Medical Affairs Director, Screening (Clinical Education)

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests, real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, including screening to find cancer early, monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer, and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information, visit guardanthealth.com and follow the company on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and Facebook.

Job Description

The primary role of the Medical Affairs Director is to educate and develop clinical champions with the most current study findings supporting the clinical value of Guardant Health’s product(s). The Medical Affairs Director will work in collaboration with the VP Medical Affairs, Screening to develop the clinical evidence to achieve positive guideline and physician adoption, and payer coverage. The Director, Medical Affairs is responsible the establishing the long-term vision, strategy, and plans for clinical leader education and engagement.

The Medical Affairs Director, Screening will be effective at translating data from research projects and disseminating key information through publications, and presentations at national meetings, CME and educational activities. The Medical Affairs Director is involved with supporting strategic commercial partnerships, marketing and managed care; education and training of the sales team, and development of regional physician influencers.

The Medical Affairs Director, Screening, will ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration.  As an individual contributor, this role will provide deep scientific expertise and strategic insight across medical strategy, scientific communications, medical information, and external engagement activities. The Director will play a pivotal role in driving the development and execution of medical strategies to support screening products throughout their lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop and/or maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with KOL champions, to promote understanding and adoption of our novel diagnostic technologies.
• In partnership with the Sales executives, identify and advise strategic partnerships.
• Critically review and develop education slides based on new publications and research findings, for approval by Medical Affairs and Marketing.
• Support on-site oral presentations, data reviews, and interactive education events for KOLs, also known as “deep dive” or “VIP” visits to Guardant Health.
• Synopsize and educate key personnel regarding emerging abstracts and publications relevant to molecular testing.
• Agenda planning and meeting facilitation of Clinical Advisory Board(s).

Qualifications

• Typically requires a university degree and typically 15 years of related experience; 12 years and a Master’s degree; 8 years and a PhD; or 5 years and a PharmD/MD.
• Clinical expertise or related experience in relevant specialties is highly desirable.  Minimum of 3-5 years of healthcare experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Proven ability to build consensus with experts at academic medical centers around the adoption of new clinical products and services.
• Prior experience as a Director of Medical Affairs, with a strong track record in launching novel clinical products.
• Demonstrated success as a primary author or lead drafter of peer-reviewed publications.
• History of independent presentations at major academic institutions that directly resulted in product uptake and int