At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead groundbreaking research in digital health and AI, shaping the future of healthcare.
- Company: Join King's College London, a top-tier university committed to impactful research and education.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a focus on collaboration and diversity.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in maternal and childhood health through innovative AI solutions.
- Qualifications: PhD in digital health or AI, with expertise in leading large-scale research projects.
The predicted salary is between 65091 - 74613 £ per year.
Department: AI & Personalised Health
About Us
King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. We are dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place. We are delighted to announce exciting new opportunities to join our community.
EMBRACE is a visionary, multicomponent international research programme, the first of its kind in the world, supported by Inkfish with £35M core funds over six years, starting in April 2025. It is a global study of 60,000 participants, including 20,000 mothers, 20,000 infants and up to 20,000 partners. It brings together world-leading clinician scientists across six distinguished Healthcare organisations, world-leading AI & technology companies, together with premier biotech companies, with the overarching aim to fast-track major scientific breakthroughs, revolutionise maternal and early childhood health through precision-personalised interventions, powered by a groundbreaking symbiosis of cutting-edge AI combined with human support.
About the role
The post of Senior Research Scientist (Digital Health and AI Platform Lead) is a senior role on the EMBRACE study led by Professor Josip Car. This is a research post with both research and operational responsibilities, including delivering against research objectives, providing technical leadership with strategic oversight, digital platform vendor management, and ensuring alignment between the digital platform and research objectives.
The post holder will drive the design, development, and implementation of scalable AI-driven platforms that support translational research, clinical decision support, and patient-centric digital health solutions. They will work cross-functionally with data scientists, clinical researchers, software engineers, product managers, and external partners to conceptualise and deliver novel AI technologies. This post demands both deep scientific understanding and strong technical leadership, with the ability to navigate complex datasets, ensure model robustness and compliance, and align digital innovation with unmet clinical and healthcare needs.
This is a high-impact position offering the opportunity to shape the future of digital health and precision medicine through responsible AI, translational insights, and scalable digital infrastructure.
The post holder is expected to hold a PhD in digital health, AI or a very closely related discipline within the context of healthcare. This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 30/09/2029.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
- Essential criteria
- PhD in digital health, AI or a very closely related discipline within the context of healthcare
- Expertise in digital health, AI, wearable technology, and strong understanding of multimodal data analysis
- Experience and evidence of aptitude for leading large-scale digital health research projects
- Strong understanding of healthcare data standards (e.g., FHIR, HL7) and regulatory requirements
- Leadership experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and complex stakeholder environments
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure for large-scale data processing and analysis
- Good effective communication (both oral and written) skills, with experience of communicating complex concepts to both experts and lay members of the public
- An understanding of the research ethics process and regulatory environment relevant to the EMBRACE programme
- Desirable criteria
- An understanding of the research ethics process and regulatory environment relevant to the EMBRACE programme
- Experience using User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) to create digital products that are both functional and visually appealing
Further Information
At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not.
We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.
When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, and we recognise its growing role in professional work. Applicants may use AI tools to support preparation of their application, for example to research the role or structure written responses. However, applications must reflect the applicant’s own work and experience. AI tools should not be used during interviews or assessment activities unless this has been agreed in advance as a reasonable adjustment. Further guidance on the use of AI in recruitment can be found here.
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Interviews are due to be held late September (TBC)
Grade and Salary: £65,091 -£74,613 per annum including London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 154726
Post Date: 06-Aug-2026
Close Date: 03-Sep-2026
Contact Person: Professor Josip Car
Contact Details: josip.car@kcl.ac.uk
Senior Research Scientist (Digital Health and AI Platform Lead) employer: King’s College London
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