Senior Program Manager, R&D

At CoMind, we are developing a non-invasive neuromonitoring technology that will result in a new era of clinical brain monitoring. In joining us, you will be helping to create cutting-edge technologies that will improve how we diagnose and treat brain disorders, ultimately improving and saving the lives of patients across the world.

CoMind's R&D organisation spans experimental and translational optics, data science, machine learning, and clinical research, operating at the intersection of deep technology, applied science, and medical device innovation.

The Senior Programme Manager, R&D at CoMind will play a critical role in ensuring the effectiveness, coherence, and operational excellence of CoMind's research and development organisation. Reporting directly to the Chief Scientific Officer, this role will act as a senior operational partner and proxy to the CSO, working closely with R&D managers and senior stakeholders across the company.

This is a senior, hands on role focused on portfolio-level programme leadership rather than just individual project delivery. The successful candidate will be responsible for translating scientific strategy into well structured research programmes, ensuring clarity of objectives, timelines, deliverables, and decision making, while preserving the exploratory nature required for high quality research.

CoMind is entering a phase of rapid scientific and clinical scale up. This role is central to ensuring that our R&D organisation operates with clarity, discipline, and high standards, without sacrificing scientific creativity or rigor.

Please note that this is role requires 5 days per week in the office.

• Owning the planning, coordination, and execution oversight of CoMind's R&D programme portfolio across optics, data science / machine learning, and supporting clinical research

• Working closely with the Chief Scientific Officer to translate scientific strategy and priorities into coherent, executable research programmes with clear milestones, dependencies, and success criteria

• Acting as a senior operational partner and proxy to the CSO, representing R&D in internal forums and supporting preparation for executive-level and external-facing meetings

• Supporting and enabling R&D managers by providing structure, tools, and processes to improve planning, prioritisation, and execution across teams

• Establishing and maintaining effective research-appropriate programme management practices, including planning cadences, review forums, and decision-making frameworks

• Defining, implementing, and maintaining high standards for R&D outputs, including reports, internal documentation, research summaries, and executive-level communications

• Designing and maintaining lightweight but effective processes for knowledge management and onboarding, including approaches to literature review, internal knowledge sharing, and institutional memory

• Working collaboratively across research, engineering, clinical, and product teams to ensure effective handover, alignment, and shared understanding

• Continuously identifying opportunities to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and maturity of CoMind's R&D operating model

• Instilling and representing CoMind's values of Velocity, Simplicity, Ownership, Curiosity, and Customer Obsession across the R&D organisation.

• Extensive experience leading complex, multidisciplinary research or deep-tech programmes in environments characterised by scientific innovation

• Demonstrated experience operating at portfolio or programme level rather than solely at individual project level

• Experience working closely with senior scientific or technical leadership, acting as a trusted operational partner

• Strong background in research-driven environments such as medical devices, deep-tech, life-sciences, neuroscience, and/or advanced engineering

• Proven ability to design and implement effective operating processes tailored to research organisations, rather than applying generic delivery frameworks

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a strong emphasis on clarity, structure, and quality of scientific and technical writing

• Ability to engage credibly with senior scientists, engineers, and clinicians, and to challenge constructively when required

• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with a track record of improving execution without creating unnecessary bureaucracy

• Experience working within or alongside regulated environments (e.g. medical devices, clinical research) is highly desirable

• Company equity plan so all employees share in the success of the company

• Salary-sacrifice pension scheme

• Private medical, dental and vision insurance (medical history disregarded)

• Group life assurance at 4x annual income

• Comprehensive mental health support, including unlimited access to 1:1 sessions with trained professionals

• Unlimited holiday allowance (+ bank holidays) and one week of remote working per quarter

• Free lunch every day via JustEat and free dinner on those days where you need to work later

• Twice weekly deliveries of fresh fruit and a comprehensive selection of snacks and drinks

• YuLife subscription, allowing you to turn your daily steps and meditation into discounts at a range of stores

• Access to Udemy for upskilling and professional development