What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Science Liaison position at Syneos Health?
Updated : February 4, 2025
Location : Atlanta, GA, United States
Job ID : 7778
The organization Syneos Health is partnered with is a global specialty HIV company, the only one that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. The organization is highly mission-driven in their unrelenting commitment to being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV. Their aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education on for the prevention and treatment for HIV. The organization goes to extraordinary lengths to deliver breakthroughs in prevention, treatments, care solutions, and communities that really count. They take a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care. We are fully committed to push through every challenge until HIV / AIDS is eradicated. The organization has played a significant part in delivering breakthroughs that have turned HIV into a manageable health condition. Our client offers the largest portfolio of HIV medicines available anywhere, and they continue their work to cater for the widest possible range of needs in response to the HIV epidemic.
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) role is a field-based, customer-facing, non-promotional medical and scientific position within the Georgia / Northern FL area. The MSL’s key objective is to create impact through advancing clinical practice within the assigned territory that leads to improved patient outcomes. The MSL serves as a scientific expert in HIV treatment and prevention, understands territory and market influences, engages scientifically with Healthcare Providers (HCPs) and medical experts, manages and develops their territory, and executes all relevant activities in alignment with the medical strategic plan. The MSL will inform and shape medical strategy through application of a curious mindset to collect impactful and actionable insights to drive the development and commercialization of their products.
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following :
- Scientific Expertise : Build strong scientific acumen and serve as a primary point of contact for medical and scientific inquiries in HIV treatment and prevention supporting scientific engagement for territory. Provide advanced scientific and clinical knowledge to internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Stakeholder Engagement : Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with external experts, researchers, and healthcare professionals. Maintain a strategic plan to provide support to external experts in order to facilitate scientific discussions and collaborations to support Medical’s scientific and clinical objectives.
- Clinical Insights : Gather and relay insights from the field to inform product development, clinical trial design, and market strategies. Provide feedback on a portfolio of products and services.
- Education and Training : Develop and deliver scientific presentations and training sessions for healthcare professionals and internal teams. Support the creation of educational materials and provide scientific training to colleagues.
- Compliance and Documentation : Ensure all activities comply with regulatory guidelines and company policies. Maintain accurate records of interactions and outcomes.
- Leadership and Mentorship : Act as a role model of Syneos culture and values. Mentor and coach new or less experienced MSLs and lead scientific or strategic projects to elevate team acumen.
- Safety Communication : Disseminate important safety information to healthcare professionals as directed by Medical Affairs or Research and Development teams.
- Agility and Adaptability : Interface with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including external experts, healthcare professionals, professional societies, advocacy groups, and formulary decision-makers.
- National Meetings : Attend both national and regional scientific / medical meetings to gain medical voice of the customer on recent data being presented on products and disease states of interest to the organization.
- Matrix Collaboration : Conduct business with a collaborative mindset compliantly and regularly engaging across matrix stakeholders.
- Administration : Execute all responsibilities and training (i.e., Veeva CRM, email, expense report, compliance, etc.) in a timely manner, including profiling of core customers and ensuring up-to-date information in the CRM.
Basic Qualifications :
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve the organization’s goals :
Preferred Qualifications :
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus :
At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles.
Why Syneos Health? Each life we positively impact makes our work worthwhile. By joining one of our field medical teams, you will partner with some of the most talented clinicians in the industry and be reminded why you chose a career in healthcare. The diversification and breadth of our new and existing partnerships create a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities. Join our game-changing, global company dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to get biopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Experience the thrill of knowing that your everyday efforts are contributing to improving patients’ lives around the world.
Syneos Health companies are affirmative action / equal opportunity employers (Minorities / Females / Veterans / Disabled)
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