Head of Marketing

Responsibilities

• Own, refine, and flow the overarching corporate narrative down to your respective marketing teams, ensuring the market clearly understands why we are fundamentally different from traditional labs across our oncology, hereditary, rare disease, and algorithmic portfolios.
• Create unique, highly differentiated product positioning that makes it incredibly easy for clinicians and customers to understand our special value proposition, with a particular opportunity to deliver on Tempus’ 1-of-1 AI capabilities.
• Drive the end-to-end development of all downstream marketing assets, including comprehensive sales materials, high-impact social media content, and digital programs designed to capture market share.
• Work closely with and provide direct, collaborative support to the Upstream Marketing/Product Strategy leaders, seamlessly turning product roadmaps into commercial launch realities.
• Partner deeply with Sales, Learning & Development (L&D), and Commercial Operations to ensure the field organization is fully equipped, highly trained, and executing on aligned messaging.
• Actively integrate cross-functional discussions and synthesize critical inputs from R&D, Technology, and Medical/Clinical Development to keep downstream messaging scientifically accurate and ahead of market trends.
• Synthesize customer insights and competitive dynamics to execute targeted, agile marketing strategies that accelerate adoption of our diagnostic applications.
• Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing downstream marketing organization, cultivating a culture of speed, accountability, and execution excellence.
• Rapidly deploy, test, and optimize marketing programs, navigating a fast-moving, startup-like environment with ease and poise.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required; a postgraduate qualification (e.g., MBA, MS, Ph.D.) is a distinct advantage.
• Downstream Track Record: 10+ years of direct marketing experience in a highly regulated part of healthcare or life sciences, with an emphasis on commercialization, brand building, and downstream execution.
• Leadership Weight: 8+ years of experience leading marketing functions and 8+ years of direct people management experience.
• Domain Context: Commercial marketing experience in oncology, advanced diagnostics, or related segments with clinician- and industry-facing (pharma + non-pharma) products.
• Commercial Acumen: Robust business acumen with a proven track record of translating complex clinical data into actionable, field-ready commercial campaigns.
• Modern Marketing Toolset: An AI-first mindset with practical familiarity utilizing or operationalizing digital tools and modern marketing workflows to enhance the customer experience.
• Growth Resiliency: An entrepreneurial mindset characterized by exceptional grit, collaborative listening skills, and comfort working at a 25%+ annual growth pace.