Behavioural Science/Digital Health (KTP Associate)

Working within HPO Technologies to embed knowledge through this innovative Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), with academic support from the Department for Health at the University of Bath.

This KTP offers an intellectually stimulating and interdisciplinary opportunity for an Associate interested in applying behavioural science and digital innovation within high-performance operational environments. As a KTP Associate you will be the project lead, managing your own workload to ensure outputs align with project expectations, including leading on meetings. You will also acquire new skills in strategic leadership that can help to super-charge your career.

Education, Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• A MSc or PhD in Health Psychology, Behavioural Science, Digital Health, Public Health, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of motivation, behaviour change, and digital intervention design and theory.
• Experience or interest in user engagement strategies, adaptive interventions, and digital health technologies.
• Experience analysing behavioural, health, or performance-related data using tools such as R or Python.
• An understanding of evaluation methods for digital or behaviour change interventions.
• Ability to communicate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, including researchers, software developers, analysts, and commercial stakeholders.
• An interest in applying behavioural science within Defence, high-performance, tactical, or operational settings.
• Ability to work across academic and commercial environments, translating behavioural science into practical, scalable digital solutions with real-world impact.

Desirable:

• Experience working with UX/UI principles or user-centred design approaches.
• Experience with real-world implementation or evaluation of digital health or wellbeing interventions.
• Understanding of experimentation, feedback loops, or engagement analytics within digital products.

Benefits

• All KTP Associates spend 10% of their time on Personal Development, making full use of a generous £2,000 annual personal development budget.
• Access to two 1-week residential training sessions at Ashorne Hill, aimed at developing project management skills.
• Opportunity to gain both industry management and academic experience with mentoring from the University of Bath and at HPO.
• Potential to fast-track a career into business, with an opportunity to gain a permanent job following the KTP.
• Access to a wealth of academic and industrial resources.
• Access to a Travel & Subsistence budget.
• Access to mentoring sessions through Innovate UK Business Connect.
• It is essential that you understand how KTP works with business and the University, and the vital role you will play.

Further information

As a KTP Associate you can enjoy the benefits of being an employee at the University of Bath whilst working full-time at HPO Technologies.
The role is fixed-term for a period of 36 months.
A BPSS Security Clearance check is required for this position.

This KTP combines HPO’s cutting-edge software platform with the University of Bath’s expertise in motivation, behaviour change, and digital health intervention design to develop adaptive, evidence-based digital tools that support sustained health, wellbeing and performance outcomes.

You will play a central role in translating behavioural science into practical, scalable digital solutions by contributing to intervention design, user engagement strategies, data analysis, evaluation, and collaboration with HPO’s software and analytics teams.