Senior Director Assay Product

About the Product Department

The Senior Director of Assay Product is a leadership role within the Guardant Health Oncology Product Department which is responsible for product portfolio strategy and lifecycle management of all products in the oncology division. The Department comprises two functional areas: assay product comprising liquid and tissue therapy selection and disease monitoring assets and digital product comprising both externalfacing digital products data and internal infrastructure.

About the Role

The Senior Director of Assay Product is the wholly responsible for the oncology assay product portfolio strategy and plan; conception planning and business fit of assay products within that plan; and full lifecycle management of assay products through to endoflife. In pursuit of the above the Senior Director of Assay Product will lead the individual assay product leads (Guardant360 Guardatn360 Tissue and Guardant Reveal) as well as the assay product support team. The role will also be a key individual contributor supporting the above as well as directly responsible for portfoliowide initiatives shared across assay products. This position ensures the integrity market fit and business success of the longterm Guardant oncology product vision.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Business performance
  • Develop and execute a comprehensive assay product roadmap that aligns with the companys strategic objectives.
  • Manage the individual assay product leads to deliver on their part in the same.
  • Individually deliver on portfoliowide initiatives in support of the same.
  • Lead crossfunctional teams to design develop and launch bestinclass assay products that meet the needs of patients customers and other stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to identify emerging trends technologies and opportunities and incorporate them into product development plans.
• Leadership
  • Develop and grow talent within the product organization such that individual team members consistently and demonstrably improve year on year.
  • Champion excellence and innovation develop and refine practices within the product organization such that our collective performance consistently and demonstrably improves year on year.
  • Foster a culture of crossfunctional communication accountability and mission so that we act as one Stronger Together.          

Qualifications :

• PhD MBA or equivalent degree or experience.
• Working knowledge of the molecular diagnostics industry.
• Demonstrated track record of success in product development or adjacent function.
• Exceptional organizational analytical and oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated track record of leadership and management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in oncology diagnostics and/or drug development.
• Experience in product development.
• Experience in clinical oncology practice and/or oncology drug development.

Additional Information :

Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health we have defined days for inperson/onsite collaboration and workfromhome days for individualfocused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled inoffice days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant our work model has created flexibility for better worklife balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.

For positions based in Palo Alto CA or Redwood City CA the base salary range for this fulltime position is $255600 to $345060. The range does not include benefits and if applicable bonus commission or equity.

Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including but not limited to jobrelated 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 equipment. Majority 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 environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

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