Director, Medical Affairs Screening
Guardant Health
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 Director, Medical Affairs, Screening is responsible for leading and inspiring the Screening Medical Affairs team while building and developing strong relationships across the medical and scientific communities. This role involves engaging academic key opinion leaders (KOLs) by sharing the latest clinical data and supporting the value of Guardant Health’s product(s).
In collaboration with the VP of Medical Affairs, Screening, the Director co-develops studies and publication strategies to develop clinical evidence to drive guideline inclusion, physician adoption, and payer coverage. The role also includes creating abstracts, publications, and educational materials for academic presentations (e.g., grand rounds, CME lectures) and training speakers.
The Director effectively translates research into impactful publications and presentations at national meetings and educational events. Additionally, they support commercial strategy, marketing, managed care efforts, sales training, and development of regional physician influencers to expand test coverage.
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).
Identify and draft study protocols and publication plans, including drafting/first authoring multiple abstracts and publications with external KOL coauthors.
Manage a team of Medical Affairs professionals.
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.
3–5 years of healthcare experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry, with clinical expertise in relevant specialties preferred.
Proven ability to engage academic medical experts and build consensus around new products or services.
Experienced team builder with prior Director-level Medical Affairs leadership, ideally involving the launch of a novel clinical product.
Demonstrated success in authoring peer-reviewed publications and delivering independent presentations that led to product adoption.
Experienced in study protocol design and documentation.
Technical Skills Required
Extensive knowledge of the biotechnology, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical industries with a strong grasp of product specifications.
Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
Highly self-motivated and adaptable, with a strong team ethic; effective working independently and remotely.
Skilled in multitasking, cross-functional collaboration, and engaging at all organizational levels.
Excellent problem-solving, time management, and attention to detail.
Strong interpersonal, oral presentation, and written communication skills, including preparation of internal documents, presentations, and publications.
Confident in addressing clinical inquiries in both individual and group settings, and in engaging scientific experts at events and conferences.
Meticulous in grammar, spelling, and formatting with strong proofreading skills.
Work Environment:
Requires up to 75% travel (3–4 days/week), including occasional weekends, to meet with KOLs and attend educational events and scientific conferences.
Must be physically able to travel frequently by various modes of transportation.
Home-based office with extensive computer and keyboard use.
Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy environment is essential.
Additional Information
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. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $213,300 to $291,950. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries across all US locations for the posted role with the exception of any locations specifically referenced below (if any).
Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward, the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.
Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected]
A background screening including criminal history is required for this role. GH will consider qualified applicants with criminal arrest or conviction histories in a manner consistent with applicable law including but not limited to the LA County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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