Founders & Senior Leadership
Christian
Angermayer
Founder & Chairman
Lars
Wilde
Co-founder
Florian
Brand
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Srinivas Rao,
M.D., Ph.D.
CO-FOUNDER & Chief Scientific Officer
Greg
Weaver
Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director
Rolando
Gutierrez-Esteinou, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Stephen
Barden
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
Supervisory Board
Sabrina Martucci
Johnson
Supervisory Board
Andrea
Heslin Smiley
Supervisory Board
Alexis
de Rosnay
Supervisory Board
Jason
Camm
Supervisory Board
Michael
Auerbach
Supervisory Board
Amir
Kalali, M.D.
Supervisory Board
Research & Development
Glenn
Short, Ph.D.
VP, Early Development
Georgina
Kilfoil
VP, Clinical Operations
David
Keene
VP, Digital Therapeutics
Majed
Fawaz, Ph.D.
VP, Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls
Kevin
Craig, M.D.
VP, Clinical Development
Sarah
McEwen, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Clinical Science
Edmund
Neuhaus, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Psychology
Jonathon
Holt, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Non-clinical development
Royal
Sirasala
Senior Director, Project Management
Sean
Huang, Ph.D
Associate Director, Analytical Development, CMC
Santnu
Patel, Ph.D.
Director, Formulation Development
Carrie
Bowen, Ph.D.
Director, Scientist Neurobiology
Vitaly
Pirotsky
Director, Project Direction
Hai
Miao, Ph.D.
Director, Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control
Rick
Shin, Ph.D.
Director, in vivo pharmacology
Keeley
Brooke
Director, Clinical Operations
Tanweer
Khan, Ph.D.
Director, Discovery Chemistry
Bill
Connors, Ph.D.
Director, Process Chemistry
Mallory
Loflin, Ph.D.
Director, Clinical Science
Rebecca
Aron, Ph.D.
Director, In-Vitro Pharmacology
Prerak
Patel, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Formulation Development
Kimberly
Jett
Associate Director, Clinical Operations
Isabella
Premoli, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Clinical Science
Alan
Gibbs, P.h.D
Associate Director, Computational Chemistry
Jennifer
Tippett, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Clinical Treatment Design
Matthew
Sacks, Ph.D.
SENIOR MANAGER, CLINICAL TREATMENT DESIGN
David
Allen, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Nonclinical Development
Samantha
Bender
Senior Project Manager, Research & Development
Michael
Stange
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, DIGITAL THERAPEUTICS
Justin
Drummonds
Senior Manager, Data Architect
Setu
Kasera, Ph.D.
Manager, Chemistry, Manufacturing & Controls
Kristie
Hendricksen
Project Manager, Product Development
Ende
Pan, P.h.D
Senior Scientist Analytical Development
Paul
Rollinger
Senior Product Manager, Digital Therapeutics
Amber
Ardieta
Team Support, PTx
Kent
Thompson
Senior Software Engineer
Jonathon
Cramer
Associate, Content Development
Sophia
Bond
Executive Assistant
Nikhita
Singh
Associate, Product, Digital Therapeutics
Holden
Janssens, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Nonclinical Development
Investments, Strategy & Operations
Roman
Dahl
VP, Strategy & Innovation
Frank
Stegert
VP, Investment Management
Michael
Raven, Ph.D.
VP, Operations
Galyna
Pidpruzhnykova, Ph.D.
Director, Innovation Strategy
Denis
Dubuy
DIRECTOR, INVESTMENTS & VENTURES
Moriam
Coker
Director, Operations
Sameer
Shamsie
Senior Manager, Business Strategy
Leo
Rifkind
Manager, Investments & Ventures
Stan
Verlinden
Manager, INVESTMENTS & VENTURES
Richard
Nacke
Chief of Staff
Sean
Sheppard
Manager, BUSINESS STRATEGY
Chrysonthia
Horne
Senior Associate, Investments & Ventures
Nathan
Kenney
Senior Associate, Venture Operations
Christian
zu Jeddeloh
Senior Associate, Investments & Ventures
Lucas
Würzberg
Associate, Business Strategy
Gaurav Kumar
Ganotra, Ph.D.
Associate, Business Intelligence
Digital Product & Data
Arvind
Tewari
VP, Digital Product & Data
Dionisio
Acosta-Mena, Ph.D.
Director, Data Scientist
Lauren
Friend, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Digital Product & Data
Giovanni
Maffei, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Data Scientist
Maya
Gupta
Associate, Digital Product & Data
Saskia
Mülheim
Associate, Digital Product & Data
Legal & Regulatory
Ryan
Barrett
VP, Corporate Development & General Counsel
Jarett
Schultz
VP, Securities & Disclosure Counsel
Sarah
Popham
VP, Regulatory Affairs
Robert
Ezzell, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
Paul
Simboli, Esq.
Director, Intellectual Property Counsel
Cara
Baugh, Esq.
DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
Emily
Richardson
Executive Assistant
Finance
Anne
Johnson
VP, Global Controller
Kasia
Frankfort
VP, Financial Planning & Analysis
Sanjeev
Kumar
Senior Director, Technical Accounting
Rachel
Abis
Director, SEC Reporting
Sebastian
Giraldo
Director, TREASURY
Madison
Crawford
Senior Manager, Accounting
Jazmin
Thomas
Senior Manager, FP&A
Gabe
Seksay
Senior Manager, External Reporting/SOX
Pat
Deasey
senior Manager, CORPORATE ACCOUNTANT
Anthony
Muzzicato
Senior Manager, Accounts Payable
Wei
Xu
Senior Manager, Accounting
Charlene
DeCambre
Manager, Accounting
Aaqil
Anwar
Manager, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations
Michael
Young
Manager, Accounting
Robert
Kniesner
Manager, Accounting Operations
Erik
Torres
Accounts Payable Specialist
Alison
Kurucz
Executive Assistant
Communications, HR & Administration
Rae
Richman
VP, atai Impact
Anna
Richardson
VP, People & Culture
Allan
Malievsky
Senior Director, External Affairs
Chris
Lee
DIRECTOR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Maggie
Gordon
Senior Manager, Communications
Shauna
Soboh
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition
Sîan
Morton
Manager, Video & Animation
Carla
Gillett
Manager, Payroll & Benefits
Claudia
Solleder
Executive Assistant
Lequan
Johnson
Senior Associate, Communications
Max
de Rosnay
Associate, atai Impact
Tanya
Evans
Associate, People Operations
Giovanna
Montoya
RECRUITING COORDINATOR
Funto
Koya
Recruiting Coordinator
Shannon
Best
Associate, Payroll & Benefits
Our Values
Conscious Care
We take every action in service of the ultimate goal: to heal mental health disorders so that everyone, everywhere can live a more fulfilled life.
We strive for equitable patient access, working to make our therapies accessible to and reimbursable for everyone.
We also care for ourselves and our colleagues, maximizing our energy through rest, renewal and rhythm.
Collaborative Innovation
We nurture curiosity and interdisciplinary collaborations, looking for areas across the company where our expertise could add value.
We are committed to the scientific truth-seeking method, testing and refining our hypotheses to deliver new treatment options to patients.
We take full advantage of our diversity of backgrounds, personalities, cultures, and experiences to challenge conventional wisdom.
Bold Entrepreneurship
We are made up of small, agile teams of experts, each empowered to do what we do best.
We are loosely coupled but tightly aligned: we are in step on our objectives and values, and give freedom for decentralized decision making.
We are fast and focused, striving for excellence over perfection, engaging in first principles thinking to responsibly accelerate innovation for patients.
Radical Responsibility
We take full responsibility, communicate clearly and intentionally, and stick to agreements. We don’t gossip or blame.
We model grit and tenacity, owning our failures and focusing on what they can teach us as an individual and as a team.
We foster a growth mindset by giving and expecting candid feedback, delivered with empathy at the right moment.
WHERE WE’RE HEADED
Work with us to improve millions of lives
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OPEN POSITIONS