Sr. Medical Director - Women's & Reproductive Health

Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. Successful candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation.

Pay

$350,000 - $400,000 / year

Benefits

• Day 1 medical, supplemental health, dental, and vision benefits for full-time employees who work 30+ hours
• Best-in-class well-being programs
• Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness®
• healthyMINDS Mental Health Program
• Vacation and Health/Flex Time
• 6 paid holidays, plus 1 "MyDay" off
• FinFit financial coaching and services
• 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
• Flexible spending accounts
• Annual incentive plans
• Matching gifts program
• Education assistance through MyQuest for Education
• Career advancement opportunities

About the role

The Sr. Medical Director will lead clinical research efforts directed towards developing projects that assess the clinical utility of our women’s health testing platforms and establish the scientific credibility of our test offerings to outside stakeholders in support of our commercial efforts. The role requires an appreciation of current and future clinical trends, standards of care, critical trials being carried out by others, and third-party reimbursement issues.

The Director will pursue impactful collaborations and publications in close coordination with Medical Scientific Affairs, the Women’s Health Product team, and Market Access departments. The director will share clinical knowledge and experience with the Development team to advise on current product revisions and future product development.

The Sr. Medical Director will serve as the primary consultant in women’s health internally to the commercial and marketing teams and externally to physicians, professional societies, health insurers, and patients. Activities will include scientific educational presentations at conferences and other venues and communication with clients on Quest Diagnostic's women’s health test offerings. The individual must nurture productive peer-to-peer relationships as an honest, credible partner in healthcare, fostering positive relationships with women’s health KOLs and practicing clinicians.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and/or maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with premier Women’s health KOL champions to promote understanding and adoption of our diagnostic technologies.
• Collaborate with commercial, market access, and medical affairs to set the agenda for and design clinical research initiatives, including collaborating with external KOLs to define publication strategies.
• Identify and help draft study protocols and publication plans, including drafting/first authoring multiple abstracts and publications with external KOL coauthors.
• Lead Medical Science Liaison and Clinical Specialist teams to develop KOL champions at large women’s health group strategic partners.
• Lead major investigator-initiated, multicenter studies that expand our indications through validation and outcomes assessment.
• Stay updated on developments in the clinical women’s health space, including new applications, clinical trial data, presentations, publications, and emerging biomarkers that affect the use of current testing and the development of new test modalities.
• Provide leadership in education and client support for the sales team and the managed care team.
• Represent Quest at national and international women’s health conferences and at focused meetings by collaboratively preparing abstracts and presenting data.
• Support other Quest medical affairs directors responsible for building and managing scientific and clinical community relationships and, upon request, help mediate resolution of client queries.
• Direct supervision of one Medical Science Liaison.

25-50% Travel

Requirements

• M.D. or D.O. with board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN).
• Certification in one of the following sub-specialties—Reproductive Endocrinology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, or Gynecologic Oncology—is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience providing women’s health patient care.
• Comprehensive knowledge of women’s health clinical trials.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of networking both nationally and internationally with women’s health colleagues.
• Previous experience, typically obtained through PhD or postdoctoral work, in laboratory research preferred.