Medical Scientific Liaison (West-Central Region, U.S.)

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About the role

The Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific leader who represents Roche Medical & Scientific Affairs to laboratory and clinical stakeholders across your assigned region. In this role, you will serve as a trusted partner to laboratory directors, clinicians, and key decision-makers. You will translate complex diagnostic and clinical data into meaningful dialogue that advances patient care and informs regional and national medical strategy. You will work closely with Sr. Scientific Managers and Sr. Medical Managers to help shape and execute an integrated medical plan grounded in real-world insights from the field. You will bring the voice of the customer to our medical plan and strategy. Your perspective will directly influence how we prioritize educational initiatives, support laboratories, and accelerate access to innovative diagnostics for patients.

This role sits within the Cardiometabolism/Neurology (Core Lab and NPC) team in Medical & Scientific Affairs and requires scientific depth, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to engage peers in high-level clinical and technical discussion. While you may bring deep expertise in a specific disease area, you must be comfortable expanding into a variety of disease topics and continuously strengthening your scientific foundation and knowledge base. This is a role for someone who thrives in independent field engagement while contributing meaningfully to a collaborative, strategy-driven medical team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary scientific partner to regional KOLs, laboratories, and clinical stakeholders
• Build and sustain trusted, long-term partnerships to understand evolving customer needs and gaps
• Lead high-value scientific exchanges to capture actionable insights that inform medical strategy and portfolio planning
• Identify emerging leaders and maintain accurate, timely documentation of interactions and insights in SFDC
• Deliver impactful, non-promotional education to clinicians and laboratorians (in-person and virtual)
• Assess needs and provide customized resources (e.g., presentations, pipeline updates, speaker programs, PACE)
• Maintain deep therapeutic knowledge and respond to unsolicited and off-label inquiries in line with compliance standards
• Partner with medical and cross-functional teams to execute regional plans, support launches, and contribute to advisory boards and congress activities
• Ensure scientific accuracy, share best practices, support onboarding, and drive continuous improvement across MSA

Requirements

You are a scientifically credible, field-ready expert who is comfortable engaging laboratory directors, medical directors, clinical specialists, and senior clinical stakeholders as a peer. You operate independently, think strategically, and translate complex diagnostic and clinical data into meaningful dialogue that advances patient care.

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years clinical/practice/industry experience OR
• Masters Level Degree in Science + 3 years of related clinical/practice/industry experience OR
• PhD level degree + 1 year of related clinical/practice/industry experience

Qualifications

• Experience in Cardiometabolism, neurology, infectious disease, diabetes, or related disease areas
• Knowledge of Immunoassay, clinical chemistry, mass spectrometry, or related field preferred; equivalent laboratory leadership experience will be considered
• Prior experience in industry as a Medical Scientific Liaison, Scientific advisory, manager, R&D, Clinical sales or Clinical Laboratory Director/Manager
• Ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships with Laboratory and other Healthcare Professionals
• Ability to understand, interpret and present a wide range of scientific and medical topics
• Ability to lead, direct, influence and empower multi-discipline teams and individuals in a matrixed organization
• Ability to successfully interface with senior management (within and external to company)
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills
• Ability to develop and maintain deep relationships with thought leaders and customers
• Ability to quantify metrics

Pay

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Indianapolis, IN is $133,200 - $247,400. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.

Benefits

This position qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided.

Location

This is a field-based role. Preferred candidate locations include Denver, CO or Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.