Medical Director, Italy

Guardant Health - Country Medical Lead, Medical Affairs (Italy)
Company Overview

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through 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. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

About the Role

Based in Italy, the Country Medical Lead, Medical Affairs will educate and develop academic key opinion leaders (KOL) champions with current study findings supporting the clinical value of Guardant Health's products. This role will co-develop studies and publication strategies to achieve positive guidelines, physician adoption, and support private and public payer coverage. The position reports to the Medical Affairs Director South of Europe.

This role focuses on abstract and publication creation, developing physician educational materials, and training speakers for academic events, advisory boards, and CME lectures. The successful candidate will build strategic partnerships with leading cancer centers throughout Italy and community-based oncology groups, translating research data into actionable insights through publications and presentations.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify clinical unmet needs in diagnostic and therapeutic pathways with healthcare professionals, patients and payers
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with premier cancer center KOL champions
• Partner with Sales executives to identify strategic healthcare partnerships including evidence generation opportunities
• Drive development of clinical utility projects and investigator-initiated studies for market access
• Create and review educational slides based on new publications and research findings
• Lead speaker programs and education for clinicians with expertise in solid tumors
• Prepare on-site presentations, data reviews, and interactive education events for KOLs
• Assist in Clinical Advisory Board planning and meeting facilitation
• Draft study protocols, publication plans, abstracts and publications with external KOL coauthors
• Lead Medical Science Liaison and Clinical Oncology Specialist teams nationally
• Support market access activities and development of payer adoption materials
• Collaborate with clinical trial managers on ongoing trials and data generation
• Identify and organize presence at major scientific conferences
• Plan yearly budget requirements to achieve Medical Affairs country goals

Required Qualifications
Education & Experience:

• Terminal degree in scientific field (Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or Master's with academic equivalent)
• Clinical expertise in Oncology highly desirable
• Minimum 3-5 years healthcare experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, academic or cancer diagnostic industry
• 8+ years experience in biotechnology, diagnostics and pharmaceutical industry with oncology focus

Technical Skills:

• Advanced knowledge of biotechnology, diagnostics and pharmaceutical industry
• Experience with academic medical centers building consensus around new products
• Proven team building and management capabilities
• Successful publication record as primary author of peer-reviewed publications
• Track record of presentations at academic centers resulting in product adoption
• Experience in study protocol design and documentation
• Prior experience as Medical Affairs professional in novel clinical product introduction preferred

Core Competencies:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Ability to work independently and remotely while maintaining teamwork ethic
• Multi-dimensional abilities to handle simultaneous tasks across teams and organizational levels
• Self-directed, intrinsically motivated, and flexible in dynamic environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and time management
• Exceptional human relations and coordination skills
• Outstanding oral presentation skills in Italian and English
• Highly developed written communication skills for technical briefs and scientific publications
• Excellent proofreading abilities
• Additional languages beyond English and Italian are advantageous

Work Environment

• Extensive travel requirements: 3-4 days per week, approximately 40-50% of working time
• Primarily national travel with occasional international conferences (ASCO, ESMO)
• Some weekend work required for scientific conferences
• Home-based office with extensive computer use
• High-paced, high-energy environment requiring multitasking abilities
• Physical ability to handle extensive travel via various transportation modes

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