Senior Clinical Research Scientist (m/w/d) - 100% in Bern

Our flagship product, Protocol AI, leverages artificial intelligence to empower clinical experts to design evidence-based clinical trial protocols, optimize study design, and generate high-quality protocols in a fraction of the time. We are transforming how clinical trial protocols are designed, written, and managed—enabling biopharma companies to develop truly digital, data-driven protocols for the future.

We are now seeking a passionate and highly skilled Senior Clinical Scientist to join our team. In this role, you will play a key part in shaping and enhancing our AI-powered Protocol AI platform, helping us redefine protocol development and advance the next generation of clinical trial design.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the scientific roadmap for Protocol AI and ensure all outputs reflect current scientific and clinical best practices
• Develop and enhance scientific methodologies, structured authoring principles, and clinical trial design logic within the platform
• Monitor scientific, biomedical, and regulatory developments to keep Protocol AI scientifically robust and aligned with industry standards
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and AI teams to ensure scientific accuracy, clinical relevance, and high-quality feature development
• Serve as the primary scientific/medical escalation point for internal teams and external stakeholders
• Support onboarding, pilots, and enterprise implementations with strong scientific guidance
• Represent Risklick in conferences, panels, workshops, and scientific working groups
• contribute to scientific publications, white papers, case studies, and educational content promoting structured and digital-first protocol development

Required Qualifications

• Degree in scientific/life-sciences field. PharmD, or MD preferred
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in clinical development with at least 4 years of clinical trial design and protocol development within pharma, biotech, or CRO organizations
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability; able to evaluate scientific inputs, identify gaps, and propose evidence-driven improvements
• Comfortable to use AI-enabled tools and technologies within scientific and clinical contexts

Bonus Skills

• Experience implementing study designs and clinical protocols using digital solutions
• Understanding of data models and clinical standards (CDISC, SNOMED, MeSH, MeDRA, ontologies)

What We Offer

• A potential strategic leadership role in a fast-growing Swiss company
• Opportunity to contribute to the future of an end-to-end digital study design and protocol development ecosystem.