[Hiring] Medical Director, Endocrinology @Veracyte

Role Description

The Medical Director is responsible for establishing and implementing the medical affairs strategy for the Afirma/endocrinology franchise to advance the company’s related genomic into clinical practice. The Medical Director’s responsibilities will align along four focused areas:

• Key Opinion Leader (KOL) relationship development
• Publication strategy and execution that support product adoption and reimbursement
• Scientific support of the commercial team
• Scientific leadership of R&D and clinical trial strategy and execution

Responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic and tactical guidance across the indication/products
• Initiate, cultivate and manage relationships with key global opinion leaders to foster a collaborative synergy between Veracyte and academia, including but not limited to:
  • Medical Advisory Board Meetings
  • Presentations at national and international meetings
  • Peer reviewed publications
  • Investigator initiated research
  • Guideline inclusion
  • Medical policy inclusion
  • Engagement in clinical trials
• Provide leadership in the development and execution of Veracyte’s publication plan
• Lead the development of Veracyte’s publication plan
• Collaborate internally and externally to optimize presentations
• Innovate key message communication to a variety of stakeholders
• Participate in Veracyte’s Product Development teams for the development of future products and guidance to all features of tests under development
• Provide input during product concept, feasibility, development, validation, and through to product launch
• Develop the technology differentiators that help establish product superiority
• Represent the voice of customer for product design; help to finalize customer requirements so that products will be competitive on market
• Plan and design clinical trials including consideration for sample collection during post-launch validation trials, clinical utility trials, and cost effectiveness studies
• Represent Veracyte at the scientific and medical professional organizational meetings
• Remain knowledgeable and conversant about new developments and trends in thyroid endocrinology that impact or influence our product portfolio
• Provide leadership and contributions to the commercial team in areas including but not limited to:
  • Global marketing and sales
  • Payer relations
  • Medical policy
  • Veracyte team education

Qualifications

• PhD or MD degree
• At least 13 years of expertise in scientific and medical writing and presentations, which may include:
  • Primary authorship on peer reviewed papers
  • Oral presentations at national or international scientific meetings
  • Responsibility for development and submission of regulatory documents
• At least 10 years of clinical research experience inclusive of:
  • Research Protocol development
  • Good Clinical Practice Certification
  • Data analytics and basic biostatistics
• Flexibility to travel up to 30% of the time to meet with key physicians, researchers and payers, and attend/present at industry events domestically and internationally
• Excellent communication skills with ability to maintain open communication with people of all backgrounds and expertise inside and outside the Company
• Proven ability to successfully communicate, consult, collaborate and coach in a complex and competitive environment
• Ability to translate complex medical messages into communications that are understood by each target audience
• Ability to distill large complex clinical data sets into meaningful and understandable messages
• Warm, engaging personality with highly developed influencing skills and ability to represent the Company and its products/services with credibility
• Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work cross-functionally throughout the Company
• Collaborative and strong leadership qualities; ability to build team consensus
• The ability to leverage business principles within the team while maintaining a corporate view of the portfolio
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Exceptional communicator, including both written and verbal skills, with ability to clearly and thoroughly communicate on behalf of all Company matters
• Impeccable ethics, conducting business in the most professional manner possible

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Significant career opportunities
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive workforce
• Recognition as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel

Pay Range

$300,000 — $340,000 USD