Director, Field Translational Science — Oncology
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Director, Field Translational Science — Oncology Position Summary Natera is shifting disease management worldwide through unprecedented molecular innovation.
As the Regional Director of Field Translational Science, you will build, scale, and lead a specialized team of field-facing translational scientists within our Oncology Business Unit.
This high-autonomy leadership role is designed for a strategic builder who can run a sophisticated regional team while serving as the executive authority for advanced Natera tests - including, but not limited to, cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and minimal residual disease (MRD) assays - and their associated data analysis frameworks across elite academic medical centers.
This position requires up to 50-70% regional travel to engage with institutional leadership and audit high-priority research partnerships. You will eliminate the standard boundaries between field data generation and internal pipeline design.
Distinct from traditional, education-focused Medical Affairs teams (MSLs), your organization owns the structural integrity, statistical validation, and scientific output of investigator-led data collaborations.
Primary Responsibilities Team Leadership & Scale: Hire, develop, and manage a premier field organization of translational scientists, establishing clear performance metrics tied to regional data velocity, scientific rigor, and publication quality.
Strategic Data Architecture: Author and execute the regional data engagement strategy, guiding how field scientists partner with oncologists, pathologists, and biometricians to unlock complex ctDNA and real-world datasets; holds the institutional/enterprise escalation line for the direct day-to-day communication line with the clinicians.
Regional Operations & Systems Governance: Oversee the secure regional tracking architecture and data ingestion pipelines that individual Field Translational Scientists operate within; ensure absolute data compliance, system integrity, and streamlined da
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