Medical Science Liaison - Req Exp Infectious disease, IDAST, Clinical Microbiology & PharmD Degree)

Job Description

The US Medical Science Liaison, Automated Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Solutions (IDAST) serves as a field-based scientific expert supporting Waters Advanced Diagnostics’ portfolio of automated organism identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and resistance-related diagnostic solutions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead scientific and clinical support for Waters Advanced Diagnostics’ IDAST portfolio, including automated identification, susceptibility testing, and resistance-related solutions.
• Execute strategic scientific, educational, and external engagement activities aligned with Medical Affairs objectives and broader business priorities.
• Conduct high-quality scientific exchange with clinical microbiologists, laboratory directors, infectious disease clinicians, pharmacists, antimicrobial stewardship leaders, infection prevention stakeholders, and hospital decision-makers.
• Develop and deliver scientific education for external stakeholders and internal cross-functional teams on topics including: organism identification and susceptibility testing principles, resistance interpretation and stewardship relevance, clinical utility of IDAST workflow integration and laboratory implementation, appropriate interpretation and communication of IDAST results.
• Serve as a scientific partner to customers by translating IDAST performance characteristics and workflow advantages into clinical and operational relevance, including implications for antimicrobial optimization, resistance reporting, stewardship strategy, and hospital decision-making.
• Monitor and communicate scientific literature, competitive developments, evolving resistance trends, susceptibility-testing practices, and changes in the infectious disease and stewardship landscape relevant to IDAST.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Medical Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, and other internal partners to support field medical strategy, scientific communication, and evidence generation.
• Capture field insights related to unmet needs, evidence gaps, implementation barriers, customer perceptions, and resistance/stewardship priorities to inform medical strategy and future evidence-generation planning.

Required Qualifications

• PharmD with a minimum 3 years of relevant experience in one or more of the following: infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, clinical microbiology, microbiology diagnostics, susceptibility/resistance testing, hospital laboratory or related healthcare/scientific environments.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex scientific and clinical information effectively to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience educating healthcare professionals and interacting with multidisciplinary clinical and laboratory teams.
• Strong knowledge of infectious diseases, antimicrobial use, resistance mechanisms, susceptibility testing, stewardship principles, and/or clinical microbiology laboratory workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience as an MSL, clinical scientist, infectious disease pharmacist, stewardship pharmacist, microbiology specialist, or in another field-based medical/scientific role.
• Experience working with clinical microbiology laboratories, antimicrobial stewardship programs, infectious disease teams, hospital-based diagnostic implementation efforts, or susceptibility/resistance-focused workflows.
• Familiarity with technologies and workflows relevant to automated organism identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, resistance detection, and laboratory informatics.
• Strong presentation skills and experience supporting scientific education for both internal and external audiences.
• Able to engage credibly across both laboratory and clinical stakeholders, including microbiologists, stewardship teams, pharmacists, and ID clinicians.

Key Competencies

• Scientific credibility and executive presence.
• Strong clinical and laboratory communication skills.
• Ability to translate IDAST data into clinical utility, resistance relevance, and operational value.
• Understanding of antimicrobial stewardship, diagnostic stewardship, and the role of susceptibility/resistance data in patient-management decisions.
• Comfort engaging laboratory, pharmacy, clinicians, stewardship, and health-system stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking, field insight generation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Ability to connect scientific evidence with real-world adoption, implementation, and customer needs.