Medical Lead, India

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012 Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care including screening to find cancer early monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information visitand follow the company onLinkedInX (Twitter)andFacebook.

Background / Role purpose

The Medical Lead-India will serve as Guardant Healths Medical Affairs representative for assigned territories within India responsible for advancing clinical understanding and appropriate adoption of Guardants precision oncology portfolio. This role will partner closely with oncologists pathologists molecular laboratories academic centres payers distributors and internal commercial and regional teams within the assigned territories to generate evidence educate stakeholders support clinical implementation and contribute to the medical strategy for India.

The role requires a balance of strategic medical planning and hands-on execution including evidence generation KOL engagement scientific education publication support tumour board participation and cross-functional medical input. The Medical Lead will also capture and communicate local medical insights to inform regional strategy evidence planning market access priorities and clinical adoption initiatives.

Why this role matters

This role offers the opportunity to help shape the adoption of precision oncology testing across India. The Medical Lead will play a critical role in building scientific confidence generating locally relevant evidence supporting clinical implementation and expanding access to advanced cancer diagnostics for patients.

Key responsibilities

Strategic medical planning and evidence generation

• Contribute to country-level evidence gap analysis and co-develop the India evidence and publication roadmap in alignment with AMEA and global Medical Affairs priorities.

• Develop territory-specific medical plans that reflect local oncology care pathways molecular diagnostics adoption stakeholder needs and evidence requirements.

• Identify design and support company-sponsored studies real-world evidence initiatives clinical utility projects and investigator-initiated studies in assigned territories.

• Support study feasibility protocol review site engagement investigator discussions timelines milestone tracking and risk mitigation.

• Support the development and quality review of abstracts posters manuscripts congress submissions and evidence packages.

• Partner with regional Medical Affairs and cross-functional teams to ensure local evidence generation is scientifically robust compliant and aligned with business and patient access priorities.

KOL / stakeholder engagement & education

• Build and maintain trusted scientific relationships with oncologists pathologists molecular laboratories academic institutions cancer centres payers public health stakeholders and other relevant experts within assigned territories.

• Develop and deliver scientifically rigorous educational content including deep-dive presentations grand rounds CME programs advisory boards tumour board discussions and internal/external training sessions.

• Provide on-site and virtual clinical support for complex case discussions report interpretation molecular tumour boards and multidisciplinary meetings.

• Train external speakers distributors and internal teams on scientific topics clinical evidence testing pathways and appropriate use of Guardant Health products.

• Capture synthesize and communicate medical insights from KOL interactions conferences advisory boards tumour boards and field activities to inform country and regional strategy.

Cross-functional partnership & commercial enablement

• Provide compliant evidence-based medical input to Commercial Marketing Client Services Market Access Regulatory and distributor teams.

• Advise cross-functional teams on clinical strategy scientific messaging value narratives payer evidence requirements customer education needs and territory-specific stakeholder dynamics.

• Provide medical review of scientific and promotional materials ensuring alignment with clinical evidence internal standards applicable regulations and company compliance requirements.

• Support distributor medical activities where relevant including training scientific oversight field medical support and alignment with Guardant Health standards.

• Partner with Market Access and Commercial teams to support evidence-based payer and institutional engagement while maintaining appropriate Medical Affairs independence

Operational & governance

• Represent assigned territories in India Medical Affairs planning and contribute to regional AMEA Medical Affairs initiatives.

• Track territory-level Medical Affairs KPIs deliverables and impact measures including evidence-generation progress KOL engagement quality educational programs insight generation and cross-functional support.

• Report progress risks and opportunities to the Director Regional Medical Affairs AMEA.

• Maintain accurate documentation of stakeholder interactions medical insights educational activities and project milestones.

• Ensure all activities are conducted in accordance with ethical legal regulatory and compliance requirements including local laws company SOPs and Guardant Health policies.

Success criteria / KPIs (examples)

Success in this role will be measured through a balanced set of scientific operational stakeholder and compliance indicators including:

• Quality and progress of evidence-generation projects in assigned territories including company-sponsored studies real-world evidence initiatives clinical utility projects and investigator-initiated studies.

• Abstracts publications congress presentations advisory boards and scientific outputs supported.

• Development and depth of KOL relationships across priority institutions cancer centres pathology networks and molecular laboratories.

• Quality and impact of medical education activities including tumour boards grand rounds CME programs scientific workshops and internal training.

• Actionable medical insights captured from the field and incorporated into country or regional strategy.

• Timely and compliant medical support provided to Commercial Client Services Market Access Regulatory and distributor teams.

• Contribution to appropriate clinical understanding stakeholder confidence and evidence-based adoption of Guardant Healths precision oncology portfolio.

• Consistent adherence to compliance governance documentation and medical review standards.

Education & experience (minimum & preferred)

Minimum

• MD MBBS PhD PharmD MSc or equivalent advanced degree in medicine oncology pathology molecular biology genomics or a related discipline.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Medical Affairs oncology diagnostics precision oncology molecular pathology NGS biotech or oncology pharmaceuticals.

• Demonstrated experience engaging oncology KOLs academic centres pathologists molecular laboratories multidisciplinary clinical teams or cancer care institutions.

• Strong ability to interpret oncology genomics molecular diagnostics and clinical evidence and translate complex scientific information for clinical and non-clinical audiences.

• Experience contributing to publications abstracts medical education programs advisory boards evidence-generation activities or scientific communication initiatives.

• Strong understanding of Medical Affairs governance scientific exchange principles and compliant cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred

• Clinical background in oncology (medical oncology molecular pathology or related).

• Prior hands-on experience designing clinical utility/real-world evidence studies and/or supporting HTA/payer dossiers.

• Track record of first-author or lead contributions to peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.

Skills & capabilities

• Excellent scientific communication (oral and written) in English; additional regional languages are an advantage.

• Strong stakeholder management cross-functional collaboration and project management skills.

• Ability to interpret complex genomics/oncology data and translate it for clinical and non-clinical audiences.

• Proficiency with MS Office (PowerPoint Excel Word) and virtual engagement platforms.

Travel & working requirements

• Frequent travel is required to engage KOLs attend conferences and run onsite activities; travel intensity typically ranges from regular weekly travel (short trips) to 4050% depending on business needs and the conference calendar. Some weekend or evening work may be required for scientific meetings.

• Role must be able to work independently handle travel and manage a multi-task workload in a fast-paced environment

Compliance & behavioural expectations

• Demonstrates a patient-first mindset and commitment to improving access to high-quality precision oncology diagnostics.

• Strictly adheres to ethical legal regulatory and compliance requirements.

• Operates with scientific integrity transparency professionalism and respect for Medical Affairs governance.

• Maintains appropriate independence from commercial decision-making while providing compliant scientific and medical input.

• Collaborates effectively across functions geographies and stakeholder groups.

• Represents Guardant Health with credibility humility and scientific rigor in all external engagements.

AI & Digital Fluency

• Demonstrate curiosity sound judgment and the ability to critically evaluate and responsibly leverage AI-enabled tools in accordance with company policies ethical standards and regulatory requirements to improve the efficiency effectiveness and quality of work.

Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however there may be exposure to high noise levels fumes and biohazard material in the laboratory to sit for extended periods of time.

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