Chief Research & Clinical Innovation Officer

Winixx; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Company holidays

Professional development

Visa sponsorship available

Performance bonus

Job summary

Winixx Health is seeking a Chief Research & Clinical Innovation Officer to lead the research layer for a groundbreaking healthcare infrastructure platform. You will build observational and clinical research programs, establish governance, and partner with universities, biotech firms, and medical-device organizations.

This executive role emphasizes translating research into scalable healthcare programs. The position emphasizes maintaining separation between care delivery and research

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant discipline.
• Strong track record in conducting or leading research.
• Ability to translate research into clinical and organizational impact.
• Experience collaborating across academia, medicine, technology, and industry.

Responsibilities

• Define Winixx Health's research strategy and governance.
• Forge partnerships with universities, biotech and pharma entities.
• Develop observational research programs and clinical research frameworks.
• Translate validated findings into scalable healthcare programs.
• Ensure separation between research participation and healthcare delivery.

Skills

Scientific research

Research methodology

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Communication skills

Executive leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

MD/DO/PhD/PharmD/MPH/MS or equivalent advanced education

Job description

Openings > Winixx Health > Chief Research & Clinical Innovation Officer

Winixx Health

Chief Research & Clinical Innovation Officer

About Winixx

Winixx Inc. is a technology holding company building an integrated portfolio of technology platforms, infrastructure, and consumer products. Winixx Health is being developed as a healthcare infrastructure platform designed to make preventive healthcare broadly accessible, make early detection a default part of healthcare, and coordinate the transition from detection to clinical review, referral, intervention, emergency response, and follow-up. The long-term vision is to build Winixx Health as an operating layer for healthcare - connecting people, clinicians, laboratories, pharmacies, emergency services, hospitals, devices, and other healthcare institutions into a coordinated system while preserving appropriate clinical authority, privacy, consent, and regulatory safeguards.

Role Summary

The Chief Research & Clinical Innovation Officer builds the research layer surrounding Winixx Health while maintaining a clear separation between healthcare delivery and research participation. This leader develops evidence-generation programs, academic partnerships, clinical research, and pathways toward responsibly governed clinical trials.

What You'll Do

• Establish the Winixx Health research strategy
• Build relationships with universities, research institutions, biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical organizations, and medical-device organizations
• Develop observational research programs
• Develop frameworks for clinical research and clinical trials
• Maintain separation between healthcare participation and research participation
• Establish research-consent and governance requirements in coordination with clinical, privacy, and legal leadership
• Develop evidence-generation programs around prevention and early detection
• Establish standards for de-identification and responsible research data use
• Evaluate emerging medical and health technologies
• Build mechanisms for translating validated research findings into healthcare programs
• Establish research quality and scientific-integrity standards

What We're Looking For

• Required: Bachelor's degree in a relevant scientific, medical, public-health, engineering, or health-related discipline
• Demonstrated ability to conduct, lead, evaluate, or translate scientific or clinical research
• Strong understanding of research methodology and evidence
• Ability to work across academia, medicine, technology, and industry
• Strong scientific judgment and communication skills
• MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, MPH, MS, or equivalent advanced education strongly valued
• Direct executive clinical-research experience is not required
• Competitive base salary commensurate with demonstrated ability, educational background, and role scope
• Performance bonus program tied to individual and company milestones
• Visa sponsorship available for the right talent
• Full-time executive leadership position
• Opportunity to help build a new category of healthcare infrastructure
• Collaborative, mission-driven executive environment
• Paid time off and company holidays
• Professional development and continuing education support
• Opportunity to participate in a long-term national-scale healthcare initiative

Winixx Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants on the basis of qualifications, demonstrated ability, education, professional judgment, and ability to perform the responsibilities of the role without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

These are founding-stage leadership positions for a long-term healthcare infrastructure initiative. Candidates will be evaluated primarily on their ability to understand the mission, reason through complex systems, make sound decisions, lead teams, and execute against ambitious objectives. Direct experience in an identical role is not required where a candidate can demonstrate equivalent capability through education, professional accomplishments, research, technical work, leadership, entrepreneurship, or other substantial evidence.

Candidates should be prepared to demonstrate how they would translate the Winixx Health mission into practical systems, programs, standards, organizations, and measurable outcomes.