Clinical Strategy Manager (REMOTE, USA)

Compensation:  $150,000 - $165,000 per year. You are eligible to a Short-Term Incentive Plan with the target at 10% of your annual earnings, terms and conditions apply.

Clinical Strategy Manager (REMOTE, USA)

Job Overview: 

A successful Clinical Strategy Manager (CSM) is dynamic and detail oriented. The CSM plays a key role in supporting clinical strategy, collaborating cross-functionally, engaging with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and facilitating the development of clinical roadmaps. This role requires expertise in clinical data analysis, strong communication skills, and the ability to work effectively across departments.

Essential Functions:

• Strategic Planning:
  • Contribute to the development of long-term clinical strategies that align with company goals, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive product development, launch, and commercialization.
  • Portfolio Planning and Prioritization: Support and initiate the planning and prioritization of product proposals, helping determine which products to develop, enhance, or phase out based on insights from Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and voice-of-customer feedback.
  • Clinical Roadmap Development: Develop and maintain clinical roadmaps for assigned areas within Medical Affairs, ensuring alignment with internal teams, including Product Managers and R&D, and providing clear objectives and milestones.
• Cross-functional Collaboration:
  • Serve on internal committees, task forces, and working groups, representing Medical Affairs to ensure alignment with clinical strategy and provide expertise where appropriate.
  • Act as the primary upstream liaison between Medical Affairs and product core teams, providing clinical expertise, supporting evidence-based decision-making, and aligning product goals with long-term strategy. Leverage clinical insights, KOL feedback, and future research study planning to ensure products meet both immediate and strategic objectives.
  • Support and drive the internal Product Development Process (PDP) to effectively collaborate on product development initiatives, representing the upstream clinical development process on behalf of Medical Affairs and being accountable at each phase exit to ensure all phase exit deliverables are met.
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Market Access, Regulatory, Pharma Services, Business Development, R&D, and all clinical teams to integrate scientific insights into the company’s long-term clinical strategy and processes and represent Medical Affairs in meetings.
• Data Analysis and Insights:
  • Analyze internal and external scientific data, industry guidelines, and clinical trends to provide strategic insights that drive product development, inform clinical strategy, and support targeted messaging led by field-facing teams. This role requires expertise in data sources and internal systems, with the ability to independently identify, access, and critically review relevant data.
  • Organize and Propose Solutions: Develop and propose solutions for managing internal processes related to data analysis and insights. Disseminate findings and updates in meetings, through presentations, and in written formats to ensure all relevant teams are informed and aligned with key information.
  • Conduct thorough reviews of medical guidelines, consensus statements, and publications to identify trends and opportunities, creating slide decks, reports, and presentations that foster collaboration and inform strategic discussions.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert, translating scientific insights into actionable strategies for clinical utility and adoption of genetic testing, collaborating closely with Product Managers, R&D, Market Access, and clinical teams.
  • Actively contribute to clinical research supporting product launches, including compiling findings into white papers as assigned, with potential contributions to abstracts, publications, and scientific presentations at conferences.
• KOL Engagement:
  • Develop and execute KOL engagement strategies, including organizing medical advisory boards, collaborating with KOLs to gather insights, and aligning long term planning with clinical utility and company goals.
  • Build and maintain relationships with leaders across professional societies, patient advocacy groups, expert panels, advisory boards, and both private and governmental organizations. Collaborate closely with Medical Affairs to assess stakeholder needs, organize educational events, and engage in board or advisory roles to advance shared goals in genetic testing, clinical utility, patient advocacy, and strategic partnerships.
  • Attend relevant conferences and scientific meetings, engaging with KOLs, summarizing key findings, and sharing insights with internal stakeholders. Travel up to 20% may be required.
• Clinical Education and Communication:
  • Lead initiatives to keep internal stakeholders informed and support external awareness of the clinical strategy and product portfolio. Long-term clinical strategy may involve developing and fostering relationships with digital opinion leaders, with responsibilities that include planning and executing, webinars, specific social media campaigns, podcasts, and other digital outreach efforts.
  • Work with Medical Affairs to build relationships with key societies and advocacy groups, organizing educational events as needed.
• Support for Field Medical Affairs Teams:
  • Collaborate with Medical Affairs colleagues to develop content-rich, strategy-driven slide decks that provide clinical and scientific education on key focus areas as assigned.
  • Ensure adherence to approval processes, understanding the rules and regulations governing content intended for external Medical Affairs use. Familiarity with these guidelines is essential to effectively create materials for use by field teams and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) at scientific conferences, dinner talks, grand rounds, and other educational events.
  • Review clinical content for marketing projects, including product launches and training materials, to ensure accuracy, compliance, and alignment with long-term clinical strategy
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: 

• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant academic field such as medicine, science, psychology or public health or equivalent experience 
• Min 5 years’ experience in laboratory operations, biotechnical business development, medical affairs, clinical research, or clinical role
• Excellent networking and communication skills.
• Technical knowledge of laboratory testing and terminology is desirable.
• Capable of excelling within a team environment.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to collaborate and communicate effectively, lead meetings and lead projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively, attention to detail, ability to cross reference information, ability to prioritize work, telephone skills, computer skills, working knowledge of standard office equipment (computers, printers fax machines, phone systems, office software and internet).
• Flexibility with regard to job assignments and work hours.
• Excellent skills in Office 365

Preferred:

• Experience in data analytics, Asana and Tableau preferred.
• Background in biology and genetics, clinical experience a plus
• Post graduate experience in medical affairs preferred
• Project management training, such as Lean Six Sigma yellow belt or higher, is a plus
• Experience in organizing medical advisory boards or other professional boards or advisory councils, is a plus

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About Us: 

Ambry Genetics Corporation is a CAP-accredited and CLIA-licensed molecular genetics laboratory based in Aliso Viejo, California. We are a genetics-based healthcare company that is dedicated to open scientific exchange so we can work together to understand and treat all human disease faster.

At Ambry, everyone is welcome. A career at Ambry Genetics is a chance to be part of a dynamic company that aims to improve health by understanding the relationships between genetics and human disease. We earned our reputation as industry leaders by responsibly introducing cutting-edge genetic testing solutions and continually sharing what we learn with the global scientific community.

At Ambry you will be learning, challenging yourself, and having fun while collaborating with teammates through the open exchange of ideas.  Our outstanding benefits program includes medical, dental, vision, 401k with a 4% employer match, FSA, paid sick leave and generous paid time off (PTO) program. You can learn more about the benefits here. Ambry Genetics is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and we maintain a drug-free work environment.

The Company believes in second chance employment.  Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with local laws such as Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.  You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if the Company is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. For the purpose of the above job description, “Essential Functions” are “Material Job Duties”.

Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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