Medical Science Liaison/Senior Medical Science Liaison

About the role

This field-based Medical Affairs role offers the opportunity to serve as a trusted scientific partner across the autoimmune disease and cell therapy landscape. You will build meaningful relationships with healthcare professionals, investigators, treatment centers, and key opinion leaders across an assigned territory.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-quality scientific relationships with KOLs, investigators, academic medical centers, community physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and specialty treatment centers within the assigned territory.
• Provide fair-balanced, accurate, and compliant scientific exchange on autoimmune diseases, treatment landscapes, cell therapy, and emerging clinical data.
• Serve as a scientific resource for investigators and support discussions related to clinical research collaborations and investigator-initiated research in accordance with applicable policies.
• Develop and execute territory-specific Medical Affairs and KOL engagement strategies, including stakeholder mapping, prioritization, and proactive engagement planning.
• Collaborate with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations to support clinical trials, including identifying potential sites, engaging investigators, supporting trial awareness, and contributing to enrollment and feasibility efforts.
• Capture, synthesize, and communicate high-quality medical insights that can inform medical strategy, evidence planning, clinical development, and other business decisions.
• Partner effectively with Medical Affairs and cross-functional teams, including Regulatory Affairs, Commercial, Market Access, Patient Services, Clinical Development, and Clinical Operations, while maintaining appropriate non-promotional boundaries.
• Represent the organization at congresses, advisory boards, investigator meetings, medical education forums, and other scientific events.
• Respond appropriately to unsolicited medical information requests and remain current on therapeutic developments, treatment guidelines, clinical research, and cell therapy operations.
• Complete CRM documentation, administrative activities, required training, and pharmacovigilance responsibilities, including adverse event and product complaint reporting.
• Ensure all field activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, ethical standards, and organizational policies.

Requirements

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree required, such as MD, PharmD, PhD, DNP, NP, PA, or equivalent.
• For the MSL level, a doctorate degree or a master’s degree combined with at least 3 years of Medical Affairs experience is required.
• For the Senior MSL level, a doctorate degree plus at least 2 years of Medical Affairs experience, or a master’s degree plus at least 6 years of Medical Affairs experience, is required.
• Prior experience in cell therapy, CAR-T, immunology, rheumatology, nephrology, neurology, hematology/oncology, rare diseases, or another closely related specialty is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of clinical trial design, clinical development, Medical Affairs functions, and the broader healthcare ecosystem.
• Experience engaging academic medical centers, specialty treatment centers, infusion centers, investigators, or other complex healthcare stakeholders is preferred.
• Able to interpret and communicate sophisticated scientific and clinical information effectively to diverse audiences.
• Excellent presentation, written, verbal, interpersonal, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions while exercising sound scientific judgment and maintaining appropriate compliance boundaries.
• Experience supporting pre-commercial or launch-stage biotechnology organizations is highly valued.
• Knowledge of autoimmune disease treatment landscapes and emerging cell therapy approaches is preferred.
• Experience supporting investigator-sponsored research, clinical trial recruitment, or site engagement initiatives is beneficial.
• Familiarity with cell therapy operational concepts, including chain of identity, chain of custody, and treatment center workflows, is advantageous.
• Comfortable working independently in a dynamic, high-growth environment and managing priorities across a broad geographic territory.
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively, with approximately 50–70% travel expected.

Benefits

• MSL salary range: $170,000–$185,000 USD annually.
• Senior MSL salary range: $190,000–$210,000 USD annually.
• Actual compensation may vary based on education, experience, tenure, skills, abilities, internal equity, and relevant market data.
• Eligibility for a performance-based bonus.
• Participation in a company stock plan.
• Comprehensive employee benefits.
• Remote, field-based work arrangement.
• Opportunity to contribute to innovative clinical-stage cell therapy programs addressing significant unmet needs in autoimmune disease.
• High-impact role with exposure to Medical Affairs, clinical development, research, and cross-functional strategic initiatives.