Medical Science Liaison Rare Disease

Overview of the Medical Science Liaison Rare Disease Role

The Regional Medical Science Liaison (MSL) serves as the primary field-based point of contact with healthcare providers (HCPs), including clinical investigators, on a range of clinical and scientific issues. This role focuses on delivering and facilitating medical education and communications, research, and scientific insight gathering activities for Syneos Health's client. This includes providing scientific and medical data on both licensed and unlicensed products and indications as permissible by local laws and regulations. The Medical Science Liaison Rare Disease will act as the medical representative across a large, complex environment, with flexibility to support other countries as needed by the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain outstanding knowledge of cardiometabolic diseases and related areas, including specialized expertise in rare diseases such as Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (FCS) and Severe Hypertriglyceridemia (SHTG), along with comprehensive client and competitor product knowledge.
• Understand and execute the medical strategy and broader business strategy to ensure activities are coordinated with the team and aligned to strategy within the business.
• Serve as an external, credible scientific expert on disease areas and client products at HCP field meetings, key medical and scientific conferences, advisory boards, clinical investigator meetings, and patient advocacy group meetings.
• Facilitate clear communication between the client and investigators for both client trials and investigator-sponsored studies, addressing barriers to enrollment for pipeline assets.
• Work to the highest ethical compliance, ethics, and safety standards, adhering to all local regulations and laws.
• Maintain and develop synergistic relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to expand research, advisory, and educational partnership opportunities.
• Provide training to the Key Account Management Team on scientific and medical topics.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced Degree (MD, PhD, PharmD).
• Demonstrable experience in an MSL function with cardiometabolic or rare disease experience preferred, or experience in endocrinology or lipidology.
• Knowledge of clinical research design and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) in the cardiology area.
• Strong understanding of clinical research trial design and study analysis, including cost-effectiveness and other high-level HEOR (Health Economics and Outcomes Research) evidence approaches.
• Ability to develop trust and maintain integrity with KOLs/External Clinical and Scientific Experts, investigators, HCPs, and institutions, as well as with peers.
• Ability to convey complex scientific concepts and information appropriately tailored to the audience (e.g., affiliate staff and regional/global Medical Affairs leadership).
• A good understanding of the Health Authorities in each country across the region would be advantageous.

Why Join Syneos Health?

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We encourage applications from individuals whose experience may not perfectly align with every requirement, as transferable skills are valued. Joining one of our field medical teams means partnering with talented clinicians to improve patients' lives. Our diverse partnerships offer a multitude of career paths and opportunities in a game-changing, global company focused on delivering biopharmaceutical therapies to patients faster.

Key skills/competency

• Medical Science Liaison (MSL)
• Rare Disease Expertise
• Cardiometabolic Diseases
• KOL Engagement
• Clinical Research
• GCP Guidelines
• HEOR Evidence
• Scientific Communication
• Medical Education
• Compliance & Ethics