AI for Happiness - Behavioural Scientist / Psychologist

About the jobAI for Happiness is building SAPIO – a human‑centred AI coaching platform that helps people build better wellbeing, resilience, focus, and strategic thinking through short, structured coaching moments in everyday life.We are now looking for a psychologist / behavioral scientist to join the core team and co‑lead the intervention science and validation of our next project phase.What we’re working on (high level)Turning validated psychological interventions (e.g. positive psychology, CBT/ACT elements, learning and motivation tools) into short, everyday coaching experiences.Helping students and professionals handle stress, build resilience, improve focus, and strengthen decision‑making and strategic thinking.Designing programmes that can be embedded into universities and organisations to support mental health, performance and future skills at scale.Build all of this with innovative AI technologyYour roleYou would take a leading role in:Running experiments and pilot programmes with real users to understand how our tools impact wellbeing, resilience, focus and strategic thinking.Designing study setups, defining outcome measures, and analysing results so we can see clearly what works, for whom, and under which conditions.Getting to know all of our AI‑supported interventions in depth and curating them into meaningful, engaging programmes – paths that feel human, make psychological sense, and have measurable impact.Translating psychological models into structured formats that can be implemented in a digital coaching system (steps, questions, measurement points, safety rules).Commitment & funding situationWe have a project that is planned to be grant‑funded in about 6–8 weeks, based on the current funding timeline.Until funding is complete, we are looking for someone who is willing to contribute on an initial volunteer basis (e.g. a few hours per week for concept, protocol and pilot design).As soon as the grant is approved, the role transitions into a paid full‑time position within the project.Who you areBackground in psychology (e.g. clinical, health, counseling, organisational or experimental), ideally MSc/PhD level.Experience with evidence‑based interventions, programme design, and preferably user studies or pilots in digital mental health / coaching / learning contexts.Comfortable working at the intersection of science, product and technology and curious about how digital systems can support, not replace, good psychological practice.You are playful, easy to talk to, scientifically grounded and love talking about deep psychological topics and human performance with other humans.Why this might be interesting for youYou want to help build a tool that is scientifically rigorous, ethical, and genuinely helpful for people under pressure.You enjoy designing and running real-world experiments that show how psychological tools change behaviour, wellbeing and performance over time.You like the idea of combining AI with coaching interventions, and enjoy bleeding edge technology and want to make it human-centerYou like the idea of measurement of university pilots with HR/LD applications, so research and real‑world impact go hand in hand.