Behavioral Scientist
ŌURA
Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.
Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.
We are looking for a Behavioral Scientist to join our Research & Development team. The Behavioral Science team has a dual mission:
- to develop new behavioral models, measurement approaches, and research foundations that power AI-driven health guidance, and
- to partner closely with product squads to translate behavioral science into impactful, member-facing experiences.
In this role, you will operate across both domains, helping build behavioral capabilities (such as modeling motivational states, readiness for change, and support needs) as well as collaborating with squads like Women’s Health and Activity to shape real-world product experiences.
You will work at the intersection of behavioral science, AI, and product development to ensure Oura’s expanding product offering delivers personalized, culturally-aware, and actionable health support at scale.
This is a remote US role, with a preference for Central and East Coast locations (New York, Boston, Chicago).
We have offices in San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles for those who prefer hybrid or office settings. Oura employees in other major cities (like Boston and New York) occasionally gather informally at local co-working locations.
What you will do
Behavioral Capability Development
- Contribute to the development of behavioral models that capture motivational states, readiness for change, and user needs.
- Partner with data science and engineering to operationalize psychological constructs into measurable product signals.
- Help integrate behavioral science principles into adaptive AI-forward strategies, including tone, timing, and framing based on inferred user context.
- Contribute to measurement frameworks that evaluate behavioral impact across features and markets.
Product & Squad Partnership
- Collaborate with product squads to design and refine behavior change support aligned with member needs.
- Translate evidence and research insights into actionable product recommendations.
- Support culturally sensitive adaptation of behavioral strategies as Oura expands globally.
Requirements
We would love to have you on our team if you have:
- A PhD in Behavioral Science, Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction, Health Informatics, or a related field (or Master’s with 3+ years relevant experience).
- Experience applying behavioral science within digital health or AI-enabled products.
- Experience operationalizing psychological constructs (e.g., motivation, self-regulation, readiness for change) into measurable or system-level components.
- Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary product teams.
- Proficiency in Python, R, or SQL.
- Experience in culturally-informed behavior change and global health contexts.
Benefits
At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own, and we are continually looking to improve employee health.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary and equity packages
- Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
- An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
- 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
- Paid sick leave and parental leave
Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates’ pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
- Region 1 $151,300 –$178,000
- Region 2 $138,550 – $163,000
- Region 3 $127,500 – $150,000
A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.
We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI).
Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
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