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
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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.

• 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