Head of Pharmacogenomics (PGx)

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote or Hybrid
206K-265K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech
The Role
Leads Helix’s pharmacogenomics business, setting growth strategy, developing ROI models, engaging health system and health plan executives, shaping EHR-embedded clinical decision-support products, and building go-to-market strategies. The role translates clinical and customer needs into product priorities, partnerships, and scalable PGx adoption programs while tracking guidelines, reimbursement, and market developments.
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Who We Are & What We Do 
At Helix, our mission is simple: to help everyone improve their lives through their DNA.

Ready to make a real-world impact with your skills? At Helix, we're transforming healthcare by making genomics a standard of care. We partner with health systems and life science companies to accelerate the integration of genomic data into clinical practice. Join us in building a future where healthcare is personalized, proactive, and powered by genomics. 

As the business leader for pharmacogenomics at Helix, you’ll define what we build, how our solutions are put into practice, and how the PGx business grows. Working across Commercial, Product, Medical, and Operations, you’ll shape our go-to-market strategy, influence the product roadmap, and engage directly with health-system and health-plan leaders to turn PGx capabilities into products and partnerships that improve care and lower the cost of care.

Why this role is different 
  • Shape the future of PGx adoption: Helix’s Sequence Once, Query Often® model makes genomic insights available on demand at the point of care. You’ll build on that advantage to define how health systems and health plans use PGx to inform medication decisions, and create the products and partnerships that make PGx a standard part of patient care
  • A builder’s mandate: You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing business from the ground up, with a direct connection between customer needs, product decisions, commercial strategy, and clinical adoption
  • Find and Build High-Value PGx Use Cases: Working closely with customers, you’ll identify patient populations where PGx can improve care and lower total cost of care, then turn those opportunities into compelling value propositions and scalable rollout plans

As Head of Pharmacogenomics at Helix, you will:
  • Own the PGx business mandate: Set the growth strategy for Helix’s PGx business, with accountability for product adoption and customer engagement across health systems and health plans
  • Develop compelling PGx ROI models: Inform the design of ROI models that demonstrate the economic value of PGx across fee-for-service and risk-bearing organizations
  • Serve as the external subject matter expert: Represent Helix in conversations with health system and health plan executives, pharmacy leaders, and clinical teams to design and deploy enterprise PGx programs
  • Shape the product roadmap: Translate customer and clinical needs into product priorities, including EHR-embedded Clinical Decision Support, patient identification, drug-gene interaction alerting, and pharmacist workflows
  • Guide commercial direction: Partner with Marketing and Business Development to inform target customer priorities and the Helix PGx value proposition, ensuring go-to-market plans reflect business goals, customer needs, and product development priorities
  • Inform strategy through clinical and market Insight: Track evolving clinical guidelines,, reimbursement trends, and developments in PGx to identify new product and commercial opportunities

About you
  •  7+ years of experience in pharmacogenomics, precision medicine, clinical digital health, or a related product or commercial role, ideally at a PGx or precision medicine company
  • Experience leading complex enterprise conversations with health system or health plan executives and building a clear clinical and economic case for adoption
  • Strong understanding of EHR integration, clinical decision support, and physician and pharmacist workflows
  • Ability to translate customer and clinical needs into product priorities and commercial strategies
  • Clear, credible communicator who can work effectively across clinical, commercial, product, and technical teams
  • AI tools are a natural part of how you work –  to synthesize clinical literature, model ROI scenarios, and move faster on customer deliverables

The ideal candidate will have:
  • PharmD, MD, or advanced degree in a relevant clinical, scientific, or health related field
  • Experience in health system pharmacy, comprehensive medication management, or clinical decision support
  • Experience developing health economic models, ROI cases, reimbursement strategies, or value-based commercial arrangements

Expected Interview Process:
1) Recruiter Screen 2) Manager Screen/Tech Screen 3) Onsite 4) Offer 

Expected Pay For This Role:
There are 3 distinct parts to your Helix offer: 1) Base Salary 2) Annual Bonus 3) Equity 
  • Expected Helix Base: $206,000 - $265,000
  • Expected Helix Discretionary Annual Bonus: 20% of your annual salary
  • Equity: We offer generous equity at Helix. If you receive a Helix offer your recruiter will book dedicated time with you to educate you on our equity model.

Aside from working alongside brilliant, dedicated, passionate, down-to-earth, curious, warm, and thoughtful people, we also provide great benefits:
  • Comprehensive Health Insurance with Date of Hire eligibility 
    • Above average employer paid premium coverage 
  • 12 weeks Helix Paid Parental Leave option 
  • 401(k) with employer matching of up to 3% and 100% Vesting on the Date of Hire
  • Comprehensive Well-Being Benefits 
  • Flexible PTO
  • Remote options for many roles and a home office stipend 

What To Expect During Your First 90 days:
  • First 30 days: you’ll spend time learning the Helix way, completing training and onboarding for your roles, and getting introduced to your team and relevant stakeholders. You’ll also gain a deeper understanding of our customers, our products, the impact we make in the lives of our communities, and how to thrive at Helix through participation in Helix U.
  • Day 30 - 60: you’ll spend time contributing to projects, deeply familiarizing yourself with team and company processes, and developing a deeper understanding of Helix’s products, services and capabilities. 
  • Day 60 - 90: you’ll build your OKRs with your manager, start to take ownership of projects and initiatives on your team, and begin to demonstrate your impact on the Helix mission.

To learn how Helix collects, uses, and protects your personal information during the recruitment process, please review our Privacy Notice.

Helix is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $206,000 – $265,000 per year.

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of experience in pharmacogenomics, precision medicine, clinical digital health, or a related product or commercial role
  • Experience leading complex enterprise conversations with health system or health plan executives
  • Ability to build a clear clinical and economic case for PGx adoption
  • Strong understanding of EHR integration, clinical decision support, and physician and pharmacist workflows
  • Ability to translate customer and clinical needs into product priorities and commercial strategies
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills across clinical, commercial, product, and technical teams
  • Ability to use AI tools to synthesize clinical literature, model ROI scenarios, and prepare customer deliverables
  • PharmD, MD, or advanced degree in a relevant clinical, scientific, or health-related field
  • Experience in health system pharmacy, comprehensive medication management, or clinical decision support
  • Experience developing health economic models, ROI cases, reimbursement strategies, or value-based commercial arrangements

Helix Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Helix and has not been reviewed or approved by Helix.

  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests generous PTO, flexible time away, unlimited vacation, paid sick days, and paid parental leave support work–life balance. These policies are frequently highlighted alongside flexible scheduling.
  • Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical, dental, and vision coverage are complemented by a wellness program. Access to health-focused initiatives contributes to a comprehensive core benefits package.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Feedback suggests commuter benefits, free daily meals, and onsite parking enhance day‑to‑day experience. Such perks, combined with flexible work arrangements, add lifestyle value beyond base pay.

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The Company
HQ: San Mateo, CA
200 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Helix is a rapidly growing startup focused on personal genomics. Helix has a simple but powerful mission: to empower every person to improve their life through DNA. We’re creating an ecosystem where people can explore diverse and uniquely personalized applications provided by high-quality partners.

Why Work With Us

We are collaborators—scientists, engineers, designers, marketers, and more—working across four offices to solve complex challenges locked within the human genome. We are biased toward action as we strive to uphold integrity in sequencing, science, and communication. At Helix, transparency, collaboration, and empowerment drive us in all that we do.

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