Research Collaborations Expert – HiWox

Employment Type: Part-Time / Flexible

Work Mode: Remote

Compensation: Equity-Based

Company: HiWox

About HiWox HiWox is building a personalized Wellness Intelligence Platform across 9 dimensions of wellness.

Our goal is to build a deterministic, explainable, evidence-backed, and consultant-validated wellness intelligence ecosystem that combines structured data, research, domain expertise, and technology to generate personalized wellness intelligence.

Role

We are looking for a Research Collaborations Expert to build and manage research relationships for HiWox across universities, research institutions, hospitals, laboratories, healthcare professionals, scientists, and other relevant organizations.

The role will focus on identifying research opportunities, initiating collaborations, designing joint research initiatives, and creating a solid scientific and evidence base for HiWox.

Key Responsibilities1. Research Partnership Development

- Identify universities, research institutions, hospitals, laboratories, researchers, and subject-matter experts relevant to HiWox.
- Initiate and develop research collaboration opportunities.
- Build relationships with researchers, professors, clinicians, scientists, and institutional decision-makers.
- Develop a structured pipeline of potential research collaborators.
- Collaborative Research Programs
- Identify research questions relevant to HiWox's 9 wellness dimensions.
- Develop concepts for joint studies, validation projects, pilots, and research programs.
- Coordinate with internal domain experts to define research objectives and methodologies.
- Support development of research proposals, collaboration frameworks, and project documentation.
- Evidence & Scientific Validation




- Help establish evidence standards for HiWox's wellness frameworks and recommendations.
- Coordinate literature reviews, evidence mapping, and research validation activities.
- Connect HiWox's product and R&D; teams with relevant scientific experts.
- Support validation of algorithms, wellness assessments, protocols, and recommendation frameworks.
- Research Network & IP Development
- Build a long-term network of academic and scientific collaborators.
- Identify opportunities for publications, grants, conferences, patents, and other research outputs.
- Explore opportunities for joint IP and technology development.
- Maintain documentation of research partnerships, projects, outcomes, and potential future opportunities.

Ideal Candidate
- Experience in research collaborations, academic partnerships, healthcare research, scientific research, innovation, or institutional relations.
- Strong understanding of how universities, research institutions, hospitals, or laboratories operate.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to approach senior researchers and institutional stakeholders professionally.
- Ability to understand research concepts and convert them into practical collaboration opportunities.
- Strong documentation, proposal-development, and coordination skills.
- Comfortable working independently and building relationships from scratch.

Preferred Background Candidates with experience in any of the following will be relevant:

- Healthcare / HealthTech research
- Life sciences




- Biotechnology
- Public health
- Nutrition / wellness research
- Psychology / behavioral science
- Data science / AI research
- Medical research
- Academic-industry collaborations
- Research & innovation programs
- University or institutional partnerships

Key Outcomes The person in this role will be responsible for helping HiWox build:
- Academic research partnerships
- Hospital and clinical research collaborations
- Scientific expert network
- University collaborations
- Joint research projects
- Validation studies
- Research proposals and programs
- Publication and conference opportunities
- Grant and research funding opportunities
- Potential joint IP and research outputs

Equity-Based Opportunity This is an equity-only founding-team opportunity.

There is no fixed salary or monthly compensation at the current stage. Equity will be discussed based on expertise, contribution, time commitment, responsibility, and long-term involvement.

This role is intended for someone who wants to help build HiWox's research ecosystem and scientific foundation—not simply manage existing partnerships.

What We Expect

We are looking for someone who can take ownership of the research collaboration function, identify the right institutions and people, initiate conversations, develop meaningful collaborations, and convert those relationships into tangible research outcomes for HiWox.

Application

Please Share

- Your current role and professional background
- Your experience in research collaborations or institutional partnerships
- Examples of research projects, collaborations, or networks you have built
- Your expected weekly time commitment
- Why you want to join HiWox on an equity-only basis

Skills: collaboration,partnerships,healthcare

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