Regional Scientific Director, West Los Angeles or San Francisco

Amylyx has an audacious mission to usher in a new era for treating diseases with high unmet needs. Where others see challenges, we see opportunities that we pursue with urgency, rigorous science, and unwavering commitment to the communities we serve. We are a clinical‑stage company currently focused on post‑bariatric hypoglycemia (PBH), Wolfram syndrome, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Our mission is powered by our people. Our core values – be audacious, be curious, be authentic, be engaged, and be accountable – create a culture of caring. Amylyx has assembled an experienced team ready to take action because the communities we serve have no time to wait. If you share our passion and are determined to tackle some of medicine’s toughest problems, we invite you to read the opportunity below and apply.

Our Regional Scientific Director (RSD), with support and guidance from peers and leadership, will serve as a field‑based scientific, medical expert to the medical/academic community. The RSD will establish and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and Health Care Providers/Professionals (HCPs) to ensure the appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding Amylyx’s compounds in a timely, ethical and stakeholder‑focused manner.

The RSD will contribute to shaping the medical plan by providing external stakeholders’ insights and to the design and execution of the Medical Affairs strategy and plan. The RSD will engage HCPs in response to scientific educational and research needs with available Amylyx resources and provide the latest emerging data in response to specific inquiries, as appropriate.

• Provide credible and unbiased scientific information, identifying and executing strategic medical affairs projects and supporting home‑office medical activities.
• Develop strong relationships with key institutions and practices to understand the provider and patient journey, study capabilities and opportunities to apply local medical resources to improve patient care.
• Serve as an educator for the medical and advocacy community by driving disease awareness and addressing unmet medical needs.
• Participate in the planning and execution of advisory board meetings and other programs, including the development of topics, slide content, and review of data with speakers.
• Work with regional and national account teams to deliver presentations to payers in support of patient access.

Preference will be given to candidates who reside in the Los Angeles or San Francisco areas.

• Respond to questions from KOLs and HCPs with fair and balanced scientific, medical responses.
• Manage questions around safety, adherence, and off‑label data on Amylyx’s products.
• Provide ongoing medical/scientific education to Amylyx’s field and headquarters teams.
• Support clinical initiatives, including site identification, trial recruitment, registry creation, and presentation of final approved data.
• Conduct regular and extensive reviews of literature, develop presentations, and assist with publications and medical communications.
• Develop and execute prioritized plans for KOLs, institutions, and societies.
• Develop and execute a strategic, innovative territory plan of medical and therapeutic area objectives, in collaboration with Scientific Communication, Real World Evidence, and medical directors, to address the specific needs of key institutions and KOLs.
• Represent Amylyx medical affairs at medical congresses, educating on Amylyx’s pipeline products, collecting competitive intelligence, and reviewing data (symposia, abstracts, poster presentations, etc.).
• Identify and support data generation projects, content development, and review of scientific education materials, clinical site participation, and internal publications.
• Support commercial team functions, including facilitating internal training, speaker training programs, internal scientific material review, and competitive insights into therapeutic area planning.
• Possess conceptual and practical knowledge of local and regional payers within the geography and understand the relationships between those plans and patient care delivery…