Clinical Science Liaison

Summary

Join Guardant Health as a Clinical Science Liaison, Oncology, covering Missouri and Tennessee. This role requires providing scientific and technical leadership to educate community physicians on Guardant Health's products and their clinical value. You will engage with physicians, review real-world cases, and identify opportunities for collaboration on research projects. Building strong scientific partnerships between Medical Affairs and Commercial is crucial. The position involves extensive travel and requires a terminal degree in a scientific field, along with relevant oncology experience. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

Requirements

• Terminal degree in a scientific field of study (Genetic Counselor, NP/PA, Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or academic equivalent such as Associate Professor position)
• Clinical expertise or related experience in Oncology is required
• Minimum of 1-3 years of healthcare experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry
• Experience working with clinicians to build consensus around new products and/or services
• Track record of independent presentation at major academic centers or within the community setting resulting in product adoption

Responsibilities

• Provide scientific and technical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with key community physicians, and KOLs to promote understanding and adoption of our novel diagnostic technologies
• Be a resource for community physicians to evaluate and provide guidance on interpretation of real-world patient test reports
• Facilitate educational growth and understanding through the presentation of scientific content to Medical providers and their staff
• Identify opportunities for collaboration with KOLs to present at scientific forums such as national and regional specialty society meetings, as well as other strategic industry medical needs
• Synopsize and educate key staff regarding emerging abstracts and publications relevant to molecular testing
• Facilitate medical and scientific field intelligence that could include list of providers/ investigators in specific tumor types. Elicit feedback on current and future products and share with our internal commercial and research divisions. Understand competitive research activities in active or planned study sites, generate insights from investigators on challenges and opportunities for sponsored clinical trials – and communicate, where appropriate, within Guardant
• Prepare and present clinical requests for information related to institutional guidelines or pathways

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the introduction of a novel new clinical product is highly desired
• Applies advanced knowledge of the biotechnology, diagnostics and pharmaceutical industry to advance the medical and scientific objectives our diagnostic company
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, Power Point, and other software skills; Excellent written/verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and remotely while maintaining a strong teamwork ethic
• Multi-dimensional in abilities to work on simultaneous tasks, work cross-team and at different levels of the organization, whether internal or external relationships to the organization
• Self-directed, intrinsically motivated, flexible to changes in an ever-changing dynamic environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, good attention to detail, time management skills and personal initiative
• Exceptional human relations skills to coordinate the accomplishment of tasks through other people
• Ability to elicit and answer clinical questions in groups ranging from individuals to larger didactic roundtables and meetings

Benefits

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $136,585 to $184,400