Company Description
Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through the use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets, and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes, and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum.
Job Description
The Clinical Science Liaison, Oncology provides scientific and technical leadership while educating community-based physicians with the most current study findings (abstracts and publications) encouraging the clinical value of Guardant Health’s product(s). The Clinical Science Liaison, Oncology seeks opportunities to engage with physicians to review real-world cases and address questions related to test reports. The Clinical Science Liaison, Oncology identifies opportunities for collaboration on relevant research projects and other projects of mutual interest.
The Clinical Science Liaison, Oncology ensures a strong scientific partnership between Medical Affairs and Commercial. The Clinical Science Liaison, Oncology builds relationships with local/regional professional societies and health plans to provide education regarding emerging abstracts and publications relevant to molecular testing.
The Clinical Science Liaison, Oncology plays an integral role in accelerating the advancement of patient care through demonstrated intrinsic motivation, curiosity, persistence, and collaboration.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide scientific and technical leadership to ensure professional and credible relationships with key community physicians and KOLs to promote understanding and adoption of our novel diagnostic technologies.
- Be a resource for community physicians to evaluate and provide guidance on interpretation of real-world patient test reports.
- Facilitate educational growth and understanding through the presentation of scientific content to medical providers and their staff.
- Identify opportunities for collaboration with KOLs to present at scientific forums such as national and regional specialty society meetings, as well as other strategic industry medical needs.
- Synopsize and educate key staff regarding emerging abstracts and publications relevant to molecular testing.
- Facilitate medical and scientific field intelligence that could include a list of providers/investigators in specific tumor types. Elicit feedback on current and future products and share with our internal commercial and research divisions.
- Prepare and present clinical requests for information related to institutional guidelines or pathways.
Qualifications:
- Terminal degree in a scientific field of study (Genetic Counselor, NP/PA, Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or academic equivalent such as Associate Professor position).
- Clinical expertise or related experience in Oncology is required. Minimum of 1-3 years of healthcare experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
- Experience working with clinicians to build consensus around new products and/or services.
- Track record of independent presentation at major academic centers or within the community setting resulting in product adoption.
- Prior experience in the introduction of a novel new clinical product is highly desired.
Additional Skills:
- Applies advanced knowledge of the biotechnology, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical industry to advance the medical and scientific objectives of our diagnostic company.
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other software skills; Excellent written/verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and remotely while maintaining a strong teamwork ethic.
- Multi-dimensional in abilities to work on simultaneous tasks, work cross-team, and at different levels of the organization.
- Self-directed, intrinsically motivated, flexible to changes in an ever-changing dynamic environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills, good attention to detail, time management skills, and personal initiative.
- Exceptional human relations skills to coordinate the accomplishment of tasks through other people.
- Ability to elicit and answer clinical questions in groups ranging from individuals to larger didactic roundtables and meetings.
Extensive travel required up to 3-4 days/overnights per week to meet with KOLs, attend physician education talks and conferences, including specialty society scientific meetings (will require some weekend work). Travel is estimated to be approximately 75%.
Office may be home-based and involves extensive use of computer and keyboard while in home office.
Additional Information
Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $136,585 to $184,400. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity.
Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs.
Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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