Regional Scientific Director (MSL), Midwest

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals • Minneapolis, MN

1d • $228,000 - $257,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Regional Scientific Director is a field-based scientific and medical expert who, with support from peers and leadership, serves the medical and academic community. The role establishes and maintains relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and health care providers and professionals (HCPs), ensuring timely, ethical, stakeholder-focused dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding Amylyx compounds. The Director contributes external stakeholder insights to the medical plan and supports the design and execution of Medical Affairs strategy. The role responds to scientific, educational, and research needs with available company resources and shares emerging data in response to appropriate inquiries.

The Director provides credible, unbiased scientific information; identifies and executes strategic Medical Affairs projects; and supports home-office medical activities. The role builds relationships with key institutions and practices to understand provider and patient journeys, study capabilities, and opportunities to apply local medical resources to improve patient care. It also educates medical and advocacy communities, supports advisory boards and other programs, and works with regional account teams on payer presentations in support of patient access.

The position is home-based and remote work is supported within the United States. The employee must be able to attend meetings regularly at the Cambridge, Massachusetts office, travel within the assigned region three to four days per week, including overnight stays, and travel to medical, team, and other group meetings, some of which will require weekend travel. Candidates should be located in the Chicago metropolitan area, Minneapolis, or Milwaukee; preference is given to candidates residing in those areas. The estimated base salary range is $228,000–$257,000. Eligible employees may also receive annual performance-based bonuses and equity awards.

Requirements

• Advanced degree, such as PhD, PharmD, DNP, DHSc, or MD.
• Preferred: 8 or more years of experience as a field medical scientist (Medical Science Liaison) or relevant Medical Affairs experience for Regional Scientific Director level; alternatively, 5 to 8 years of field medical scientist or relevant Medical Affairs experience for Associate Regional Scientific Director level.
• Experience driving Medical Affairs projects, including data-generation projects, abstracts, and educational materials.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and project-management skills.
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate the scientific and medical benefits of pharmaceutical products to the medical community.
• Strong data-analysis skills.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate meetings effectively.
• Ability to work independently and function successfully as a team member.
• Ability to travel within the assigned region three to four days per week, including overnight stays.
• Ability to travel to medical meetings, team meetings, and other group meetings, including some weekends.
• Valid driver's license.
• For remote work, access to a work setting that supports role requirements, including privacy, reliable internet, a phone, and video conferencing.
• Ability to attend meetings regularly at the Cambridge, Massachusetts office.

Nice To Haves

• Endocrinology and rare-disease experience.
• Experience with neuromuscular disorders.
• Well-established networks with endocrinology KOLs.
• Residence in the Chicago, Minneapolis, or Milwaukee areas.

Responsibilities

• Respond to KOL and HCP questions with fair, balanced scientific and medical responses.
• Manage questions concerning safety, adherence, and off-label data related to Amylyx products.
• Provide ongoing medical and scientific education to field and headquarters teams.
• Support clinical initiatives, including site identification, trial recruitment, registry activities, and presentation of final approved data.
• Regularly review scientific 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 addressing medical and therapeutic-area objectives in collaboration with Scientific Communication, Real World Evidence, and medical directors.
• Represent Amylyx Medical Affairs at medical congresses; educate stakeholders on pipeline products, collect competitive intelligence, and review symposia, abstracts, posters, and other data.
• Identify and support data-generation projects, develop and review scientific education materials, support clinical-site participation, and contribute to internal publications.
• Support commercial team functions, including internal training, speaker training programs, scientific material review, and competitive insights for therapeutic-area planning.
• Apply knowledge of local and regional payers and their relationships with patient-care delivery in the region.
• Maintain compliance with internal and external legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Provide credible, unbiased scientific information and support home-office Medical Affairs activities.
• Build relationships with key institutions and practices to understand provider and patient journeys, study capabilities, and opportunities to improve patient care using local medical resources.
• Educate medical and advocacy communities about disease awareness and unmet medical needs.
• Participate in planning and executing advisory board meetings and other programs, including developing topics and slide content and reviewing data with speakers.
• Work with regional account teams to deliver presentations to payers in support of patient access.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees' health, well-being, and financial security.
• Eligible employees may receive annual performance-based bonuses.
• Eligible employees may receive equity awards.

What This Job Offers

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