Medical Science Liaison – Los Angeles/San Diego
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Medical Science Liaison advancing Alnylam’s RNAi therapeutics for TTR amyloidosis. Building KOL partnerships, delivering scientific education, and supporting evidence-based patient care across the territory.
Responsibilities:
- Build and sustain scientific partnerships with key opinion leaders, investigators, and other healthcare professionals within an assigned geography
- Identify and address unmet medical education needs
- Deliver balanced scientific information, including mechanism of action and emerging clinical data
- Gather actionable medical insights to inform internal stakeholders
- Partner with investigators and internal stakeholders to drive patient accrual
- Identify key opinion leaders and cultivate a network of experts for key Alnylam disease areas
- Develop, maintain, and execute US KOL and US Institution plans within the respective geography
- Conduct and implement a comprehensive disease awareness tactical plan within the respective geography
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals to identify opportunities for algorithms and guidelines that facilitate early diagnosis
- Provide drug mechanism of action and emerging clinical information to healthcare providers
- Serve as liaison to healthcare professionals, professional organizations, disease-state advocacy groups, patient support groups, and educational foundations
- Provide medical and scientific input into advisory boards and review speaker presentations
- Contribute to company objectives for pre-approved products
- Provide educational meeting support at scientific congresses
- Coordinate medical, legal, and regulatory review and approval of field documents
- Partner with cross-functional colleagues including Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Market Access, and Patient Advocacy
- Report to the geographically aligned Field Medical Director
Requirements:
- Must reside within the territory
- PhD, PharmD, DNP or MD with 3 to 5 years’ industry experience
- Proven clinical background to enable engagement of Health Care Professionals in a scientifically meaningful exchange
- Prior experience in cardiology and rare disease strongly preferred
- Experience in clinical research, patient recruitment, and investigator-sponsored trials
- Experience in medical education and KOL management
- Effective communication of evidence based scientific information
- Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally
- Capable of managing shifting priorities in a rapidly changing environment
- Decision-making and accountability
- Require 60-70% travel
Benefits:
- Annual short-term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive)
- Annual long-term incentive award (e.g., equity)
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Lifestyle reimbursement program
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- 401(k) with a generous company match
- Paid time off
- Wellness days
- Holidays
- Two company-wide recharge breaks
- Family resources and leave













