Clinical Psychologist for Accountability Coaching

Commit Action; Remote; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech startup is looking for a full-time Clinical Psychologist located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In this remote role, you will utilize your expertise in evidence-based psychology to coach entrepreneurs, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their goals. A Master's degree in Clinical Psychology is required, along with strong skills in cognitive-behavioral principles and motivation theory. The position offers a salary between $1,200 and $1,800, along with performance bonuses and paid time off.

Benefits

4 Weeks Paid Time Off

Professional Development

Paid Skills Trial

Work-Life Balance

Performance bonuses

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of cognitive-behavioral principles, motivation theory, and habit formation.
• Native/bi-lingual level (C2) English with neutral accent.
• Experience applying psychological principles in therapeutic, coaching, counseling, or organizational settings.

Responsibilities

• Hold powerful weekly coaching sessions with US-based entrepreneurs.
• Utilize psychological training to identify cognitive biases and motivational issues.
• Build therapeutic-style rapport with diverse founders and executives.

Skills

Cognitive-behavioral principles

Motivation theory

Habit formation

Active listening

Motivational interviewing techniques

Education

Master's degree in Clinical Psychology

Job description

Clinical Psychologist for Accountability Coaching

This role requires a completed Masters degree in Clinical Psychology. Students and non-clinicians will not be considered.

About Commit Action

Commit Action is a fast-growing, fully remote tech startup on a mission to help entrepreneurs double their productivity through evidence-based accountability coaching. We combine best-in-class productivity software with human-powered coaching from psychology professionals to keep entrepreneurs focused, accountable, and achieving their most important goals.

Our company was founded with input from a professor of Positive Psychology at NYU and the professor of Neuroscience at Harvard Medical School.

We are looking for a full-time Clinical Psychologist, based in Malaysia, to join our team. If you have a passion for evidence-based psychology, please apply. This is your chance to do deep, 1-on-1 work of the cGood-to-Great d kind, with a diverse range of fascinating clients.

The Role

Clinical Psychologist Accountability Coach

✅ 100% Remote — phone/audio clients only
✅ Highly Autonomous — be trusted to work independently
✅ Exceptional Training — Develop new skills and receive ongoing mentorship

You will work one-on-one with your own roster of entrepreneurs, creatives and executives supporting them as a dedicated accountability coach.

Your work will primarily consist of client consultations (via audio/phone, not video) in which you will conduct a detailed check-in and planning methodology for our clients goals and schedule. You will become a master of entrepreneurial psychology and optimizing productivity.

• Stimulating, fulfilling and varied work—talk to interesting people all day, never be bored!

• Encyclopedic on-the-job training to build valuable career skills—psychology and coaching applied to real-world situations.

• Develop deep business and entrepreneurial expertise (it's okay if you have none of this when you start!)

• Immerse yourself in an evidence-based business + psychology philosophy (no woo-woo at this company, just research-proven methodology)

• No selling! This is not a sales job but a chance to put your skills and experience to use in a new way.

• Integrate your skillset (our coaches use Motivational Interviewing and CBT as tools in their sessions)

• Master new skills to become a productivity coach and trusted advisor to creatives, entrepreneurs and executives.

• Join a team of talented and brilliant peers, all conspiring for your success.

• Earn big bonuses based entirely on building relationships, using skills you learn on the job.

Why we need Clinical Psychologists

We support our entrepreneur clients with strategic coaching of the "good-to-great" variety. We're hiring psychologists because we use evidence-based CBT and Motivational Interviewing techniques to help our clients. We need your clinical brain, but applied to high performance coaching rather than therapy.

We've found through a decade of experience that psychologists are intrinsically motivated to deeply understand and empathize with their clients.

We've also learned that the clinical psychology skillset translates directly to this work: You will have an advantage in helping our clients, unlocking breakthroughs and growth in their lives (and businesses) easier and faster than other coaches. This role will give you opportunity to use ALL your soft skills and instincts developed in your career so far.

What You'll Do

• 20 Minute Sessions: Apply psychological principles to hold powerful weekly coaching sessions with US-based entrepreneurs.

• Implement behavioral change techniques to help clients overcome execution barriers and productivity challenges

• Utilize your psychological training to identify cognitive biases, motivational issues, and behavioral patterns affecting client performance

• Collaborate one-on-one to optimize clients\' task prioritization using psychological frameworks for decision-making

• Build genuine therapeutic-style rapport with diverse founders and executives (you\'re a trusted partner, not "just support")

• Apply behavior modification strategies through strategic follow-up communications and reinforcement

• Maintain consistent client engagement using principles of habit formation and commitment psychology

Detailed, in-depth training in Commit Action's proprietary methodology is provided—think of it as a PhD in Productivity Coaching. We make expert coaches out of people who bring the right potential to the job!

What We Offer

Compensation

• Salary: USD $1,200–$1,800, paid in MYR

• Performance bonuses tied to KPIs to increase your earnings from base rate.

• 5 day work week (zero responsibility on weekends, ever)

• 4 Weeks Paid Time Off each year

• ~12x short 20 min client consults per day

Other benefits

• Paid Skills Trial: Top applicants invited to an 8-hour, USD$100 test project to check for mutual fit

• Professional Development: Continuous training in entrepreneurial psychology and business frameworks

• Work-Life Balance: Remote work with fixed hours aligned to U.S. time zones

• Growth Opportunity: Join a rapidly scaling company helping high-performing entrepreneurs

Required Qualifications

• Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, or higher/equivalent

• The Masters degree in Clinical Psychology must be from any accredited institution.

• Strong understanding of cognitive-behavioral principles, motivation theory, and habit formation

• Native/bi-lingual level (C2) English with neutral accent (audio sample required)

• Reliable technology setup: desktop/laptop, >50Mbps internet, consistent connection, noise-cancelling headset, quiet workspace

• Availability during U.S. business hours (typically 9 am–5 pm EST)

• Experience applying psychological principles in therapeutic, coaching, counseling, or organizational settings

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience applying psychological principles in therapeutic, coaching, counseling, or organizational settings is required.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• You're a clinical psychologist who understands how the mind works and how to facilitate meaningful behavior change.

• You're interested in moving into "good to great" coaching type work

• You'd like to learn about applying psychological principles to help entrepreneurs overcome mental barriers, improve focus, and achieve their goals.

• You excel at building rapport, active listening, and motivational interviewing techniques.

• Your training and experience gives you unique insight into human behavior, decision-making processes, and the psychological aspects of productivity and goal achievement.

• You are highly conscientious and industrious. You enjoy meeting goals with structured, consistent willful energy.

The last one is the most important

Application Next Step

• Complete THIS Google Form with your CV and skill-testing exercises

• Paid Trial – Selected candidates will participate in a paid 8-hour test project ($100 USD)

• Interview & Onboarding – Successful candidates will join our coach team full-time

Join our team and apply your psychological expertise to help ambitious entrepreneurs achieve their most important goals!

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