Director, Medical Operations (Doctor of Medicine (MD))
Core
Provide medical leadership and clinical oversight for ordering physicians to reduce friction in test adoption and improve the physician ordering experience for Natera's oncology tests.
Role type
Director, Medical Operations (Oncology)
Builds
Physician onboarding workflows, ordering processes, and clinical experience initiatives for Natera's cell-free DNA testing platform.
Domain
Healthcare diagnostics / Oncology / Cell-free DNA testing
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Clinical judgment, physician peer engagement, healthcare operations leadership, process optimization, cross-functional stakeholder management, data analysis of operational metrics
Preferred skills
Residency or post-graduate clinical training, experience in healthcare consulting or hospital administration, background in payer organizations
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Serve as the physician-facing point of medical contact for ordering providers; Provide medical leadership to internal teams supporting ordering physicians; Lead the development and optimization of physician onboarding and ordering workflows; Identify and address clinical and operational barriers impacting physician adoption; Partner with Medical Affairs, Laboratory, and commercial teams to improve end-to-end processes; Analyze physician ordering patterns and feedback to identify process improvements; Drive initiatives to improve specimen quality, turnaround times, and ordering efficiency.
Seniority
Director, senior clinical and operational resource