Director, Sales Operations

Company Overview

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012, Guardant® is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies through advanced blood and tissue tests, real‑world data, and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care, from early screening to monitoring for recurrence and treatment selection for advanced cancer.

Director of Sales Operations – Screening Business Unit

The Director of Sales Operations leads the operational backbone that enables field teams to scale early cancer detection solutions. This people‑leader role drives sales productivity and operational excellence across a rapidly growing commercial organization, with a data‑driven, process‑oriented mindset to support national adoption.

Key Responsibilities

Primary Care Commercial Strategy & Business Planning

• Partner with Shield Sales Leadership to develop annual and multi‑year commercial operating plans.
• Build structured regional and territory‑level business planning frameworks.
• Establish disciplined operating rhythms including QBRs, territory reviews, and performance dashboards.

Territory Design

• Design and optimize territories to maximize productivity and geographic efficiency.
• Continuously reassess territory alignment as Shield adoption scales.

Incentive Compensation

• Lead the incentive compensation team in shaping incentive design, quota setting, and territory planning aligned with broader business goals.
• Ensure incentive structures reinforce call‑plan priorities and strategic account focus.
• Partner with Finance to ensure accurate commission processing and governance.

Call Plan Strategy, Adherence & Routing Optimization

• Develop data‑driven call plans aligned with practice opportunity and usage.
• Define clear KPIs for activity frequency, quality, and adherence.
• Implement routing optimization strategies to improve field productivity and reduce drive‑time inefficiencies.
• Monitor activity‑to‑adoption conversion metrics and establish governance processes ensuring CRM discipline and accurate activity capture.
• Partner with Sales Leadership to reinforce execution accountability.

Sales Process & Analytics

• Build dashboards and performance metrics to track funnel conversion, PCP penetration, account expansion, and rep productivity.
• Support launch planning through market opportunity analysis, KPI development, and early performance tracking for new product or territory expansions.

IDN & Health System Strategy and Analytics

• Build dashboards measuring IDN penetration, cross‑clinic adoption, and screening uptake trends.
• Support coordinated rollout strategies across large health systems.
• Partner with Enterprise Sales and Market Access to align EMR integration, contracting, and population health initiatives.

Systems, Tools & Data Quality

• Oversee Salesforce and related commercial systems for the Screening business.
• Drive enhancements that support lead routing, account segmentation, targeting, and data cleanliness.
• Evaluate new tools that improve screening rep efficiency, field insights, and customer engagement.

Enablement & Field Readiness

• Partner closely with Sales Enablement to support onboarding, training, territory ramp, and methodology adoption for Screening reps.
• Ensure reps have up‑to‑date messaging, collateral, and operational playbooks aligned with the screening product strategy.

Cross‑Functional Coordination

• Work with Marketing on lead management, demand‑generation analytics, and campaign influence.
• Partner with Medical Affairs, Market Access, and Product teams to ensure field visibility into coverage changes, evidence updates, and product roadmap shifts.
• Collaborate with Finance on forecasting alignment and compensation design.

Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing Sales Operations team supporting Screening analytics, systems, and processes.
• Drive a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Sales Operations, Revenue Operations, or Commercial Operations, ideally in diagnostics, med‑tech, or healthcare.
• 5+ years People Management experience.
• Experience supporting field teams in complex, multi‑stakeholder healthcare environments (PCPs, health systems, IDNs, payers).
• Deep expertise in Salesforce and BI tools; strong analytical and modeling skills.
• Demonstrated ability to scale processes in high‑growth or innovation‑driven commercial organizations.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort engaging cross‑functionally at all levels.
• AI & Digital Fluency: Demonstrate curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to critically evaluate and responsibly leverage AI‑enabled tools in accordance with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of work.

Hybrid Work Model

Eligible employees will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays if they live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility. The site will also allow work‑from‑home days for individual‑focused time, creating flexibility while keeping teams connected to advance science for patients.

Compensation

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location (Palo Alto, CA) and other U.S. locations are:

• Base Pay Range: $185,400 – $254,950

These ranges do not include benefits, bonus, commission, or equity. Final compensation will be based on geography, experience, education, job‑related skills, job duties, and business need.

EEO & Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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