Director, Field Translational Science – Oncology

🕒 July 30

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $150k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Natera

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2004

🏥 Healthcare

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Biotechnology • Healthcare Insurance

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing technology, specializing in non-invasive genetic testing and diagnostics. The company's innovative solutions focus on areas such as prenatal screening, cancer detection, and organ transplant monitoring. By using advanced bioinformatics and DNA analysis, Natera provides healthcare professionals and patients with critical information to make more informed medical decisions.

📋 Description

• Hire, develop, and manage a premier field organization of translational scientists. • Author and execute the regional data engagement strategy. • Oversee the secure regional tracking architecture and data ingestion pipelines. • Command the interface between field operations and internal Oncology Translational Medicine & Scientific Communications. • Oversee the lifecycle of all regional investigator-initiated trials (IITs) and institutional registries. • Secure, scale, and manage institutional data-sharing models and biobanking governance. • Represent Natera as a senior scientific authority at major oncology congresses.

🎯 Requirements

• Required Education: PhD or MD in Cancer Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, or a related complex molecular science discipline. • Required Experience: 6+ years of total experience within basic or translational oncology research, including a minimum of 2+ years of explicit people management experience leading high-performing scientific or clinical teams within the diagnostics, biotechnology or pharmaceutical sectors. • Domain Mastery: Exceptional command of cancer biology and genetics, liquid biopsy modalities and clinical utilities, next-generation sequencing (NGS) and ctDNA workflows and data interpretation, and statistical methods. • Data-Centric Track Record: Documented success managing complex genomic datasets, institutional electronic medical record (EMR) integrations, or complex clinical data registries. • Leadership Style: Proven ability to manage teams through high ambiguity, prioritizing structured logic and rapid, high-judgment decision-making over consensus-driven delays. • Operational Mobility: Ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 50-70% to support team execution, site audits, and principal investigator collaborations.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. • Free testing for employees and their immediate families. • Fertility care benefits. • Pregnancy and baby bonding leave. • 401k benefits. • Commuter benefits. • Generous employee referral program.