Principal Screening Medical Officer

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At Exact Sciences, we’re helping change how the world prevents, detects and guides treatment for cancer. We give patients and clinicians the clarity needed to make confident decisions when they matter most. Join our team to find a purpose-driven career, an inclusive culture, and robust benefits to support your life while you’re working to help others.

The Senior Medical Officer, Screening, as a resource to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Field Medical team, and Commercial teams, provides critical clinical expertise to the external community. As such, the individual in this role must maintain personal and scientific credibility to interact with key national thought leaders (e.g., primary and specialty care providers, health system leaders, health care insurance managers, advocacy organizations, government agencies, medical centers of excellence, etc.)

in alignment with CMO-directed engagement strategies.

This position can be remote.

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform strategic outreach to medical leadership representing Exact Sciences’ screening business, communicating the clinical value proposition of the company’s product portfolio.
• Strategically identify and engage national and regional thought leaders to conduct scientific discussions and understand insights related to clinical need and utility.
• Conduct clinical presentations and information sharing at major scientific conferences, health system meetings, and health care provider settings.
• Ensure close cross-functional collaboration and serve as a senior clinical expert to field personnel for presentations, communications, education, and other initiatives.
• Work in collaboration with Field Medical and Commercial teams to execute CMO-directed strategies for key stakeholder groups.
• Assist in the review, development, and execution of study protocols and engagements with investigators interested in collaborating on prioritized research studies to advance Exact Sciences’ screening portfolio.
• Provide clinical expertise to enrich initiatives such as sales training programs, journal clubs, ad hoc literature reviews, etc. as needed.
• In partnership with Field Medical, serve as a resource for Commercial teams for medical inquiries as needed.
• Effectively engage with internal stakeholders and enable successful linkages across teams.
• Stay abreast of new developments, papers, and trends relevant to Exact Sciences’ screening portfolio and work with the necessary internal stakeholders to be a conduit to the field for review of these developments.
• Ensure compliance with relevant corporate and regulatory guidelines.
• Exceptional public speaking and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and familiarity with medical messaging.
• Excellent ability to successfully communicate at all levels in a complex and competitive environment.
• Ability to integrate and apply feedback in a professional manner.
• Ability to prioritize and drive to results with a high emphasis on quality.
• Ability to successfully work in a cross-functional team setting and lead through influence.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization.
• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 80% of a typical working day.
• Ability to travel 80% of working time away from work location, may include overnight/weekend travel.

• Physician (M.D. degree or equivalent) with medical expertise in clinical practice and/or within the biotechnology industry.
• Strong clinical/medical background.
• Experience delivering clinical presentations within the medical community, particularly at major professional conferences and other medical leadership meetings.
• Experience interacting with key external stakeholders such as health system leaders, health…