POSITION SUMMARY:

The Medical Director, Heart Transplant is a critical leadership role that dictates Natera’s success by influencing usage and confidence in molecular diagnostics into routine medical practice. This will initially be an individual contributor role with opportunity to build a team as the business grows. The job location can be remote with ~50% travel.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Works on the clinical development of molecular diagnostic tools in the fields of heart transplant and heart failure.

• Lead design and implementation of new treatment protocols that incorporate Natera’s transplant-focused diagnostic products
• Recruit industry-leading PIs and clinical sites to participate in clinical studies, meeting budget and timeline requirements in collaboration with Clinical Trial Operations dept.
• Advise on product development for our testing portfolio: identify clinical unmet needs, new product opportunities, critical product features, product intended use, design and content of test reports, minimum validation studies
• Medical Affairs post-launch: clinical interpretation of test results, customer support for physicians, advise on pre-and post-test counseling for patients
• Drive medical education efforts to support successful launch and commercialization of our transplant product portfolio by teaching the community how to use the tests
• Recruit key opinion leaders (KOLs) for medical advisory board, participate as a leader in advisory meetings
• Support the publication strategy by crafting papers in collaboration with Scientific Communications dept.
• Provide medical input into regulatory submissions
• Represent Natera’s medical voice in any public relations related to transplant
• This role works with PHI on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form and have access to various technologies to access PHI (paper and electronic) in order to perform the job
• Employee must complete training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training as soon as possible but not later than the first 30 days of hire.
• Must maintain a current status on Natera training requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• D. . required
• At least 5 years of practice experience (post fellowship) in transplant cardiology, seeing and treating patients. Knowledge and facility with practice guidelines across different organ types strongly preferred.
• At least 3 years of clinical trial experience in academia, biotech industry, or equivalent
• At least 2 years’ experience in industry, Medical Affairs, or Clinical Development with record of success in commercializing transplant products (therapeutics or diagnostics) preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Strong knowledge of clinical trial methodology, protocol development, regulatory and compliance requirements, statistics and epidemiology
• Ability to quickly learn Natera’s technology and that of our competitors, understand the strengths and limitations of each, and articulate strong customer value propositions
• Skill and experience in building and managing a team
• Effective in both written and oral communications, with strong persuasive skills in debate, thinking fast on your feet
• Project management skills, with ability to balance and execute across multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven team player, with ability to participate as a member of a cross-disciplinary team
• Ability to manage conflict with poise

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Duties are typically performed in an office setting.
• This position requires the ability to use a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone and read printed material.
• Duties may require working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends) at times.

Travel required for this position:

No ☐ or Yes ☒ : If yes state anticipated percent for travel: approximately, 50%

The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.

Remote USA

$221,600—$277,000 USD

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive Benefits
• Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

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