[Hiring] Associate Medical Director @Natera

Role Description

The Associate Area Medical Director (Associate AMD) is a physician contributor operating within a defined regional geography under the guidance of an Area Medical Director or Medical Affairs leadership. This role is designed for a clinically credentialed oncologist who is building field medical affairs expertise and developing the cross-functional, commercial, and scientific capabilities required for full AMD-level autonomy.

The Associate AMD executes field engagement activities, supports MSL partnership, and delivers scientific education within established frameworks and account priorities. The role contributes to insight generation and escalation management, but does not yet carry independent ownership of area strategy or cross-functional leadership. This is a 50% field-based role requiring strong clinical foundations, a bias for action, and the capacity to develop rapidly in a high-autonomy environment.

Qualifications

• Required:
• M.D. or D.O. with board certification or active board eligibility in medical oncology, medical oncology/hematology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology or a directly related clinical specialty.
• Minimum 2–5 years of clinical practice or medical affairs experience following training (HM4 level; equivalent field experience accepted).
• Clinical knowledge across at least one or more tumor histologies and foundational understanding of molecular diagnostic testing in oncology.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clinical data and engage physician audiences in a professional setting.
• Preferred:
• Prior medical affairs, MSL, or field-based clinical role in oncology diagnostics, pharma, or biotech.
• Familiarity with cfDNA-based testing, MRD assays, or molecular residual disease concepts.
• Experience presenting at scientific or clinical educational forums.

Requirements

• Execute 8–12 MD-level engagements per quarter within defined geography, with at least 50% in pre-identified top strategic community accounts.
• Maintain at least 3 field ride days per month alongside MSL counterparts, targeting accounts designated by area leadership.
• Establish contact with medical leads in assigned top accounts; engage 100% of flagged accounts within 10 business days of assignment.
• Share responsibility for implementation and execution of “platinum-glove” provider engagement activities with area AMD lead.
• Attend, support, or present at regional educational programs as directed; develop toward independent program leadership over time.
• Complete annual recurrent speaker training; maintain working proficiency across assigned tumor histologies and the MRD diagnostic landscape.
• Document scientific exchange summaries and objection-handling themes in Salesforce following each engagement.
• Participate in bi-weekly 1:1s with MSL manager and attend monthly MSL team meetings; support area planning sessions as directed.
• Respond to escalated area medical inquiries within 48 hours with 100% closed-loop documentation; triage complex inquiries to the AMD or histology-specific Medical Directors.
• Generate at least 2 actionable regional insights per quarter; contribute to quarterly written insight report submitted to AMD or manager.
• Identify, triage and resolve operational issues coming from area accounts through cross-functional coordination and ownership.
• Identify and document field-driven evidence generation opportunities; escalate to AMD for evaluation and submission to histology lifecycle teams.
• Support AMD-led clinical trial concept development; participate in one histology-specific program identification per year.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• 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.
• Generous employee referral program.

Company Description

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.