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Chief Medical Officer

DexCom


Job Location:

San Diego, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 231900 - 481500
Posted: 31 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 28 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later having pioneered an industry. And were just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what weve started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening serving with integrity thinking big and being dependable. Weve already changed millions of lives and were ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. Well get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though weve come a long way from our small company days our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Role Summary:
The SVP Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is Dexcoms senior-most medical leader and the CEOs primary advisor on clinical strategy medical credibility and evidence priorities. The CMO is accountable for enterprise medical strategy clinical evidence generation HEOR and real-world evidence and medical governance across Dexcoms portfolio in diabetes and metabolic health.

The CMO leads Clinical Affairs and Medical Affairs with VP-level leaders of each function reporting into the role. The CMO partners closely with Operations & Quality Regulatory Affairs Product Commercial and Market Access to ensure strong governance post-market oversight and consistent evidence-based medical positioning.

Where you come in:

  • Set enterprise medical strategy for Dexcom across diabetes with strong Type 2 credibility and a clear metabolic health narrative.

  • Own the evidence roadmap and ensure the right mix of clinical studies and real-world evidence supports adoption guidelines and growth.

  • Lead HEOR and RWE efforts producing payer-ready evidence and reimbursement support in tight partnership with Commercial Market Access.

  • Oversee global Medical Affairs including KOL strategy scientific communications publications congress presence and medical education.

  • Chair medical governance and safety oversight for benefit-risk decisions post-market clinical surveillance input and medically grounded field actions in partnership with Operations Quality and Regulatory.

  • Guide portfolio expansion and access pathways including pharmacy and consumer routes where applicable with evidence-based positioning and appropriate-use guardrails.

  • Enable global growth by ensuring medical strategy evidence and narratives translate across regions health systems and reimbursement environments.

What success looks like:

  • A CEO-aligned medical strategy that is clearly anchored in diabetes with strong Type 2 credibility and a coherent metabolic health narrative.

  • A funded evidence roadmap that strengthens differentiation supports guidelines and access and enables expansion in Type 2 segments.

  • A high-performing HEOR and RWE partnership with Market Access that accelerates coverage expansion and improves credibility of payer narratives.

  • Strong medical governance and post-market readiness with clear timely cross-functional decision-making.

  • Increased external credibility through stronger KOL impact consistent high-trust communications and higher-quality scientific output.

Required Qualifications:

  • MD required; board certification strongly preferred.

  • Significant executive leadership in diabetes care or related therapeutic areas including meaningful exposure to Type 2 diabetes populations and care pathways.

  • 15 years progressive leadership in Clinical Affairs and/or Medical Affairs within regulated medtech digital health-enabled devices or closely related environments.

  • Demonstrated success building integrated evidence strategies including real-world evidence and HEOR with examples of influencing adoption access and standard-of-care narratives.

  • Executive presence and ability to partner effectively with CEO and ELT and cross-functional leaders across Market Access Operations & Quality Regulatory Product and Commercial in a publicly traded environment.

Preferred Experience:

  • Metabolic health experience beyond diabetes including consumer engagement and behavior change programs.

  • Health and wellness exposure particularly if paired with strong medical governance and appropriate-use discipline.

  • Global medical affairs experience supporting international access expansion.

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may at its discretion assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcoms AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at

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Salary:

$231900.00 - $481500.00

Required Experience:

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Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitoring is simplifying diabetes management with a small device, accurate real-time glucose readings, and proven results. No fingersticks or scanning.†

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