Job Description and Responsibilities

As Clinical Science Manager, you will work closely with clinical, regulatory, engineering, and commercial teams to build strategies for both regulatory approval and reimbursement for our N1 Brain-Computer Interface (BCI).

Your primary mission is to serve as the bridge between Neuralink, regulators, and payers, ensuring our clinical evidence strategy and trial design satisfy all requirements to make our BCI technology widely accessible to patients. Job responsibilities include:

• Clinical outcome measures & clinical trial design
  • Lead the development of fit-for-purpose clinical outcome measures that accurately capture the impact of our technologies on our patients’ lives, with a focus on Pivotal trials
  • Set up and manage the development, validation and publication of outcome measures in collaboration with academic and clinical partners
  • Work alongside our Clinical Team on clinical trial designs, ensuring endpoints align with FDA premarket approval (PMA) and payer coverage requirements
  • Bridge Clinical and BCI Teams to optimize clinical evidence generation in ongoing clinical trials

• Reimbursement strategy & execution
  • Support efforts to build relationships with CMS, VA, private payers, and other stakeholders to educate on the technology and its clinical value
  • Assist in establishing and managing relationships with billing and coding consultants to optimize claims submission post-launch
  • Help identify coding, coverage, and payment pathways for our products
  • Contribute to applications for procedure codes, DRG alignment, and NTAP as applicable

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, health-related field (e.g., neuroscience, biomedical engineering, health economics, public health), or equivalent experience
• Experience designing or contributing to regulatory and reimbursement strategies in healthcare or technology settings, specifically medical devices (Class III preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and synthesis skills
• Strategic mindset and highly resourceful, with a track record of operating effectively in fast-paced, demanding environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with CMS, VA, and private payers on coverage or reimbursement initiatives
• Experience with medical coding, coverage, and payment methodologies
• Prior experience with PMA preparation and submission
• Understanding of clinical trial methodology and clinical trial design or evidence generation to support reimbursement pathways