VP of Research and Scientific Communication

Virta Health is on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people. Current treatment approaches aren't working - over half of US adults have either type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, and obesity rates are at an all-time high. Virta is changing this by helping people reverse their metabolic condition through innovations in technology, personalized nutrition, and virtual care delivery reinvented from the ground up. We have raised over $350 million from top-tier investors, and partner with the largest health plans, employers, and government organizations to help their employees and members restore their health and take back their lives. Join us on our mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people.

We are recruiting an experienced leader who can provide strategic vision for the research team and also share our evidence with the world. This leader has done it all in the research domain, and can bring their team along with them, and they are an expert communicator who can implement a strategy to share Virta science with key opinion leaders, scientists, and commercial stakeholders.

The clinical research team's mission is to generate rigorous evidence to inform Virta's care, to build credibility among clinical, commercial and scientific audiences, and to accelerate expansion of Virta's care model. We put evidence ahead of convention to improve patient outcomes and impact metabolic disease at scale. See the team's work here https://www.virtahealth.com/research.

Transitioning to an era where long-term health outcomes and economic impact move to the center of the metabolic health space, we're adding real world evidence to the focus of the clinical research team, and hence are searching for a leader who has built a portfolio of work leveraging claims and clinical datasets to demonstrate the impact of a clinical health program.

We also know that generating evidence isn't sufficient. This leader will need to have a track record of building KOL networks, communicating science, and partnering closely with Commercial Marketing to translate Virta's clinical outcomes, economic impact, and research leadership into a compelling market narrative. This person will help ensure Virta's evidence base is not only disseminated, but actively used to shape how the market understands metabolic health outcomes and the value of Virta's care model.

STRATEGIC RESPONSIBILITIES

- Commercial Growth & New Business: Partner directly with the Chief Commercial Officer and Sales leadership to leverage RWE as a primary closer for large-scale health plan and employer contracts.

- Brand & Public Representation: Serve as a lead spokesperson for Virta's science at global conferences, in top-tier media outlets, and during high-stakes presentations with prospective Fortune 50 clients.

- Cross-Functional Product Innovation: Drive the integration of clinical evidence into the core product roadmap, ensuring that RWE insights directly inform coaching protocols and technological iterations.

- Marketplace Transformation: Lead the development of a long-term scientific strategy that moves the industry from traditional treatment paradigms to a focus on long-term health outcomes and economic impact.

- KOL & Ecosystem Leadership: Orchestrate a global network of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and academic partners to validate Virta's care model and accelerate its adoption across the healthcare ecosystem.

KEY DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Executive Leadership: Lead and mentor a high-performing team of doctoral-level investigators, fostering a culture of technical excellence and career advancement.

- Evidence-Based Marketing: Collaborate with the Marketing team to translate complex clinical data into compelling narratives that resonate with both scientific audiences and commercial buyers.

- Strategic Clinical Initiatives: Sit on the Virta Medical Group leadership team to lead evidence-based initiatives that improve the quality and efficiency of care for thousands of patients.

- RWE Oversight: Oversee the generation of economic and clinical outcomes data from diverse sources, including internal registries, claims sets, and external health plan data warehouses.

- Lead and nurture Virta's team of experienced clinical researchers who have decades of combined experience developing, implementing, and publishing data from pivotal clinical trials in metabolic health, as well as presenting and publishing on analyses from our own registry data.

- Build a network of key investigators who are interested in collaborating with Virta researchers on trials that extend the impact of the Virta program.

- Strategically align Virta's scientific work with key national and international conferences, meetings, and symposia.

- Represent Virta's science on the podium at scientific meetings, in calls and presentations with Virta's clients and sales prospects, and at internal meetings.

- Participate as an active member of the Virta Medical Gr