Senior Director, Clinical Value & Access, Screening

Summary

Join Guardant Health as a Senior Director, Clinical Value and Access, Screening, a key leadership role focused on innovating cancer screening. Leverage your clinical expertise and commercial experience to build partnerships within the healthcare ecosystem. Engage with healthcare professionals to introduce new cancer screening products and services. Authoritatively communicate the clinical and economic value of Guardant Health's offerings. This role requires deep scientific and commercial knowledge in oncology diagnostics. Up to 50% regional travel is expected.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (MS, MPH, PhD, PharmD, MD) with 10+ years of experience in medical affairs strongly desired
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, rapidly growing environment with strong interpersonal skills
• Must have an outstanding work ethic including high ethical and scientific standards
• Outstanding and proven leadership skills
• Demonstrated success in product support and ability to bring strategic insight to development plans
• Demonstrated track record of executing medical and/or scientific plans in support of product development and differentiation, addressing healthcare stakeholder requirements, and clinical practice patterns on a national level
• Ability to think strategically, critically analyze and synthesize complicated data and scientific information
• Excellent and demonstrated interpersonal skills: ability to understand and respond to multiple external and internal customers’ demands, manage and handle conflict constructively required
• Proven track record of successfully developing and managing research collaborations with academic, industry, and research partners
• Self-starter with superior interpersonal communication and presentation skills, specifically regarding scientific data presentations
• Proficiency in data analysis and interpretation, with the ability to translate scientific data into strategic insights

Responsibilities

• Effective at translating data from research and publications and disseminating information through publications, presentations at national meetings and Continuing Medical Education (CME) and educational activities
• Engage with key leaders in cancer screening focusing on target medical systems to discuss evidence for blood-based Colorectal Cancer (CRC) screening that supports adoption and explore current screening pathways for CRC. Work with these medical systems in developing unique performance data to demonstrate the impact of screening products on clinical outcomes
• Engage C-suite executives within medical systems and organizations including Chief Medical Officers and Chief Quality Officers
• Consult with Investigators on data collection, regulatory questions, and protocol development as it pertains to Guardant Health screening assays in collaboration with VP, Clinical Development, Screening and VP, Medical Affairs, Screening
• Develop new external partnerships that drive and accelerate adoption of our screening products through collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Facilitate meetings and scientific opportunities 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
• An active participant in the broader Medical Affairs organization (MACDOERS) providing valuable input into the wider organization. Collaborating and supporting the engagement of the wider Screening Medical Affairs and Commercial organizations
• Up to 50% regional travel expected

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in diagnostics, oncology, screening, public health or other adjacent field preferred
• Experience in Medical Affairs for products addressing all stages of the cancer care continuum preferred
• Experience in partnering with large healthcare systems preferred
• Existing broad network of clinical relationships in oncology within the country highly desirable

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Model : At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays
• The US base salary range for this full-time position is $264,400 to $363,550