Medical Science Liaison; MSL - West Coast region
Listed on 2026-02-01
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Healthcare
Medical Imaging
Location: California
Location:
This request is 100% remote but EM needs a candidate for the West Coast region.
Duration: 12 months (potential extension/potential right to hire)
OverviewThe MSL captures medical insights and acts as a clinical and scientific advisor to cross-functional partners. Ensures applicable interactions are aligned with enterprise and medical strategies and ultimately serve to ensure patients have access to medicines through their efforts to ensure the medical community is fully apprised of their safe and effective use. Additionally, the MSL will work with medical community to address other pertinent scientific related questions not limited to approved assets and indications.
MSL engagement with HCPs is focused on pre- and peri-launch activities or according to lifecycle needs of the brand. This role is field-based, and it is anticipated that the employee will spend a majority of the time in the field interacting with external stakeholders, including investigators and clinical thought leaders, while also supporting internal stakeholders and continuing to maintain a high level of therapeutic expertise.
- Effectively collaborates and engages in scientific dialogue with TLs to gain insights on clinical landscape to ensure development of a medical plan that is both product/disease area focused and translates into effective launch.
- Proactively engages in scientific and clinical conversation to ensure development of a medical plan that is both product/disease area focused and translates into effective launch and LCM activities.
- Engages with medical societies, PAGs (Patient Advocacy Groups) and guideline committee members as appropriate.
- Provides training for external speakers as needed.
- Strategically engages payers in the pre- and peri-launch phases (with fHEOR and Account Executives).
- Provides medical support to address unsolicited HCP questions in real-time, both in face-to-face interactions and through the Medical on Call virtual capability.
- Develops credible connections with key Thought Leaders (TLs) in [TA name] through high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialogue.
- Adequately documents and achieves annual goals.
- Leverages digital capabilities to enhance medical engagement.
- Minimum 3 years clinical or research experience in hematology OR 3 years as a medical science liaison in lymphoma or multiple myeloma disease landscapes
- Cell therapy experience strongly preferred
- Proven ability to work independently as well as in cross-functional teams
- Current working knowledge of US legal, regulatory, and compliance regulations and guidelines relevant to industry interactions with health-care professionals
- Ability to partner and maintain relationships within the medical community
- Excellent communication, presentation and time management skills
- Translating scientific or clinical data into understandable and valuable information to help physicians best serve their patients
- Scientific Agility
- Ability to engage in a dialogue about data in a compelling, fair and balanced way and explain in a manner that resonates with TLs/HCPs
- Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models
- Ability to understand and critically appraise scientific publications
- Knowledge of clinical trial design and methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements
- Understands treatment paradigms, competitive landscape and can frame information in a convincing and compliant way that resonates with physicians
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate scientific and clinical data in an easy-to-understand manner to help HCPs best serve their patients
- Has a strong learning mindset and passion for science. Prioritizes staying current with the latest data
- Understands the patient's journey and experience
- Has a patient-focused mindset
- Understands overall enterprise objectives and prioritization
- Winning Mindset: results-oriented, positive, resilient attitude, able to quickly adapt in an ever-changing environment
- Willingness to embrace new ways of working and technological tools
- Demonstrated ability to drive organizational performance
- Experien…
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