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Director, Mental Health

$185k - $225k

Foundation for the NIH

Director, Mental Health

North Bethesda, MD 20852
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $185,000.00 - $225,000.00 Salary/year

Description

The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is looking for a Director, Mental Health for Translational Sciences to evaluate, establish, and manage large-scale, multi-sector publicprivate partnerships focused on transforming the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders and mental health.

The Director will operate at the intersection of clinical research, translational science, and regulatory engagementworking with academic investigators, biopharmaceutical partners, technology collaborators, patient organizations, and regulatory agencies to generate high-quality, actionable evidence that advances precision psychiatry.

This role will oversee the protocol development and execution of an ambitious program integrating clinical data, multi-omics, digital phenotyping, imaging, and patient-reported outcomes to identify biologically and clinically meaningful subtypes of major depressive disorder (MDD) and predictive biomarkers of treatment response.

This position will report to the Senior Vice President of Translational Science within the Science Partnerships department (or their designated report) and is based at the FNIH offices located in North Bethesda, MD.

Key Responsibilities

Scientific Leadership & Strategy

  • Convene and facilitate partners and cross?sector experts to drive the collaborative scientific strategy for a longitudinal MDD program focused on deep phenotyping and biomarker discovery, overseeing partner governance, joint protocol development, coordinated site selection, and integrated operational execution.

  • Ensure integration of multimodal data (clinical, biological, imaging, behavioral, and digital) into a coherent scientific approach

Partnership Leadership & Governance

  • Establish governance structures, scientific steering committees, and working groups to drive alignment and accountability

  • Serve as a trusted scientific leader and convener across diverse stakeholders with differing incentives

Regulatory Engagement

  • Work with partners to develop and lead regulatory strategies in collaboration with agencies (e.g., FDA, EMA)

  • Ensure study designs and biomarker approaches align with regulatory expectations for qualification and clinical use and contribute to regulatory submissions, qualification packages, and scientific advice interactions

Program Oversight & Delivery

  • Manage complex program timelines, budgets, deliverables, and ensure dissemination of results through publications, data platforms, and stakeholder communications

  • Oversee data governance, data sharing frameworks, and compliance with ethical and privacy standards

Field Building & External Representation

  • Represent the program in scientific, clinical, and policy forums and engage funders and strategic partners to sustain and expand initiatives

  • Contribute to shaping the emerging field of precision psychiatry and biomarker-driven mental health research

Required

  • MD, PhD, or equivalent in psychiatry, neuroscience, clinical research, or related discipline

  • 10+ years of experience in translational clinical research, including leadership of complex, multi-site studies or clinical trials

  • Strong track record in preclinical translational research, biomarker development, or longitudinal cohort studies

  • Proven ability to lead large, multidisciplinary, cross-sector collaborations

  • Demonstrated experience interacting with regulatory agencies and contributing to regulatory strategy or submissions

Preferred

  • Training in neuropsychiatric research and/or practice experience in psychiatry or related mental health field

  • Experience in major depressive disorder or other neuropsychiatric disorders

  • Expertise in one or more relevant domains (e.g., neuroimaging, genomics, digital health, computational psychiatry)

  • Experience with publicprivate partnerships or precompetitive consortia

  • Track record of high-impact publications and scientific leadership

This is a hybrid position and requires regular visits to FNIH headquarters in Bethesda, MD. This position may also require occasional travel for meetings, conferences and any other relevant engagements.

At FNIH we are committed to living our core values every day. If you are excited about this role and the work of the Foundation, but your experience doesnt align perfectly with all the qualifications in the job description, we encourage you to apply nonetheless. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at FNIH.

Compensation details: 185000-225000 Yearly Salary

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