Temp Clinical Product Lead
Headspace
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Headspace is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
About theTemp Clinical Product Leadat Headspace:
Headspace is seeking an experienced Temp Clinical Product Lead to serve as a key liaison between Product and Clinical leadership and provide senior-level clinical product partnership across high-priority product domains. This role will embed directly within product squads across core clinical experience areas-including but not limited to Measurement-Based Care, Provider & Care Hub experience, and AI safety initiatives.
This is a US-based, remote Temp role that runs for about 6 months with an expected schedule of 40 hours per week.
What you will do:
* Clinical Product PartnershipWork directly with product teams to translate clinical requirements into product strategy, requirements, and execution plansEnsure clinical integrity, safety, and evidence alignment in product design and decision-makingProvide structured input into PRDs, experimentation design, and go-to-market considerationsIdentify clinical risks and mitigation strategies early in the product lifecycleServe as connective tissue between Product, Care Delivery, and Clinical Leadership. Ensure feedback loops between frontline care teams and product teamsDrive alignment on clinical standards, guardrails, and scopeFacilitate cross-functional decision-making where clinical risk or ambiguity exists
* Work directly with product teams to translate clinical requirements into product strategy, requirements, and execution plans
* Ensure clinical integrity, safety, and evidence alignment in product design and decision-making
* Provide structured input into PRDs, experimentation design, and go-to-market considerations
* Identify clinical risks and mitigation strategies early in the product lifecycle
* Serve as connective tissue between Product, Care Delivery, and Clinical Leadership. Ensure feedback loops between frontline care teams and product teams
* Drive alignment on clinical standards, guardrails, and scope
* Facilitate cross-functional decision-making where clinical risk or ambiguity exists
* AI SafetyReview AI-enabled experiences for clinical appropriateness and safety considerationsSupport iteration of escalation pathways, and risk governanceContribute to evidence planning and execution where relevant
* Review AI-enabled experiences for clinical appropriateness and safety considerations
* Support iteration of escalation pathways, and risk governance
* Contribute to evidence planning and execution where relevant
What you will bring:
Required Skills:
* Advanced clinical degree (e.g., PhD,Please mention the word **CUTENESS** and tag RMTA3LjE3OC4xOTIuMTAx when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMTA3LjE3OC4xOTIuMTAx). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.
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Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Headspace
Headspace is a company in the design industry that hires remote workers from South Africa.