Scientific Director, Youth Safety & Wellbeing

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $131k - $204k / year

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👔 Director

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American Psychological Association

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1892

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

Consulting • Healthcare • Non-profit

American Psychological Association is a leading professional and scientific organization dedicated to advancing psychology to benefit society and improve lives. It publishes research and practice journals and databases, sets professional standards and ethics, provides education, accreditation, training, and career resources for students and psychologists, and advocates for psychology-informed public policy and practice. APA serves members, educators, researchers, practitioners, and the public through conferences, continuing education, publications, and advocacy.

📋 Description

• Carry scientific authority for the Youth Safety & Wellbeing priority area • Chair and manage the Youth Safety & Wellbeing Scientific Advisory Group • Set agendas, recruit and steward advisory members, and run a peer-level scientific forum • Serve as CBSAI's credible scientific representative for the priority area • Maintain a broad, current network across academia, clinical practice, and industry research • Own the Specifications workstream for Youth Safety & Wellbeing • Translate behavioral science and scientific evidence into engineer-ready product and design requirements • Set the scientific bar for evidence-informed action in a rapidly evolving field • Serve as scientific reviewer and sign-off authority for Public Guidance deliverables • Partner with Center staff on cross-workstream questions and deliverables • Protect scientific conclusions and methodology from commercial, reputational, and funder pressure • Flag independence or firewall concerns to the Executive Director • Represent CBSAI science at major convenings, funder and industry conversations, and public forums • Build relationships with the scientific field, AI companies, and funders • Directly supervise the Product Lead and help define growth of the Specifications workstream team • Help establish the model for future priority-area Scientific Leads

🎯 Requirements

• Ph.D. in a relevant field (e.g., developmental or clinical psychology, public health, human-computer interaction, cognitive/behavioral science, or a related discipline) • Active or recent research record in youth development, media/technology effects, or a closely related area • Working knowledge of, and demonstrated engagement with, AI systems • Established, recognized standing in the youth safety/wellbeing research field • Prior experience chairing, serving on, or otherwise running a scientific advisory board, review panel, or similarly convened expert body preferred • Ability to set a defensible evidentiary bar and act without requiring full field consensus • Strong ability to build relationships with senior academics, AI-company leadership, funders, and policymakers • Track record of holding independent positions under commercial or institutional pressure • Strong network across academic, clinical, industry, and policy communities working on youth safety and technology • Comfortable operating at start-up speed in a newly formed, pilot-phase organization • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to translate scientific nuance for engineering, policy, and public audiences • Qualified candidates must attach a resume and cover letter specifying salary expectations

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote Work/Flexible Scheduling • 401(k) option with employer match of up to 4% • Medical, dental, and vision insurance options • Outpatient mental health benefit • Paid personal/vacation time • 12 paid holidays • Family/Medical Leave • Tuition assistance • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Short- and long-term disability insurance • Some domestic and international travel