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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