Research Scientist – Cognitive/Behavioral Psychology

Job description

Your challenge 

Your key challenge in this position is to translate scientific knowledge from cognitive and/or behavioral psychology into innovative Philips service related propositions to promote health and well-being.  

Developing this competency within Philips is crucial for coming up with meaningful products and services for healthy people as well as for chronically ill and thus for the growth of Philips.

It is our mission to be the leading company in providing effective and scalable technology-based solutions to support the health (care) of professionals, populations and individuals throughout the entire care continuum.

Effective solutions have a proven effect on people’s health and well-being in real-life settings. They should scale across different application domains (e.g. lifestyle & healthcare), throughout different stages of an individual’s life (e.g. healthy lifestyle, healthy ageing) and adapt to different types of users in their real-life contexts.

Philips offers a diversified portfolio of health and well-being products and services throughout the health continuum from prenatal care, healthy living and prevention to diagnosis, treatment, recovery and home care. In this position, you contribute to extending and improving this portfolio with innovative solutions that help people to achieve their health goals, lead a healthy lifestyle, age in a healthy way and that offer an engaging user experience.

Your responsibilities 

·  Translating scientific knowledge in the field of cognitive and/or behavioral psychology into effective technology-based applications;
·  Keeping up with the newest scientific insights and innovative technologies;
·  Contributing to research projects by actively participating in a project team;
·  Contributing to the development of new research projects based on expertise knowledge and insights from cognitive and behavioral psychology;
·  Writing and publishing internal and external reports and papers;
·  Presenting work at conferences and maintaining good contacts with academic and clinical partners;
·  Strengthening the Intellectual Property position of Philips by translating innovative ideas into patents;
·  Contributing to the vision and strategy on solutions based on insights from cognitive and behavioral psychology.

Your team

You will be part of a team of 35 professionals/experts. The Brain, Behavior, and Cognition department has competencies on a wide spectrum of psychology, perception and neuroscience.  Topics range from mental health, cognitive rehabilitation to motivation and behavior change, so the department is active in multiple domains and businesses.

Our offer

We welcome you to a challenging, innovative environment with great opportunities for you to explore.

Our benefits are very competitive and designed around your preferences:

·  A position in one of the leading technology companies in the domain of Health and Well-being;
·  25 days of leave and the possibility to purchase up to 20 extra days off annually;
·  A variable bonus based on both Philips results and personal performance;
·  Extensive set of tools to drive your career, such as a personal development budget, free training and coaching;
·  Solid company pension scheme and attractive collective health insurance package;
·  Opportunity to buy Philips shares and products with discount;
·  Healthy work-life balance.

We are looking for

To be successful in this role you have:

·  A PhD in Cognitive Psychology or in Behavior Change. (Prior to your PhD you’ve achieved a MSc in cognitive psychology, behavioral psychology, social psychology, health psychology, neuropsychology or artificial intelligence);
·  A strong scientific background and expertise in methodology and statistics;
·  Research experience in the area of assessment, coaching and interventions to support health management in general or of people with cognitive impairment is a pre;
·  Field experience related to patient contact in clinical settings is a pre;
·  Programming knowledge is a pre;
·  An innovative and creative mindset;
·  The ability to translate scientific knowledge into applications;
·  A flexible attitude and the ability to take initiative.

Recruitment process

If you are interested, we kindly ask you to submit your application (only via the website). After a pre-selection process you can receive an invite for a further phone call screening by the Talent Acquisition Consultant. If positive, you will be invited for (face-to-face) business interviews. The interviews will take place in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The screening will take place after the closing date.

Closing date of the posting is March 23th 2017.

Contact

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