4 weeks ago
Senior Director, Marketing - Germline Portfolio
Tempus AI
Chicago, IL (Hybrid)Full time$190K/yr – $260K/yr
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Senior Director, Marketing - Germline Portfolio
Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
$190K/yr – $260K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time
Posted 4 weeks ago
Job Summary
Own the germline portfolio commercial narrative and GTM for hereditary cancer and rare-disease testing at the point of care, connecting R&D, Medical Affairs, and Operations while equipping the field with impact-focused materials and training.
- Lead messaging, physician marketing, patient advocacy engagement, and digital clinician tools.
- Ensure scientific accuracy and regulatory alignment across FDA, CLIA, CAP in cross-functional collaboration.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Differentiated Positioning & Narrative Execution: Develop and execute a comprehensive commercial roadmap for the germline portfolio, with a particular emphasis on hereditary cancer and rare disease testing at the point-of-care (in-clinic use cases). Own the overarching narrative to ensure the market understands our unique value proposition in VUS resolution and family-member testing programs.
- Downstream Commercial Strategy: Drive product positioning, messaging, and go-to-market (GTM) strategies. Lead the development of physician marketing, patient-advocacy engagement, and digital clinician portals to streamline genetic counseling workflows.
- Sales Enablement & Training: Partner deeply with Sales and Learning & Development (L&D) to equip the field organization with high-impact materials and aligned messaging to maximize clinical adoption.
- Cross-Functional Synergy: Act as a bridge between R&D, Medical Affairs, and Laboratory Operations to ensure marketing strategies remain scientifically accurate and comply with regulatory requirements (FDA, CLIA, CAP).
- Followership Over Mandate: You possess the organic authority and humility to listen deeply, collaborate cross-functionally, and rally multiple departments behind a unified marketing vision.
- Low Ego, High Impact: You view marketing as a team sport, working seamlessly with technical, medical, and sales peers to turn growth strategy into commercial success without needing to own the entire upstream architecture .
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences required; MBA, MS in Genetic Counseling, or PhD preferred to bridge the gap between complex science and business strategy.
- Experience: 10+ years of direct marketing experience in healthcare or life sciences, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role focused on oncology, advanced diagnostics, or germline genetics.
- Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) workflows, cancer genomics, and the evolving landscape of hereditary cancer testing.
- AI-First Mindset: Practical familiarity with utilizing or operationalizing digital tools and modern AI-driven workflows to enhance the customer experience and marketing efficiency.
Preferred
- MBA, MS in Genetic Counseling, or PhD preferred to bridge the gap between complex science and business strategy.
Tempus AI
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Tempus is making precision medicine a reality by applying AI in healthcare, deriving insights from our expansive library of clinical data and molecular data. We enable physicians to make real-time, data-driven decisions to deliver personalized care and targeted therapies for patients through our analytical machine learning platform that uses the power of artificial intelligence in healthcare. We also work with partners to facilitate discovery, development, and delivery of optimized therapeutic options for patients through distinctive solution sets. Our mission is for each patient to benefit from the treatment of others who came before by providing the healthcare industry tools that learn as we gather more data. It’s About Time. For more information, visit tempus.com and follow us on Twitter (@TempusLabs).
Founded in 2015
Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.9K employees (97 in marketing)
52% recommend to a friend
51% CEO approval
Salaries
Posted range
$190K/yr – $260K/yr
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Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
32 (1% of company)
Median Tenure
3.6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2
Funding
Total Funding
$2.3B
Last Raise
$650M
Post IPO Debt, 9 months ago
Funding History
- Jun 2025Post IPO Debt • $650M
- Feb 2025Post IPO Debt • $300M
- Oct 2022Debt Financing • $175M
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
148.6K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$4.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
50.6%
Direct
38.6%
Referral
7.9%
Social
1.9%
Paid
1%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~2.9K
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