Associate Research Scientist

Schedule:

Full-time;
Remote with benefits | 2 weeks PTO + federal holidays

Payment: $90,000 with a salary increase upon promotion to Level 2, reflecting demonstrated independent client readiness, typically within 9 to 12 months.

Start Date:

Immediate

Fit Minded is a strategic applied science firm for digital health companies, integrating scientific research with business strategy to drive growth, boost revenue, and build credibility. We work with clients at every stage, some starting from scratch, others scaling existing research, helping them turn science into competitive advantage. Our team is composed of experienced scientists who thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes environments where research directly influences product decisions, funding rounds, and company trajectories.

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This isn't an academic research role, but it's not a standard industry role either. You will work across a number of clients simultaneously, each at different stages of scientific maturity, each in different areas of digital health, each with distinct business priorities. Nothing is cut-and-paste here. Every client requires you to learn their product, understand their competitive landscape, and translate their business goals into rigorous science.

You will context-switch constantly and you're expected to get up to speed quickly without sacrificing scientific rigor.

This role is rooted in our values:
Courageous Ownership ,
Balanced Excellence ,
Fearless Innovation , and Clear & Accountable . You’ll be expected to take initiative, make thoughtful judgment calls, and move work forward even when things aren’t fully defined. We value proactive, ongoing communication and trust you to problem-solve first, then share your approach. You’ll also be navigating shifting priorities in a fast-moving environment, so adaptability, curiosity, and comfort with variety are key.

If you’re energized by that kind of pace and want your work to directly shape how multiple companies grow, you’ll likely thrive here. We welcome postdoctoral scientists, and we’re direct about what this requires. Strong candidates from academic settings have already driven work without a PI setting the agenda, whether by leading projects end to end, managing several at once, or partnering with industry.

If that describes you, the Associate period is designed to build the rest.

We are seeking an Associate Research Scientist with a clear path to Level 2 within one year. You will work alongside our Level 2 and Level 3 Research Scientists on client projects, learning our proprietary needs assessment and science map process while steadily taking on more client-facing responsibilities. At Level 2, you will work independently with clients, directly influencing product, clinical, and business decisions and contributing to innovation in digital health.

This is a mutual investment. The Associate period is a structured development period at $90,000, with a salary increase upon promotion to Level 2, reflecting demonstrated independent client readiness, typically within 9 to 12 months. Advancement is based on demonstrated readiness, not time in role. We’re looking for someone committed to building their career with Fit Minded long term.

What you’ll build here is hard to replicate elsewhere. You’ll gain hands-on exposure to a breadth of digital health companies, research problems, and business contexts, working simultaneously across clients at different stages of scientific maturity, in different health domains, with different product and funding pressures. That breadth accelerates your development as a scientist and strategist in ways a single-lab or single-company role rarely does.

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