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Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

We are looking for a results-oriented high-energy, visionary, and deeply collaborative Head of Marketing to drive market share, turbocharge brand awareness, and scale our commercial footprint. Operating within a dynamic, fast-paced environment ($1B+ revenue, growing 25%+ annually), this leader will possess a rare mix of creative marketing brilliance and the cultural humility required to build immediate followership across a matrixed organization.

Reporting directly to the President, you will lead a dedicated team to translate complex clinical technology into clear, highly differentiated market positioning. Your primary mandate is to clearly communicate what makes our offering unique and special, breaking away from traditional industry definitions and utilizing Tempus' unique market position. You will sit alongside our upstream product/portfolio leaders and commercial operations team to turn growth strategy into commercial success.

This role owns the commercial messaging and readiness across the product lifecycle, guiding the marketing team's input into the concept, commercialization, and launch of new products, as well as assay and technology product enhancements. During the first 30 days of employment, the President and this person will create and prioritize a list of initiatives to grow the business.

Responsibilities:

• Differentiated Positioning & Narrative Execution

  • Disruptive Brand Messaging: Own, refine, and flow the overarching corporate narrative down to your respective marketing teams, ensuring the market clearly understands why we are fundamentally different from traditional labs across our oncology, hereditary, rare disease, and algorithmic portfolios.

  • Value Proposition Clarity: Create unique, highly differentiated product positioning that makes it incredibly easy for clinicians and customers to understand our special value proposition, with a particular opportunity to deliver on Tempus' 1-of-1 AI capabilities

  • Campaign & Content Creation: Drive the end-to-end development of all downstream marketing assets, including comprehensive sales materials, high-impact social media content, and digital programs designed to capture market share.

• High-Velocity Cross-Functional Enablement

  • Upstream Synergy: Work closely with and provide direct, collaborative support to the Upstream Marketing/Product Strategy leaders, seamlessly turning product roadmaps into commercial launch realities.

  • Commercial Lockstep: Partner deeply with Sales, Learning & Development (L&D), and Commercial Operations to ensure the field organization is fully equipped, highly trained, and executing on aligned messaging.

  • Multidisciplinary Integration: Actively integrate cross-functional discussions and synthesize critical inputs from R&D, Technology, and Medical/Clinical Development to keep downstream messaging scientifically accurate and ahead of market trends.

• Campaign Performance & Team Leadership

  • Commercial Acceleration: Synthesize customer insights and competitive dynamics to execute targeted, agile marketing strategies that accelerate adoption of our diagnostic applications.

  • Team Empowerment: Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing downstream marketing organization, cultivating a culture of speed, accountability, and execution excellence.

  • Agile Execution: Rapidly deploy, test, and optimize marketing programs, navigating a fast-moving, startup-like environment with ease and poise.

Leadership Profile: "How You Win"

• Followership Over Mandate: You have the organic authority and humility to listen deeply, collaborate cross-functionally, and rally multiple departments behind a unified marketing vision.

• Grit & Adaptability: You thrive in high-growth ambiguity. You are secure enough to roll up your sleeves, pivot when data dictates, and run hard toward aggressive commercial goals.

• Low Ego, High Impact: You view marketing as a team sport, working seamlessly with technical, medical, and sales peers without needing to own the entire upstream architecture.

Required Education & Experience:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; a postgraduate qualification (e.g., MBA, MS, Ph.D.) is a distinct advantage.

• Downstream Track Record: 10+ years of direct marketing experience in a highly regulated part of healthcare or life sciences, with an emphasis on commercialization, brand building, and downstream execution.

• Leadership Weight: 8+ years of experience leading marketing functions and 8+ years of direct people management experience.

• Domain Context: Commercial marketing experience in oncology, advanced diagnostics, or related segments with clinician- and industry-facing (pharma + non-pharma) products

• Commercial Acumen: Robust business acumen with a proven track record of translating complex clinical data into actionable, field-ready commercial campaigns.

• Modern Marketing Toolset: An AI-first mindset with practical familiarity utilizing or operationalizing digital tools and modern marketing workflows to enhance the customer experience.

• Growth Resiliency: An entrepreneurial mindset characterized by exceptional grit, collaborative listening skills, and comfort working at a 25%+ annual growth pace.

Pay Range: $185,000-$320,000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from California and may vary for other locations (Colorado, Illinois, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.