Associate Medical Director

Summary

Join Natera as an Associate Medical Director and play a pivotal leadership role in advancing molecular diagnostics in routine medical practice. Initially an individual contributor position, this role offers the chance to build a team. Key responsibilities include collaborating on clinical development of diagnostic tools, designing treatment protocols, recruiting clinical sites for studies, advising on product development, driving medical education, contributing to regulatory submissions, and representing Natera's medical voice in public relations. The position requires an M.D. and/or Ph.D. with extensive experience in GI Oncology and clinical trials. A strong understanding of clinical trial methodology, regulatory requirements, and effective communication skills are essential. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability plans, free testing for employees and their families, fertility care benefits, and more.

Requirements

• M.D. and/or Ph.D. required
• At least 5 years of practice experience (post fellowship) in GI Oncology, seeing and treating patients
• Knowledge and facility with practice guidelines across different GI cancer types
• At least 3 years of clinical trial experience in academia, biotech industry, or equivalent
• Willing to travel >40% of the time (focus on SE but also be able to travel nationally and internationally as needed to support medical team)
• Strong knowledge of clinical trial methodology, protocol development, regulatory and compliance requirements, statistics and epidemiology
• Ability to quickly learn Natera’s technology and that of our competitors, understand the strengths and limitations of each, and articulate strong customer value propositions Skill and experience in building and managing a team
• Effective in both written and oral communications, with strong persuasive skills in debate, thinking fast on your feet Project management skills, with ability to balance and execute across multiple projects simultaneously Proven team player, with ability to participate as a member of a cross-disciplinary team Ability to manage conflict with poise
• Customer focused, outgoing, and excited about our products
• Drive awareness of our products to key medical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Work with the Medical Director, Oncology on the clinical development of molecular diagnostic tools in the fields of heart transplant and heart failure
• Lead design and implementation of new treatment protocols that incorporate Natera’s transplant-focused diagnostic products Recruit industry-leading PIs and clinical sites to participate in clinical studies, meeting budget and timeline requirements in collaboration with Clinical Trial Operations dept
• Advise on product development for our testing portfolio: identify clinical unmet needs, new product opportunities, critical product features, product intended use, design and content of test reports, minimum validation studies Medical Affairs post-launch: clinical interpretation of test results, customer support for physicians, advise on pre-and post-test counseling for patients
• Drive medical education efforts to support successful launch and commercialization of our transplant product portfolio by teaching the community how to use the tests Recruit key opinion leaders (KOLs) for medical advisory board, participate as a leader in advisory meetings Support the publication strategy by crafting papers in collaboration with Scientific Communications dept
• Provide medical input into regulatory submissions
• Represent Natera’s medical voice in any public relations related to Oncology
• This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job Employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire
• Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements

Preferred Qualifications

At least 2 years’ experience in industry, Medical Affairs, or Clinical Development with record of success in commercializing transplant products (therapeutics or diagnostics) preferred

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more
• We also offer a generous employee referral program!