Director, Medical Affairs – Pathology, Oncology

Role Overview

• Actively participate in the product development process in R&D to guide specifications for Illumina’s RUO and IVD products.
• Work closely with Marketing, Product Marketing, Assay/Product Development as well as product life cycle teams to support the execution of the product launch strategy, and ensure internal and external launch readiness.
• Coordinate medical affairs strategies for evidence generation and scientific communication in relation to product development and product launches across cancer screening and diagnostics and hereditary diseases.
• Collaborate with Market Access to strategize and develop the necessary evidence to improve reimbursement for cancer screening and diagnostics.
• Represent medical affairs by providing leadership and clinical expertise in interactions with pharma/biotech partners who are interested in utilizing Illumina products for clinical trials or other purposes.
• Support the development of scientific and medical education content and in-house training for the commercial team (sales and marketing) and others in relation to product development and product launches.
• Develop best practices and build sustainable partnerships with US key opinion leaders to ensure that Illumina’s cancer screening and diagnostics portfolio is appropriately incorporated and positioned in clinical care guidelines by providing balanced, non-commercial scientific information.
• Prepare tailored clinical presentations for Illumina’s advisory boards, collaborators, and other key opinion leaders.

Requirements

• MD or MD/PhD certified by the American Board of Pathology.
• 10+ years of direct hands-on CLIA/CAP clinical laboratory experience required in cancer screening and diagnostic testing.
• 8+ years of leadership experience in a molecular pathology/clinical genomics laboratory, preferably involved in cross-functional business execution.
• 5+ years of experience in development of molecular diagnostics methods used for cancer screening and diagnostics.
• Deep experience with Illumina next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics technologies preferred.
• 5+ years experience leading teams of individuals with diverse expertise, experience, and professional backgrounds.
• Experience with regulatory aspects of clinical genomics laboratories and clear understanding of patient safety considerations.
• Experience bridging activities of medical teams with those of commercial, legal, quality, product, and other teams.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership experience in highly matrixed setting.
• Strong oral and presentation communication skills to present scientific content to national audiences.
• Ability to travel at least 30% time.
• Excellent inter-personal skills and ability to work with people of diverse educational and professional backgrounds.

Benefits

• access to genomics sequencing
• family planning
• health/dental/vision
• retirement benefits
• paid time off