actionable, and aligned with long-term product and regulatory strategy.

This role is ideal for an experienced clinical scientist who combines deep expertise in study design, statistics, clinical evidence generation, and scientific communication with the ability to influence strategy across a highly cross-functional organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide scientific leadership across complex clinical development and evidence-generation programs, defining research strategies that support WHOOP’s product, clinical, regulatory, and business objectives.

• Independently design and lead complex clinical studies, including research questions, protocols, endpoints, study procedures, sample-size approaches, statistical analysis plans, and interpretation frameworks.

• Translate ambiguous or novel product and clinical questions into rigorous research approaches, recommending study designs that balance scientific rigor, operational feasibility, regulatory requirements, timelines, and business needs.

• Lead the scientific strategy for study execution from feasibility and startup through data collection, analysis, interpretation, and closeout, partnering closely with Clinical Operations, Data Management, CROs, investigators, and external statisticians.

• Lead statistical strategy and analysis of clinical, wearable, and real-world datasets, critically evaluating methodology, assumptions, bias, missing data, sensitivity analyses, subgroup analyses, and limitations.

• Establish scientific standards and provide expert review of study designs, statistical analysis plans, analyses, outputs, and conclusions generated by Clinical, Data Science, and external partners.

• Lead literature reviews and evidence synthesis, integrating published research, WHOOP data, and real-world evidence to identify evidence gaps and inform product strategy, clinical claims, study design, regulatory strategy, and future research priorities.

• Own or provide senior scientific oversight for protocols, statistical analysis plans, clinical study reports, clinical evidence summaries, regulatory submission sections, manuscripts, abstracts, and other scientific communications, ensuring accuracy, rigor, and regulatory defensibility.

• Serve as a senior scientific partner to Product, Data Science, Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and Clinical Operations, translating clinical evidence into clear recommendations for product development, algorithms, claims, regulatory strategy, and member experience.

• Raise the scientific bar across the Clinical organization by mentoring Clinical Scientists and Senior Clinical Scientists, identifying scientific risks and opportunities, and contributing to WHOOP’s longer-term clinical research and evidence-generation roadmap.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree in Life Sciences, Clinical Research, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, or a related field; PhD, MD, PharmD, ScD, DrPH, or equivalent advanced scientific training preferred.

• Approximately 9–12+ years of relevant experience in clinical research, clinical science, medical devices, digital health, SaMD, pharmaceutical, biotech, or related health research environments.

• Demonstrated track record of independently leading complex clinical research programs from study design through analysis, interpretation, and reporting, including defining scientific approaches for ambiguous or novel questions.

• Deep expertise in clinical study design, endpoint development, statistical methodology, and interpretation of clinical evidence.

• Strong proficiency in R, SAS, Python, Stata, or similar tools, with the ability to independently analyze complex clinical datasets and critically review analyses performed by others.

• Strong understanding of clinical research standards and regulated evidence generation, including ICH-GCP, FDA expectations, ISO 14155, and experience contributing to regulatory submissions or clinical evidence packages.

• Excellent scientific writing and communication skills, with experience translating complex clinical and statistical findings into clear recommendations for technical, product, regulatory, and executive audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional decisions, operate independently with strong scientific judgment, and mentor or technically guide other scientists.

• Nice to have: Experience with wearable data, digital biomarkers, real-world data, SaMD, machine-learning validation, or large-scale longitudinal health datasets.

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility

The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.

At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company’s long-term growth and success.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $170,000 - $220,000. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training.

In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package.

These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate’s specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role’s requirements.