Wellness Science Lead

12 Minutes ago • 7-10 Years

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Job Description

Welltech is seeking a Wellness Science Lead to strategically head sports science, wellness, and expert strategy. This leader will be the scientific authority for health and fitness platforms, managing internal and external specialists. The role involves shaping the brand's scientific voice, ensuring evidence-based, inclusive, and impactful wellness content, and partnering with product and content teams to drive user transformation. This position reports to the Senior Director of Content and collaborates across Product, Brand, and Marketing.

Good To Have:

Experience with content development in health apps or platforms.
Background in evidence-based program design, especially for diverse or global user groups.

Must Have:

Lead and scale global network of experts across sports science, nutrition, fitness, and behavioral health.
Define and uphold scientific and strategic foundation of wellness content.
Partner with product and content teams to shape native app programmes.
Represent the brand in expert, academic, and industry-facing spaces.
Oversee expert onboarding, quality assurance, certification compliance, and long-term development.
Use behavioral science principles to inform content creation.
7–10+ years’ experience in sports science, health psychology, or related wellness discipline, with leadership in a digital or consumer-facing environment.
Advanced degree (PhD or MSc preferred) in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Health Psychology, or Behavioral Science.
Proven success leading expert teams, managing certifications/compliance, and creating scalable health programs.
Strong understanding of digital health trends, user behavior, and motivation frameworks.
Industry presence (speaking, publishing, or academic contributions).
Experience working cross-functionally with content, product, and creative teams.

Perks:

Join a culture that champions both personal and professional growth.
Every team member is empowered to inspire and make an impact.
Focus on achieving meaningful outcomes and making a difference.
Be part of a movement that’s creating a healthier, happier world.

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🚀 Who Are We?

Welcome! 🌍 As a global leader in Health & Fitness industry, we’ve crossed over 220 million installs with life-changing apps, all designed to boost well-being for millions. Our mission? To improve the health of millions of people through intuitive nutrition trackers, powerful fitness solutions, and personalized wellness journeys—all powered by a diverse team of over 700+ passionate professionals with a presence across 5 hubs.

Why join us? Imagine joining a team where your impact on global health and wellness is felt daily. We strive to be proactive wellness partners for our users, while continually evolving ourselves.

What We're Looking For

We’re looking for a strategic and academically grounded leader to head up our sports science, wellness, and expert strategy. This role will serve as the go-to authority for scientific and expert-driven input across our health and fitness platforms, managing our network of internal and external specialists in fitness, health psychology, and wellness.

You’ll play a critical role in shaping the expert credibility and scientific voice of our brand, ensuring our users receive trusted, transformative experiences grounded in real-world evidence and insight. This is a rare opportunity to lead at the intersection of content, science, and user experience—reporting directly to the Senior Director of Content and collaborating across Product, Brand and Marketing.

As Science Lead, you will work cross-functionally to define best-in-class, research-informed approaches to training, recovery and behavior change, ensuring our global wellness offerings are engaging, safe, and credible.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and scale our global network of experts across sports science, nutrition, fitness, and behavioral health
Define and uphold the scientific and strategic foundation of all wellness content, ensuring it is evidence-based, inclusive and impactful
Partner with product and content teams to shape native app programmes that drive long-term user transformation
Represent the brand in expert, academic, and industry-facing spaces - from thought leadership to partnerships with universities, health orgs and influencers
Oversee expert onboarding, quality assurance, certification compliance and long-term development
Use behavioral science principles to inform content creation across training structure, motivation strategies and user experience design

Qualifications:

7–10+ years’ experience in sports science, health psychology or a related wellness discipline, with leadership in a digital or consumer-facing environment
Advanced degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Health Psychology, Behavioral Science, or related field (PhD or MSc preferred)
Proven success leading expert teams, managing certifications/compliance and creating scalable health programs
Strong understanding of digital health trends, user behavior, and motivation frameworks
Industry presence (e. speaking, publishing, or academic contributions)
Collaborative mindset and experience working cross-functionally with content, product, and creative teams
Experience with content development in health apps or platforms an advantage
Background in evidence-based program design, especially for diverse or global user groups

Candidate journey

⭕️ Recruiter call --> ⭕️ Meet a team member --> ⭕️ Skills assessment--> ⭕️ Meet the Leadership team

✨ Why You’ll Love Being Part of the Team:

Grow Together: Join a culture that champions both personal and professional growth. Here, you’ll thrive as we learn, evolve, and succeed together.
Lead by Example: No matter your role, your leadership matters. Every team member is empowered to inspire and make an impact.
Results-Driven: We’re all about achieving meaningful outcomes. It’s not just about the effort, but the difference we make every day.
We Are Well-Makers: Be part of a movement that’s creating a healthier, happier world. Together, we make well-being a reality!