Senior Medical Science Liaison - Southeast

Travere Therapeutics • Minneapolis, MN

4d • $173,000 - $225,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Medical Science Liaison develops and sustains professional relationships with national and regional healthcare practitioners and facilitates education about current and upcoming Travere therapies. The role provides targeted key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, managed market and long-term care stakeholders, and decision makers with current medical and scientific information about Travere products and therapeutic areas, consistent with company and Medical Affairs objectives.

This field-based position supports medical affairs strategy and launch activities for sparsentan in FSGS and IgA Nephropathy. The liaison exchanges scientific information and insights with external stakeholders, supports medical education and research, leads practice-change initiatives, and collaborates with cross-functional internal teams. The territory includes Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi; the candidate must live in the territory or immediate adjacency. The role involves field work 3–4 days per week, travel of up to 50% or more, and some weekend work may be required. All positions require the ability to perform face-to-face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego; no role is expected to be 100% remote.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in a relevant life-science discipline, such as PharmD, MD/DO, PhD, PA, or NP, or equivalent; an equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.
• At least 5 years of relevant biopharmaceutical industry experience as a Medical Science Liaison; comparable research and/or pharmaceutical experience may be considered.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, including the ability to discuss clinical research, compliance, healthcare costs, and product value propositions and to answer questions.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple complex and competing objectives and priorities.
• Ability to address educational and research needs through delivery of current, evidence-based scientific data.
• Ability to build strong relationships and discuss complex scientific topics in a peer-to-peer manner.
• Strategic and creative thinking, project management, problem-solving, follow-through, and ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of implementation science approaches and strategies.
• Knowledge of FDA guidelines and regulations.
• Ability to prioritize and work effectively in a constantly changing environment.
• Must live in the assigned territory or immediate adjacency.
• Ability to travel up to 50% or more; field work is 3–4 days per week, with travel to regional, national, or international meetings as assigned and some weekend work potentially required.
• Ability to perform face-to-face work with colleagues and/or onsite in San Diego.

Nice To Haves

• Nephrology experience and established KOL contacts in nephrology, renal pathology, or rare disease; other relevant therapeutic disciplines may be considered.
• New product launch experience.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate deep scientific expertise in assigned molecules, products, and therapeutic areas and exchange relevant information and insights with thought leaders and healthcare decision makers.
• Identify and develop relationships with national and regional medical and scientific thought leaders, patient advocacy groups, and centers of excellence.
• Actively contribute to launch activities for sparsentan in FSGS and IgA Nephropathy.
• Build productive partnerships with key opinion leaders in medical education and clinical/scientific research, and use external relationships to understand healthcare trends and identify practice-change opportunities.
• Lead strategic practice-change initiatives by identifying opportunities to improve clinical care, partnering with clinics, institutions, and stakeholders, and applying Travere’s Implementation Science framework to promote adoption, sustain behavior change, and measure impact.
• Continue learning in the assigned therapeutic area and participate in upskilling programs related to assigned molecules, products, disease states, and relevant business topics.
• Build effective working relationships across internal matrix partners to support an enterprise approach to internal and external engagement.
• Serve as a scientific expert at medical and scientific conferences, advisory boards, roundtables, clinical investigator meetings, and internal meetings.
• Drive the development and execution of medical education strategies that align KOLs with scientific objectives and strengthen advocacy.
• Contribute to publication planning, medical education materials, and internal training.
• Identify challenges and opportunities, challenge the status quo constructively, and develop solutions that advance scientific engagement, team effectiveness, and medical objectives.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Medical Information, Medical Communications, and Commercial/Field Sales.
• Assist with sponsored research, including site identification and recruitment, and investigator-initiated research, including serving as a conduit and protocol champion and providing status updates.
• Deliver medical presentations to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other audiences, and communicate complex information effectively.
• Support managed market and payer engagement as the scientific/medical expert, presenting relevant formulary, pharmacoeconomic, and clinical information on sparsentan’s value proposition, clinical differentiators, safety, and efficacy.
• Assist Patient Advocacy with creating or delivering scientific and medical information about the mechanisms of IgA Nephropathy and FSGS to patients and Patient Advocacy Groups.
• Comply with corporate requirements for clinical trials, scientific interactions, and responses to unsolicited requests for medical or scientific information.

Benefits

• Premium health, financial, work-life, and well-being offerings for eligible employees and dependents.
• Wellness and employee support programs.
• Life insurance.
• Disability benefits.
• Retirement plans with employer match.
• Generous paid time off.
• Short-term incentive compensation.
• Long-term incentive compensation in company stock.

What This Job Offers

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