Akili Interactive Labs
Seeking a Director (Product Management) for a rapidly-growing digital medicine company.
Location: Boston, MA or Larkspur, CA
Travel Required: 50% if Boston based; 25% if Larkspur based
Company Overview:
Akili Interactive (www.akiliinteractive.com) is aiming to commercialize an entirely new class of medical product that combines rigorous scientific validation with engaging video game mechanics. We are creating the next-generation of cognitive assessments and neural therapeutics (what we call “Digital Medicine”T) based on cutting-edge neuroscience and validated by clinical trials. Akili's flagship product, the Project: EVO platform, is based on technology developed at UCSF that was featured as the cover article in Nature in September 2013, under the headline "Game Changer".
Akili was founded by leading neuroscientists and top-tier game design veterans to create gaming experiences that are designed to have measurable health impacts in multiple patient populations. Akili has done deals with top pharmaceutical companies, and has received recent recognition in major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fast Company, and The Verge.
Job Description:
Akili is looking for a Director, Product Management who will be responsible for leading our efforts to create clinically-validated cognitive therapeutics, assessments, and diagnostics that look and feel like high-quality video games.
The ideal candidate must be passionate about improving patient outcomes for cognitive diseases such as ADHD, Depression and Alzheimer's through delivery of a new type of digital medicine that goes through the rigor of FDA clinical trials prior to commercialization. In this role you will build relationships and align key stakeholders from varying backgrounds of science, pharma, data, game development, clinical trials and software development that are co-located in San Francisco and Boston. You will be responsible for understanding the business, science and game mechanics of our solutions and armed with this knowledge lead efforts to drive current investment through development while at the same time creating a vision and product roadmap for future investment. This is an individual contributor role with the potential to grow into building out a team of Product Managers as Akili grows.
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