Medical Director, Endocrinology

The Position:

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:

(1). Key Opinion Leader (KOL) relationship development;

(2.) Publication strategy and execution that support product adoption and reimbursement;

(3.) Scientific support of the commercial team; and (4.) scientific leadership of R&D and clinical trial strategy and execution.

Responsibilities:

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 the following avenues:
  • 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.

Other Responsibilities:

• 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

Who You Are:

• 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.

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The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Pay range

$300,000

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$340,000 USD