Senior Director, Medical Affairs

Waters

Milpitas, CAFull-timePosted Apr 11, 2026

Behavioral Health Market Context

Apply Nowvia Marit Health

Job Description

metry panel and LDTs, alongside a deep understanding of laboratory operations, hematology, hematology-oncology, and relevant guidelines and regulations.

Practice Info
• Oversight of internal medical laboratory and other medical affairs teams
• Focus on Biosciences Clinical portfolio of products
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Collaboration with Clinical Development and Operations teams and Field Facing Medical Affairs functions
• Collaboration with Clinical Platforms Program Management
• Preferred location in Milpitas, with remote candidates considered with regular travel to company location

Responsibilities
• Provide leadership for overall Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs teams
• Provide leadership for clinical projects in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders to further Biosciences business goals and objectives
• Develop and manage the team of laboratory professionals who work in the Biosciences Medical Laboratory, to ensure timely and productive services as requested or required
• Develop and manage Medical Affairs team to ensure effective and compliant clinical products, performance evaluation studies, and clinical trials to support regulatory and commercial goals
• Develop and manage the Clinical Affairs team in support of clinical site selection, study design and execution of clinical trials and analytical validation studies to support regulatory and commercial goals
• Oversee internal medical input into verification and validation studies for clinical products
• Develop strategic relationships with key customers to advance supporting evidence generation of Biosciences products
• Ownership of on-time quality assessments, medical device reporting and health risk assessments to the FDA and other regulatory bodies

Shift & Schedule
• Travel up to 30% as needed to support organizational goals

Requirements
• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in a regulated diagnostic healthcare environment
• Prior experience in clinical trial design, operations, and execution
• Prior experience in clinical site engagement and clinical sample acquisition
• Deep understanding of regulations pertaining to S. LDT and IVD development
• Deep understanding of CLSI guidelines
• Experience managing clinical flow cytometry laboratory operations and laboratory personnel
• Experience in management of clinical and laboratory-based teams, leading teams remotely and managing projects effectively across geographical sites
• Experience managing all functions related to clinical study design and execution: CSMs, CRAs, etc.
• Requires an MD or MD/PhD, with specialization in Laboratory Medicine
• Board certification in Hematopathology, with extensive experience and a record of scientific achievements in flow cytometry, cell sorting, and molecular biology is preferred

Qualifications

  • Minimum 10-15 years of experience in a regulated diagnostic healthcare environment
  • Prior experience in clinical trial design, operations, and execution
  • Prior experience in clinical site engagement and clinical sample acquisition
  • Deep understanding of regulations pertaining to S
  • LDT and IVD development
  • Deep understanding of CLSI guidelines
  • Experience managing clinical flow cytometry laboratory operations and laboratory personnel
  • Experience managing all functions related to clinical study design and execution: CSMs, CRAs, etc
  • Requires an MD or MD/PhD, with specialization in Laboratory Medicine

Benefits

    Responsibilities

    • This pivotal role involves contributing to strategy, evidence generation, and post-market medical surveillance for the Biosciences Clinical portfolio
    • The successful candidate will possess technical expertise in flow cytometry panel and LDTs, alongside a deep understanding of laboratory operations, hematology, hematology-oncology, and relevant guidelines and regulations
    • Oversight of internal medical laboratory and other medical affairs teams
    • Focus on Biosciences Clinical portfolio of products
    • Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
    • Collaboration with Clinical Development and Operations teams and Field Facing Medical Affairs functions
    • Collaboration with Clinical Platforms Program Management
    • Preferred location in Milpitas, with remote candidates considered with regular travel to company location
    • Provide leadership for overall Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs teams
    • Provide leadership for clinical projects in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders to further Biosciences business goals and objectives
    • Develop and manage the team of laboratory professionals who work in the Biosciences Medical Laboratory, to ensure timely and productive services as requested or required
    • Develop and manage Medical Affairs team to ensure effective and compliant clinical products, performance evaluation studies, and clinical trials to support regulatory and commercial goals
    • Develop and manage the Clinical Affairs team in support of clinical site selection, study design and execution of clinical trials and analytical validation studies to support regulatory and commercial goals
    • Oversee internal medical input into verification and validation studies for clinical products
    • Develop strategic relationships with key customers to advance supporting evidence generation of Biosciences products
    • Ownership of on-time quality assessments, medical device reporting and health risk assessments to the FDA and other regulatory bodies
    • Shift & Schedule
    • Travel up to 30% as needed to support organizational goals
    • Experience in management of clinical and laboratory-based teams, leading teams remotely and managing projects effectively across geographical sites


    More Jobs