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Varian

Tech-enabled radiation oncology hardware and software

Head of Customer Advocacy

Product MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRemote in UKNo salary listedRemote

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Healthcare Administration, Life Sciences, Radiotherapy, or a related field is required.
  • Experience in customer advocacy, product marketing, healthcare marketing, commercialization, clinical strategy, or related functions is required.
  • Experience working within healthcare technology, oncology, digital health, software as a service, clinical software, or healthcare services organizations is required.
  • Demonstrated experience leading advisory boards, customer advocacy programs, or evidence-generation initiatives is required.
  • The candidate must have executive presence and the ability to engage senior healthcare leaders, clinicians, and strategic customers.
  • The candidate must have communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and strategic planning skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the customer advocacy strategy across the Digital Oncology portfolio.
  • Build and maintain a network of customer champions, references, and advocates across oncology provider organizations, health systems, and strategic accounts.
  • Establish scalable advocacy programs that support commercialization, customer engagement, and market differentiation.
  • Ensure the voice of the customer is represented across marketing, product, and commercial initiatives.
  • Own the strategy, governance, planning, and execution of the Digital Oncology advisory board.
  • Develop annual engagement plans aligned with product strategy, market priorities, and customer needs.
  • Recruit, engage, and maintain relationships with key oncology stakeholders, clinical leaders, and executive customers.
  • Partner with regional sales and marketing teams to identify strategic customer participants and ensure global representation across advisory activities.
  • Translate customer feedback into actionable recommendations for Product Marketing, Product Management, Commercial Strategy, and Executive Leadership.
  • Lead initiatives to gather customer-driven clinical, operational, and business evidence supporting Digital Oncology solutions and services.
  • Partner with clinical, product, and commercial teams to identify evidence-generation opportunities.
  • Develop customer case studies, workflow analyses, outcomes assessments, value realization studies, and return-on-investment frameworks.
  • Create and maintain an evidence repository supporting commercialization, customer engagement, and market positioning.
  • Establish and manage processes for validating product and marketing claims.
  • Partner with Legal, Clinical, Regulatory, Product, and Marketing teams to ensure external claims are evidence-based, supportable, and compliant.
  • Maintain supporting documentation and governance processes for commercial messaging and customer-facing materials.
  • Ensure alignment between customer outcomes, product capabilities, and market positioning.
  • Lead the development and operation of customer consortiums and collaborative innovation programs.
  • Define program objectives, governance models, participation frameworks, and engagement strategies.
  • Facilitate collaboration between customers and internal stakeholders to advance innovation, workflow optimization, and evidence generation.
  • Capture and disseminate insights that inform product strategy, commercialization priorities, and customer success initiatives.
  • Develop programs that increase customer participation in speaking engagements, conferences, publications, webinars, advisory activities, and industry events.
  • Partner with Communications and Marketing teams to amplify customer stories and thought leadership opportunities.
  • Support executive and customer-facing events by identifying advocacy opportunities and customer participation strategies.
  • Partner with Sales Operations and Customer Engagement teams to define strategic objectives, content, and customer outcomes for VIP customer visits, Customer Experience Center engagements, and executive briefing programs.
  • Ensure customer engagement experiences reinforce product value, market differentiation, and long-term advocacy development.
  • Identify opportunities to convert executive customer engagements into advocacy, evidence generation, and strategic partnership opportunities.
  • Collaborate with Product Marketing to ensure customer insights and evidence support positioning, messaging, launches, and commercialization strategies.
  • Partner with Commercial Strategy to align advocacy programs with growth initiatives and strategic priorities.
  • Work with Product Management to incorporate customer feedback into product planning and roadmap discussions.
  • Coordinate with Regional Marketing and Regional Sales teams to identify customer advocacy opportunities, recruit program participants, and activate customer success stories across global markets.
  • Partner with Strategic Partnership Managers to identify, engage, and develop strategic customer relationships supporting consortiums, collaborative innovation programs, advisory boards, and evidence-generation initiatives.
  • Support Strategic Partnership Managers in cultivating executive customer relationships that advance customer value and broader business objectives.
  • Coordinate with Communications, Clinical, and Executive Leadership teams to maximize the impact of customer advocacy initiatives and thought leadership programs.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, or healthcare workflow technology.
  • Familiarity with clinical evidence generation, outcomes research, value realization programs, or claims substantiation processes.
  • Experience supporting software-as-a-service, on-premise software, managed services, or healthcare technology solutions.
  • Experience managing customer reference programs, thought leadership initiatives, consortiums, or collaborative innovation programs.

About the Company

Varian

Tech-enabled radiation oncology hardware and software

Varian, part of Siemens Healthineers, focuses on oncology by providing integrated radiation oncology solutions that combine software, hardware, patient data, and care teams. Its offerings include treatment-planning software, radiation therapy machines, and data-management systems that work together to enable precise cancer treatments. The company differentiates itself through an integrated platform approach and services like Oncology-as-a-Service (OaaS), which lets healthcare providers adopt advanced radiation oncology with ongoing service support rather than large upfront investments. Varian serves healthcare providers such as hospitals and cancer centers, helping them deliver coordinated care and improve patient outcomes. Its goal is to reduce the fear of cancer by using data and technology to support clinicians in delivering effective treatments.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Founded
1948

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