Description : 

The Senior Director of Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), working collaboratively with a second Regional Senior Director of MSLs, oversees a team of five MSLs to ensure effective Key Opinion Leader (KOL) & Health Care Professional (HCP) engagement and alignment with company/medical strategies. The Sr. Dir. MSLs are strategic partners in the establishment of the medical affairs infrastructure critical to supporting launch activities by collaboratively defining gaps, targets, governance, tools, and roles and responsibilities within and across teams.

The regional Director of MSLs role includes MSL responsibilities in a local territory defined by the director’s residence, in addition to responsibilities as the East/West Region MSL lead. These responsibilities include providing guidance and mentorship, contributing to the development and execution of Medical Affairs’ scientific and communications plan for epicutaneous immunotherapy and the Viaskin® platform, and ensuring alignment and inclusion of all MSL/Medical Affairs activities to support the company's commercial and scientific objectives.

Location : 

Salary Range : 220- 270K

Key Responsibilities : 

• Lead and develop the regional MSL team, providing coaching, training, and guidance to ensure strong performance, continuous learning, and compliance with internal and external regulations.
• Build and execute strategic KOL/HCP engagement plans, including identification, segmentation, and tracking, while ensuring alignment with Medical Affairs objectives.
• Communicate scientific and clinical data to external experts and internal teams, and support the development of high-quality scientific resources for MSL use.
• Oversee insight gathering from the field and competitive intelligence to inform medical strategy and organizational decision-making.
• Contribute medical and scientific input to strategic planning, lifecycle management, and evidence-generation activities.
• Ensure timely and accurate responses to medical information requests.
• Support company-sponsored research and clinical trials, including site identification, recruitment activities, and communication of approved data.
• Promote effective cross-functional collaboration and communication between MSLs and internal stakeholders.
• Manage the development of training materials, presentations, and educational tools.
• Identify and train external speakers to ensure consistent and high-quality scientific communication.
• Support advisory boards with scientific expertise and facilitation.
• Contribute to HEOR activities and managed care initiatives to support product value, access, and reimbursement.

Qualifications : 

• Doctorate degree (i.e., PharmD, MD/DO, PhD, etc.) in a scientific discipline.
• 5+ years of directly related pharmaceutical industry experience required, management experience preferred
• Research or pharmaceutical industry experience in the field of Allergy and Immunology preferred
• Successful track record in providing medical/scientific support to other departments within an organization.
• A solid understanding of local pharmaceutical regulations, industry codes, FDA rules, and OIG guidelines is required, especially as they apply to the role’s non-promotional activities.
• Comfortable working in a small, fast-paced, very hands-on environment.
• Strong communications and relationship-building capacity
• Strong strategic mindset, understanding of market needs and resource allocation
• Very strong familiarity with medical affairs activities such as Medical & KOL strategy and management, medical education, medical operations, medical congresses, investigator-initiated studies, and professional society engagement.
• Sound computer skills, including applications for word processing, producing slide materials, and working with spreadsheets.
• Capable of engaging in frequent business travel (approximately 50-75% of time), to include air travel, ability to travel overnight and on weekends.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.   

Behavioral skills : 

• Curiosity: Keep on exploring uncharted territories. Always ask “why?” and more importantly “why not?”,
• Courage: Take smart risks, mentor each other to always do better & be accountable for our choices, our opinions, and our actions,
• Collaboration: Teamwork and spirit. Support each other and be equally involved in the achievement of our common goals,
• Credibility: Be transparent, follow through and build trust. Educate ourselves about our unique technology.