Scientific Director, Breast Cancer Portfolio

About Us:

Artera is an AI startup that develops medical artificial intelligence tests to personalize therapy for cancer patients. Artera is on a mission to personalize medical decisions for patients and physicians on a global scale.

The Scientific Director, Breast Cancer Portfolio, within the Clinical Development department, will provide scientific and strategic leadership for evidence generation across a portfolio of breast cancer diagnostic products spanning early development, clinical validation, regulatory submission, and post-market management.

This individual will be responsible for developing and executing the evidence strategy supporting both in-development and commercially available assays. The role will lead external scientific collaborations, oversee the successful execution of clinical and translational research programs, and translate emerging evidence into peer-reviewed publications, evidence supporting product claims, and clinically actionable applications.

Working closely with Product, Medical, Biostatistics, AI and Market Access teams, the Scientific Director will identify evidence gaps, prioritize research investments, and ensure that clinical studies generate data that support regulatory, reimbursement, guideline, and clinical objectives.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in breast cancer biology and the contemporary breast cancer treatment landscape, translational oncology, diagnostic test development, and research management.

• Portfolio Evidence Strategy

  • Serve as the scientific lead for the breast cancer evidence portfolio by maintaining continuity across studies, coordinating scientific priorities across collaborators and internal stakeholders, and ensuring that research activities remain aligned with long-term portfolio objectives.

  • Develop and maintain an integrated evidence-generation strategy across all breast cancer products, including both in-development and commercially available assays.

  • Define evidence requirements necessary to support product development, regulatory submissions, reimbursement, clinical adoption, and guideline inclusion.

  • Identify opportunities for indication expansion and next-generation product development.

  • Develop strategic evidence roadmaps that align scientific priorities with product objectives.

• Clinical and Translational Research Leadership

  • Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify, evaluate, and prioritize clinical datasets that support portfolio evidence-generation objectives.

  • Provide scientific oversight of retrospective, prospective, observational, and translational studies supporting breast cancer diagnostics.

  • Develop study concepts, research plans, protocols and study endpoints, working closely with Biostatistics and Medical.

  • Ensure that clinical studies are designed to answer high-priority scientific and clinical questions.

  • Provide scientific oversight throughout all phases of study execution, including study initiation, interpretation, and reporting.

  • Monitor study progress and proactively address scientific, operational, and technical challenges.

• External Scientific Collaborations

  • Establish and maintain relationships with key opinion leaders, academic medical centers, cooperative groups, and research networks.

  • Identify, evaluate, and prioritize opportunities for research collaborations.

  • Serve as the primary scientific contact for investigators participating in collaborative studies.

  • Lead scientific discussions with external collaborators throughout study development and execution.

• Research Proposal Development and Evaluation

  • Author and review research proposals supporting investigator-initiated and company-sponsored studies.

  • Evaluate external research proposals for scientific merit, feasibility, strategic alignment, and potential clinical impact.

  • Collaborate with investigators to refine study objectives, endpoints, and analytical approaches.

  • Ensure alignment between research objectives and broader portfolio evidence strategies.

• Scientific Communication and Publication

  • Develop publication strategies supporting the breast cancer portfolio.

  • Lead the preparation of abstracts, conference presentations,…