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