Head of Clinical Research, Mental Health

Salary: £ 149,300Closing date: Tuesday, 3 February 2026Contract type: PermanentInterview dates: 1st stage - w/c 09 March (Online/Remote); 2nd stage - Face to Face The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships. We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health. We are seeking a Head of Clinical Research in Mental Health to play a pivotal role as part of the leadership team determining and overseeing our mental health strategy Where in Wellcome will I be working? Our vision is a world where no one is held back by mental health problems. Our mission is a step change in early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis. To make this a reality, we fund research to understand how these conditions develop and resolve so we can better target new interventions; we support the discovery and development of transformative interventions, from medicines and digital technologies to psychosocial interventions; we work with those with lived experience o these mental health problems to ensure what is developed addresses their needs and we work to ensure that the most promising innovations reach the people who need them most, with a particular focus on pull through to implementation in the UK and in low- ..... full job details .....