Role Overview
The Field Director of Oncology MSL is a senior leadership position within the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) organization, responsible for leading, coaching, and developing a MSL team to deliver high-quality, compliant, non-promotional scientific engagement. The role translates therapeutic area strategy into regional execution, elevates scientific exchange quality, and ensures field-captured insights inform medical planning and evidence strategy

Role and Responsibilities:

Leadership and Team Development

• Lead, coach, and mentor a 7 member MSL national team, ensuring high-quality, compliant scientific engagement with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key opinion leaders (KOLs)
• Conduct routine field visits and one-on-one meetings to provide observation, feedback, and career development guidance
• Monitor and boost team performance using data, dashboards, and performance trends to identify opportunities for improvement and continuous development
• Implement inclusive leadership practices to recruit, retain, and motivate a diverse, high-performing team

Scientific Strategy and Execution

• Translate therapeutic area (TA) and Medical Affairs strategy into actionable regional field priorities and objectives
• Ensure effective execution of field medical programs including product launches, proactive initiatives, clinical education, and scientific exchange
• Serve as a scientific leader and strategic thought partner, offering guidance on disease state knowledge, product information, and evidence generation
• Oversee collection, analysis, and communication of Medical Insights to inform strategy, evidence generation, and lifecycle planning

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Medical Affairs, Scientific Affairs, and other internal stakeholders to align field activities with company objectives
• Facilitate compliant, routine communication with cross-functional partners such as specialists, district managers, key account managers, and clinical educators
• Lead or participate in company initiatives, bringing credibility, influence, and strategic perspective

Compliance and Performance Excellence

• Ensure all MSL activities and communications are ethical, compliant, and adhere to regulatory guidelines
• Model and reinforce professional standards, accountability, and performance integrity across the team
• Utilize evidence and AI-informed data to guide team decisions and optimize engagement strategies

Qualifications and Requirements

• Education
  • Advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD, PhD) required.
• Experience

• Minimum of 8 years' experience, including at least 3 years leading a field-based MSL team and 5 years in pharmaceutical or healthcare industry roles.
• Significant leadership experience in solid tumor oncology including pre-launch and launch experience required (recent Lung Cancer experience highly preferred).

• Proven track record of building and optimizing field medical teams, supporting product launches, and managing through leaders.
• Experience in a biotech or fast paced, evolving environment preferred.

• Skills & Abilities
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Exceptional communication/influence and executive presence; roll-up-the-sleeves" leadership style.
  • Demonstrates resilience, composure, and effective decision-making in a dynamic and challenging environment with multiple competing priorities.
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
  • Ability to thrive in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to motivate, develop, and retain high-performing teams.
  • Willingness to travel up to 70% as needed.

This is the pay for this position

Pay Transparency

$203,000-$253,000 USD

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable variable compensation.

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