Medical Affairs Partnerships Liaison

Invitae is a leading medical genetics company trusted by millions of patients and their providers to deliver timely genetic information using digital technology. We aim to provide accurate and actionable answers to strengthen medical decision-making for individuals and their families. Invitae's genetics experts apply a rigorous approach to data and research, serving as the foundation of their mission to bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people.

The Medical Affairs Partnerships Liaison position is an integral part of the Medical Affairs Strategic Business and Partnerships Support team, responsible for directly supporting Invitae’s growing and evolving business development needs (US and International). This position supports Invitae’s commercial teams responsible for developing business to business partnerships. Under the direction of the Lead for the Medical Affairs SBPS team, this individual will assist with performing due diligence and discussions for potential biopharmaceutical partnerships, health system integrations, and employee benefits opportunities both in the US and internationally. In addition to actively supporting existing clients and team member’s clients, this individual will participate in initial medical discussions with potential new clients to establish and explain the appropriate medical use, necessary utility, and effective integration of Invitae’s suite of products and services by the client.

This individual will need to research scientific details necessary for effective conversations with existing and potential new partners and maintain active and continual conversations with partners about questions and concerns related to existing programs. This individual needs to have a strong understanding of Invitae tests, sequencing and other genetic testing methodologies, clinical variant interpretation in hereditary disease, clinical reporting, and germline variant and phenotype reporting data to answer client questions around delivered outputs from various data solutions. This individual will be a medical resource for questions that arise from the biopharma partners around sample processing, variant interpretation, clinical reporting, data collection, generation, and analysis.

Activities in this role also include communicating with and educating clients on Invitae's full test menu, providing educational consultations on Invitae’s suite of solutions. The Medical Affairs Partnerships Liaison role requires a deep understanding of assay methodologies, sequence and copy number variation, and the current clinical trends, standards of care, and client expectations of genetic testing services. This individual must have expertise in all areas of hereditary disease, including oncology, cardiology, neurology, pediatric genetics, and rare disease.

Location: Remote position

What you will do:

• Provide medical information support directly to Invitae’s business development teams in way of:
• participating in introductory/pitch calls, assisting with RFPs and deal negotiations, due diligence, etc.
• ongoing client support related to assay/methodology, sample failures, variant interpretation, clinical reporting, abstracts/posters/conferences, etc.
• medical support in relation to contracts, program changes, legal proceedings
• Answer questions about Invitae data collection, generation, and analysis using outputs from Sponsored Testing Programs and data solutions.
• Communicating with business development teams as needed to provide details on Invitae’s test offerings to influence prioritization.
• In collaboration with business development teams, help prepare strong RFPs in response to partnership opportunities.
• Participate in research in collaboration with business partners to support Invitae’s goals and establishing scientific credibility for Invitae.
• Provide insights to ensure sound research collaborations are developed with strategic health systems.
• Speaking publicly at conferences, webinars, and panels.
• Serves as a general expert on the entire suite of solutions at Invitae.

Who you are:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Genetic Counseling, Genetics, or related field, with at least 3 years of experience, preferably medical affairs experience in a commercial clinical genetics laboratory setting
• Expertise in all areas of hereditary disease and, preferably, also in somatic oncology
• Ability to participate in virtual online meetings with clients, in an undisturbed setting, and able to travel to key conferences to represent Invitae