Medical Science Liaison, Team Lead - Rare Emergency Medicine

SERB

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Team Lead leads and develops a high-performing team responsible for scientific exchange and external medical engagement with key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, academic institutions, and other stakeholders. The role ensures the field medical organization delivers strategic scientific value, generates actionable medical insights, and supports evidence generation in alignment with the company’s medical and business objectives.

As a member of the Medical Affairs leadership team, the MSL Team Lead partners with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Commercial, Market Access, HEOR, Regulatory, and Compliance to execute medical strategy while upholding scientific integrity and compliance. The role translates strategy into regional field plans, guides external engagement and evidence-generation opportunities, oversees insight collection and communication, and provides medical leadership during product launches and lifecycle management. The position also supports internal stakeholder training and contributes to medical planning and budget management.

The role requires an advanced doctorate-level degree, experience leading an MSL team, at least five years of pharmaceutical or biotech medical affairs experience, and rare disease experience. Physical requirements include lifting, carrying, or otherwise moving up to 25 pounds and the ability to sit, stand, or walk for varying lengths of time. Approximately 50% overnight travel is expected.

Requirements

• Advanced doctorate-level degree in a scientific discipline, such as MD, PharmD, or PhD.
• Experience leading and managing an MSL team.
• At least five years of medical affairs experience in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
• Experience in rare diseases.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, management, and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal cross-functional stakeholders, senior leadership, and external stakeholders, including KOLs.
• Self-starter and team player with strong interpersonal skills; able to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a bias for action.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex clinical data into educational materials.
• Strong organizational and business-planning skills, including budget development and adherence to targets.
• Strong business acumen and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of clinical development for company-sponsored studies and investigator-initiated processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to lift, carry, and otherwise move up to 25 pounds; ability to sit, stand, or walk for varying lengths of time throughout the day.
• Ability to travel overnight approximately 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of MSLs to achieve Medical Affairs objectives.
• Set performance expectations, development plans, and succession strategies; conduct field rides, coaching sessions, and performance reviews.
• Promote scientific excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and ensure consistent field execution across assigned regions.
• Translate medical strategy into actionable regional field plans and support product lifecycle and therapeutic area strategies.
• Guide MSL engagement with KOLs, investigators, scientific societies, and healthcare systems in response to scientific, clinical, and competitive developments.
• Contribute to annual medical planning and budget management.
• Oversee strategic relationships with national and regional KOLs and support scientific exchange on clinical data, disease education, and emerging evidence.
• Support scientifically grounded peer-to-peer discussion that may constructively challenge current treatment approaches.
• Facilitate identification of clinical research opportunities and investigator-sponsored studies.
• Represent Medical Affairs at scientific congresses, advisory boards, and key medical meetings.
• Establish processes to collect, analyze, and communicate medical insights; identify trends, unmet needs, treatment barriers, and evidence gaps.
• Communicate field insights to Medical Affairs leadership and cross-functional stakeholders and ensure insights inform strategy, evidence generation, and educational initiatives.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Scientific Communications, Commercial Leadership, Market Access, Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, and HEOR/RWE teams.
• Provide medical leadership during product launches and lifecycle management activities.
• Support training of internal stakeholders on therapeutic area science and clinical data.
• Ensure field activities comply with company policies, industry regulations, and applicable healthcare compliance requirements.
• Maintain documentation and reporting standards, model ethical scientific engagement, and support inspection and audit readiness when applicable.
• Perform other reasonable duties compatible with experience and competencies as business requirements change.

Benefits

• Hybrid working
• Vacation, personal, and sick time
• 15 paid company holidays
• Medical, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition assistance
• Discretionary bonus plan
• 401(k) match: $1 for $1 up to 6% of pay, with the safe harbor match immediately vested; an additional discretionary match of up to 4% of pay vests 20% per year over five years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree