OVERVIEW

We9re looking for a high-performing Scientist, Clinical Development, to join our small but mighty team. This is an AI-native science role: you9ll own Kingdom9s pet clinical study program end-to-end, deploying custom and integrated LLM-tooling to automate and accelerate your work. We want a PhD-level scientist who can both apply rigorous judgment to study design, biomarker selection, statistical analysis, and scientific reporting, and who is excited to build AI infrastructure that lets us run more clinical trials. This is a science role, with success measured by the clinical studies we complete and the peer-reviewed publications we deliver.

This is a full-time, in-person role at our headquarters in Brooklyn, NY, with occasional travel to scientific and industry conferences.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role, you9ll report to the Senior Scientific Director, and will work with our science team, co-founders, CRO partners, and the commercial team to:

Run Kingdom9s pet clinical study program end-to-end:

• Design and execute canine and feline studies: literature review, population and biomarker selection, SOP writing, statistical analysis planning, data processing and vetting, and internal and external reporting
• Own operational strategy for pet studies, including evaluation of internal capabilities vs. external partners
• Evaluate new CRO partners from a technical perspective, serve as the primary technical contact with pet CROs, and make CRO recommendations to the team for relevant studies
• Expand pet clinical strategy across additional CROs and a broader range of study types

Translate science into evidence and customer-facing materials:

• Lead peer-reviewed scientific publications for our pet ingredient programs (SupercultureAE Pet Oral, SupercultureAE Pet Immune, and future pet ingredients)
• Generate commercial-grade materials for the GTM team from the primary technical reporting, sharp enough to hold up in front of customers

Build and deploy LLM-tooling:

• Build and maintain pet-specific LLM-tools across literature review, study design, statistical analysis, and scientific reporting
• Connect tools into a single, end-to-end pet clinical pipeline, with intermediate handoffs eliminated and technical oversight and quality preserved
• Contribute to Kingdom9s broader AI infrastructure for clinical science, alongside other scientists on the team

COMPETENCIES & QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD (or equivalent depth) in a life-sciences field, 0-3 years post-graduate.
• Strong statistics and quantitative methods
• Advanced coding literacy in R, Python, or equivalent
• Direct experience designing and running clinical studies is a strong plus
• AI-native: daily Claude Code use or equivalent, prompt fluency, comfort rebuilding research cadence around agentic tools, with experience building tooling around scientific work
• High agency: self-starter who identifies pain points, proposes a plan and solution, and drives their own learning
• Scientific judgment under ambiguity: makes defensible tradeoff calls grounded in first-principles reasoning
• Clear and effective written and verbal communication

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

To build a world-class team, Kingdom is transparent and generous with our compensation package. We anchor cash salary above market-rate compensationfor your role, and go above and beyond with equity stock options, as we want everyone to be aligned with and benefit from our long-term success.

For this position, we are most actively considering candidates at the Scientist level (0-3 years post-PhD for Scientist; cash salary range: $110K-$125K). This does not include stock options, which we9ll discuss during the interview process.

Kingdom additionally offers an excellent benefits package including:

• 100% fully-covered, best-in-class medical, vision, and dental insurance for yourself (and 95% for your spouse/family)
• Generous and flexible PTO, in addition to 13 company-wide holidays
• Full commuter coverage
• Fully stocked kitchen with fruits, snacks, and beverages + weekly team lunches
• 12-weeks fully-paid parental leave
• 401k program with minimal fees