Country Manager Canada

Your Responsibilities

1. Establishment of CENTOGENE Canada (Entity Launch)

• Lead the full formation of the new CENTOGENE Canadian entity, including legal incorporation, financial setup, licensing, and regulatory adherence.
• Create operations from scratch, including workflows, vendor management, contracting, quality systems, and compliance processes.
• Align closely with global Legal, Finance, HR, Regulatory, Quality, and Operations teams.

• Own all financial and commercial outcomes for the Canadian business.
• Develop annual operating plans, revenue forecasts, and profitability targets.
• Optimize cost structure and make decisive, data-driven financial and strategic decisions.

• Develop and execute a strong Canada-wide strategy across IVF, diagnostics, and pharma.
• Drive aggressive market penetration and gain significant market share from incumbent players.
• Lead customer segmentation, pricing, competitive positioning, and partnership models.

• Expand utilization of CENTOGENE’s carrier screening, pre-conception testing, and other reproductive genetics services across fertility clinics.
• Build and manage senior relationships with IVF clinic leadership, reproductive endocrinologists, embryologists, and genetic counselors.
• Position CENTOGENE as a trusted partner delivering high-quality reproductive genomic insights.

• Drive adoption of CENTOGENE’s full diagnostic portfolio for all genetically related conditions, supporting clinicians in precision medicine decision-making.
• Expand relationships with genetics clinics, pediatric and adult specialists, neurologists, metabolic centers, cardiologists, oncologists, and other genetic-driven clinical specialties.
• Position CENTOGENE as a partner across the spectrum of genomic diagnostics, supporting early diagnosis, disease management, and precision treatment pathways.
• Navigate provincial differences in healthcare systems, reimbursement environments, and regulatory pathways relevant to diagnostic testing.

• Identify and deliver commercial opportunities with pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
• Support patient identification, biomarker programs, and real-world data initiatives.
• Partner with global teams to execute sponsored clinical research and precision medicine projects in Canada.

• Build and lead the Canadian team, including commercial, operations, and support roles.
• Provide training, development, and ongoing performance management.
• Create a culture of accountability, scientific rigor, and customer excellence.

• Oversee logistics, laboratory workflow coordination, service delivery, and quality control in Canada.
• Ensure compliance with Canadian data privacy, healthcare, and laboratory regulatory standards.
• Implement best-in-class processes for turnaround times, customer communication, and client experience.

• Serve as CENTOGENE’s senior representative across Canada’s healthcare, IVF, diagnostics, and biopharma communities.
• Build relationships with key opinion leaders, provincial authorities, academic centers, and patient advocacy groups.
• Represent CENTOGENE at major scientific, clinical, and industry events.

• Work closely with global Commercial, Medical, Operations, Marketing, Quality, and Finance teams.
• Provide Canadian market insights to guide global strategy and product development.
• Ensure alignment between Canadian and global priorities.

Your profile

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Genetics, Medicine, or Business required.
• Advanced degree (MBA, MSc, PhD, MD) preferred.

• 10 years in senior leadership roles in IVF, diagnostics, genomics, biotech, or pharma.
• Demonstrated experience building new entities or country organizations from the ground up.
• Proven ability to gain market share in competitive diagnostic or IVF markets.
• Strong track record with P&L ownership and revenue growth.
• Deep understanding of the Canadian healthcare, IVF, and genomics ecosystem.
• Experience leading teams within global, matrixed environments.

• Entrepreneurial mindset, strong operational builder, and commercial strategist.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to influence at senior levels and operate autonomously in complex environments.
• Strong analytical and scientific literacy, especially in genomics and precision medicine.
• Fluency in English required; French is an asset.

Why us?

• Lead the launch and growth of CENTOGENE in an important international market.
• Build a national organization with full strategic and operational autonomy.
• Shape the future of reproductive genetics, genomic diagnostics, and precision medicine in Canada.
• Work with world-leading experts focused on transforming patient outcomes

About us

With employees from over 50 nations, CENTOGENE is a truly international company with offices is in Rostock, Berlin, Delhi, Boston, Valencia, Belgrade, and São Paulo.

We were born to help diagnostic patients with rare disease and today we evolved to help patients of all clinical specialties to make bold progress with guided solutions for physicians, their patients and pharma partners.