Medical Science Liaison II, Screening Division: Early Cancer Detection, Eastern US

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

Job Description

The Screening Division is a dedicated organization inside of Guardant Health focused on the development and commercialization of the cancer screening portfolio and has successfully launched Shield, a first of its kind blood-based colorectal cancer screening test. The Screening Division’s singular focus on bringing our cancer screening products to market allows us to act with the speed and urgency needed to achieve our ambitious goals and serve the millions of individuals who can benefit from early cancer detection.

About the Role:

The primary responsibility of a Medical Science Liaison II (MSL II), Screening Division is to educate and support key opinion leaders (KOLs) spanning academia, public health, and community health and with the most current data supporting the clinical value of Guardant Health’s product(s) and in particular the cancer screening assay(s). The MSL II will seek opportunities to engage and develop KOLs through direct education with slides, abstracts, and publications relevant to Guardant Health’s products and services, participating in the development and creation of educational initiatives to be deployed in focused events (such as academic grand rounds or Continuing Medical Education (CME) lectures) and training speakers/educators. As such, the MSL II will be effective at translating and disseminating data from research projects through publications and presentations at national meetings, CME, and educational activities.

Additionally the MSL II plays a critical role in identifying clinical data gaps related to the blood-based cancer screening landscape and Guardant Health’s screening products and partner with leading researchers to identify opportunities for collaboration on strategic research projects and clinical studies.

As a member of the broader cross functional Screening Division team, the MSL II plays an integral role in supporting commercial operations, marketing, and managed care; education and training of the sales team, and development of local/regional specialty society and health plan physician influencers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify, develop and/or maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with key academic and community physicians, and KOLs to promote understanding and adoption of our novel diagnostic technologies.
• Identify and position KOLs to present at scientific forums such as national and regional specialty society meetings, as well as Grand Rounds and CME events at targeted institutions.
• Identify opportunities for collaboration on strategic research projects demonstrating the clinical utility of our cancer screening assays
• Critically review and develop education slides based on new publications and research findings, for approval by Medical Affairs and Marketing.
• Facilitate meetings and scientific opportunities for Guardant Health that initiate and strengthen relationships with KOLs and other key physician influencers.
• 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.
• Assist in agenda planning and meeting facilitation of Clinical Advisory Board(s).
• Function as the primary clinical resource to the Sales & Marketing team with participation in medical updates, scientific presentations, journal clubs, teleconferences, and meetings as requested.
• Facilitate opportunities for the Marketing and Medical Affairs teams to partner with KOLs for focus groups, PR events, working meetings, and scientific forums.
• Assist Managed Care in mobilizing physician and KOL calls and letters to payers/insurers in targeted campaigns.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:

• Terminal degree in a scientific field of study (Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or academic equivalent such as Associate Professor position).

• Clinical expertise or related