A field-based Medical Science Director will support Medical Affairs by enabling compliant scientific exchange, gathering medical insights, and collaborating cross-functionally across oncology and related therapeutic areas including infectious disease, nephrology, and acute/critical care. The role partners with healthcare providers and key opinion leaders, pharmacy stakeholders, and institutional decision-makers across inpatient and outpatient settings to advance medical strategy, evidence generation, and scientific engagement such as congresses, advisory boards, and education. An advanced scientific or clinical degree is required, and oncology experience is required.
Responsibilities include supporting Medical Affairs activities across the identified therapeutic areas through compliant scientific exchange and insight gathering. The role will engage healthcare providers, KOLs, pharmacy stakeholders, and institutional leaders to build trusted relationships, contribute to the development and execution of medical strategy (including publication planning and evidence dissemination), and help identify and support clinical trial sites, investigators, and referral networks to facilitate enrollment and study execution. It will also respond to unsolicited medical information requests in accordance with corporate policies and regulatory guidelines, provide scientific education and training to internal teams, and collaborate within a matrix organization to meet medical objectives.
Qualifications include an advanced healthcare or scientific degree (such as MD, DO, PharmD, PhD, DNP, NP, PA-C, or equivalent). Preferred experience may include at least 1 year of field medical/MSL experience and 1–5+ years in an academic, healthcare, or pharmaceutical setting. Oncology experience is required, with additional experience in infectious disease, nephrology, or critical care strongly preferred. The role expects exceptional scientific communication and presentation skills, strong relationship-building abilities, proficiency in scientific literature evaluation and medical data interpretation, and the ability to operate independently while managing multiple priorities with professionalism, integrity, and a strong compliance orientation.