Director, Evidence Generation and Publications

About this opportunity:

Freenome is seeking a Director, Evidence Generation and Publications to lead integrated evidence-generation and publication strategies across the company’s portfolio.

This role will identify evidence gaps, develop research and analysis plans, and oversee the dissemination of clinical, real-world, economic, and operational data. The Director will partner across Scientific and Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Biostatistics, Data Science, Regulatory Affairs and Market Access.

The ideal candidate is a strategic scientific leader with deep experience in evidence generation, publication planning, and cross-functional collaboration.

This role reports to the VP, Medical Affairs. This role will be a Remote role.
What you’ll do:
Evidence-generation strategy

- Develop and execute integrated evidence plans aligned with clinical, regulatory, market-access, and commercial priorities.

- Identify evidence gaps and translate them into readily executable research questions, study concepts, and analysis plans.

- Lead post hoc analyses, real-world evidence and registry studies, and investigator-sponsored research.

- Guide evidence development throughout the product lifecycle (feasibility, validation, and post-marketing studies).

- Establish clear governance, prioritization, timelines, and measures of impact.

Publication and scientific-dissemination strategy

- Develop and manage publication plans aligned with Freenome ’s scientific communication strategy.

- Oversee manuscripts, abstracts, posters, oral presentations, and other scientific materials.

- Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant dissemination of data.

- Partner with internal authors, external investigators, medical writers, statisticians, and third-party vendors.

- Track publication progress and scientific impact.

Scientific leadership and cross-functional collaboration

- Serve as a strategic partner across Science, Scientific and Medical Affairs, Clinical, Regulatory, Market Access, Commercial,, and Biometrics.

- Translate complex findings into clear and credible scientific narratives.

- Provide guidance on study design, endpoints, analyses, interpretation, and dissemination.

- Align internal teams on evidence priorities, scientific messaging, and publication timing.

- Present strategies and program updates to senior leadership.

External research and scientific engagement

- Represent Freenome at scientific congresses, advisory boards, and research meetings.

- Build relationships with investigators, academic institutions and healthcare systems.

- Evaluate and support investigator-sponsored.

- Identify external partnerships that strengthen Freenome ’s evidence base.

Governance, quality, and compliance

- Ensure adherence to applicable company policies, publication standards, and ethical guidelines, including GPP and ICMJE.

- Maintain high standards for scientific integrity, authorship, transparency, and data accuracy.

- Manage vendors, research partners, contracts, budgets, timelines, and program risks.

Must haves:

- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in medicine, science, public health, epidemiology, health economics, pharmacy, or a related field.

- 10+ years of relevant diagnostics, medical device, or healthcare experience, ideally in oncology.

- Demonstrated experience leading evidence generation and publication strategies.

- Strong knowledge of clinical research, real-world evidence, epidemiology, biostatistics, and scientific data interpretation.

- Experience authoring and supervising manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and scientific presentations.

- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives in a matrixed organization.

- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

- Strong commitment to scientific integrity and compliant collaboration

Nice to haves:

- Experience in oncology, cancer screening, molecular diagnostics, genomics, multiomics, or liquid biopsy.

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