Senior Manager, Life Sciences Partnerships

Job description

Come shape the future of mental health at Osmind! We're looking for a Senior Manager, Life Sciences Partnerships to join our mission-driven team and shape how mental healthcare can be delivered to better serve providers and patients while also advancing the science on innovative new treatments.

About Osmind

Osmind is a technology, services, and data company focused exclusively on psychiatry. Mental health disorders are one of the leading causes of death worldwide and are tied to shortening lifespans. Yet, we have cause for hope: there have been developments in new psychiatric medications since the first FDA approval in 1954, such as new treatments like ketamine, Spravato, and neuromodulation. Now, there is a growing movement among clinicians, patients, and researchers to close the gap between this scientific innovation and better real-world care.

At Osmind, we serve a network of 800+ independent psychiatry practices across 49 states. We help these clinics effectively provide high-quality care, scale as businesses, and contribute to research with our purpose-built EHR, software solutions, clinician community, and managed services. Our providers are at the forefront of psychiatry, offering innovative interventions and treating some of the highest acuity patients in the country.

Osmind is a San Francisco–based public benefit corporation backed by top investors including DFJ Growth, Future Ventures, General Catalyst, and Y Combinator.

We are a Series B funded Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) building something that moves the needle on the global mental health crisis. (See here for an article our cofounder Jimmy wrote about PBCs.)

The opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Life Sciences Partnerships who is passionate about supporting biopharmaceutical and medical device companies in developing breakthrough mental health treatments for patients. You will be the point person executing interdisciplinary projects for life sciences clients, helping bridge data and services with business impact. Working closely with our medical, data, operations, and engineering teams, you will drive execution and strategy in a space where your work directly impacts the development and delivery of new treatments for patients.

• Lead the execution of life sciences partnerships, working closely with founders, medical, data, operations, marketing, and engineering teams. You will deliver projects and help develop the strategy of a quickly-growing business line at Osmind, spanning clinical research, trials recruitment, retrospective and prospective real-world evidence, and commercial development.
• Own account management of biopharmaceutical and medical device clients post-sales. Leverage your client-facing abilities to develop deep relationships, effectively project manage client projects, and identify and execute on cross-sell and upsell opportunities. Interface directly with top executives (including C-suite) at our various life sciences business partners.
• Lead program and project management of ongoing client projects. Utilize project management tools, processes, and practices to coordinate cross functionally and ensure all projects are delivered successfully and on time. Implement quality assurance practices to ensure quality outputs and client satisfaction.
• Play an instrumental role at our company through hands-on operations and execution on everything research related, including clinical trials, observational studies, and retrospective data analyses. This may include helping write protocols, submit IRB applications, write study SOPs, engaging and managing trial sites, contributing to manuscripts, etc.
• Take ownership of managing study budgets and decide resource allocation for life sciences projects.
• Play a critical role with top company leadership in shaping our research and life sciences strategy, as well as participating in our clinical AI initiatives to drive outsized value for our partners.

• Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and able to come into our SF office 2x per week
• 3+ years within life sciences partnerships or projects (e.g. at RWE companies, CRO, life sciences consulting firm, biopharma company), with multiple projects managed, i.e. you played a critical role in project execution and project management
• Ability to be highly organized and track a large number of interdisciplinary moving pieces across projects and teams
• Strong sense of accountability with an ability to hit deadlines and drive teams and clients towards meeting goals
• Experience working directly with customers or partners from biopharmaceutical companies, or alternatively experience working within a biopharmaceutical company
• 2+ years of clinical research experience
• Direct hands-on familiarity with compliance and quality assurance requirements
• Experience helping write and implement clinical research SOPs, QMS, LMS, and related systems and procedures
• Experience with IRB submissions and writing / editing / reading protocols
• Experience interfacing directly with clinicians
• Deep understanding of the nuts and bolts of clinical research, spanning participant identification, recruitment, data capture, study setup, study closeout
• Fluency in drug development and scientific concepts, across translational stage through commercialization.
• You could comfortably speak 1-1 with counterparts in pharmaceutical companies across scientific R&D, clinical development, brand marketing, HEOR/RWE, and commercial strategy professionals
• You are able to read scientific papers and speak fluently about study results and trends in the field
• You understand how clinical studies are designed and are able to support translating client business goals into specific study designs
• Hustle and grit: this is one of Osmind’s core values. You’ll demonstrate willingness to roll up your sleeves and spend hours figuring out the answer to a tricky question or chasing down the right stakeholders to speak to
• Team above self: this is one of Osmind’s core values. Our Biosciences team is a small and nimble team; we don’t believe in the thinking “this isn’t in my job description”
• Comfort with and excitement around uncertainty as we are in a rapid period of growth and expansion, which means things change quickly. Able to handle ambiguity and thrive without a lot of direction. Hungry and eager to grow: you want to be at a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.
• Authorized to work in the United States (Osmind does not sponsor immigration)

• Early-stage startup experience (Series B or earlier)
• Strong understanding or prior experience in neuropsychiatry
• Graduate or undergraduate education in a relevant scientific field such as neuroscience, biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, biostatistics, etc.
• Experience interfacing directly with patients in prior clinical research experience, such as with patient recruitment

Some candidates may see the list above and feel discouraged because they don't match all the items. Please apply anyway: there's a good chance you also have important skills we’ve missed! We are committed to diversity and building an equitable and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and experiences, and we're taking steps to meet that commitment. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, underrepresented people of color, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, and people with disabilities.