Medical Science Liaison, Fertility - North Central

Boston, Massachusetts, United States Full time
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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!  Start your next chapter and join EMD Serono.

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Your Role:

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a crucial role within the Medical Affairs team, representing EMD Serono in the education of the healthcare community externally and leading the transfer of insights to drive strategic decision making internally. The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is responsible for cultivating and maintaining collaborative relationships with influential members of the medical community to promote company, disease state and therapeutic awareness, in addition to serving as an advanced technical, scientific, and medical expert in the specified therapeutic area (Fertility) for the assigned region.

Location:   Field-based, Assigned Territory: North Central (IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, ND, SD, NE, KS, IA, MO)

Key Accountabilities:

Provide in-depth scientific, clinical, and educational support to academic thought leaders and community decision makers through the dissemination of pertinent educational, scientific, and clinical information on the specific disease state and its treatment

Cultivate and maintain relationships with Key Opinion Leaders as peers whose opinions, disease and disease treatment insights and competitive knowledge provide direction to US Medical Affairs and EMD Serono

Disseminate to healthcare professionals state-of-the-art research and medical concepts related to fertility and fertility treatments through one-to-one peer interactions and group learning activities

Lead Medical Affairs activities in your region coordinating with internal departments and external customers

Represent EMD Serono at medical events, programs, meetings, and conventions

Liaise with the US Medical Affairs Fertility Team on the development and implementation of medical initiatives both regionally and nationally

Communicate research and development concepts, key field insights and competitive intelligence to appropriate internal stakeholders

As appropriate, coordinate with Clinical Development and Fertility Medical Affairs in providing field support for clinical research studies

Act as a liaison between investigators and Medical Affairs for the Investigator Sponsored Studies (ISS) program

Maintain HCP and institutional profiling and visitation records for the territory

Administer and monitor appropriate budget expenditures to meet the responsibilities as outlined above

Ensure compliant use of field material and conduct of activities

Act as a respected and highly regarded representative of EMD Serono by demonstrating our values, behaviors, and high impact culture

Extensive (80%) regional travel including overnight travel, national meetings, and may include international conferences

 

Who You Are: 

The MSL must command a comprehensive understanding of reproductive medicine focused on fertility and will partner with other members of the US Field Medical, US Medical Fertility and other key stakeholders to contribute to the overall understanding of fertility and the fertility treatment landscape, developing significant and long-term relationships for EMD Serono with KOLs and community clinical leaders

 

Minimum Qualifications:

PharmD, PhD, MD, DO and 2+ years of relevant experience or NP / PA and 3+ years of relevant experience. Equivalent combination of education and fertility clinical experience may be considered

Advanced scientific knowledge, relationship building and networking skills

Ability to communicate complex scientific and clinical information tailored to a wide-variety of audiences through multiple channels

Comfortable with extensive (80%) regional travel including overnight travel, national meetings, and potentially international conferences

Live within the assigned territory or within a reasonable commuting distance

 

Preferred Qualifications:

3 or more years of clinical and/or pharmaceutical experience in Fertility

Prior experience as a field medical science liaison or equivalent (e.g., nurse clinical liaison)

Ability to communicate openly and share information to foster trust while encouraging constructive debate, making informed decisions, and ensuring shared commitment to outcomes.

Demonstrated willingness to take risks and stand up for what is right while prioritizing the needs and experiences of customers and patients in all decisions.

Commitment to setting and reaching ambitious goals and setting high standards while acting in the best interest of the company and taking initiative to drive results.

Uphold ethical standards and being honest in all interactions.

Ability to maintain collaborative relationships within a dynamic team environment.

Ability to streamlining processes to focus on what matters and creates impact and acting quickly to adapt to changes.

Demonstrated ability to embrace new ideas, challenge the status quo, and seek innovative solutions while valuing diverse perspectives and treating others with respect and dignity.

Pay range for this position: $154,600 - $231,800. The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors. Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites. For more information click here .

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

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We currently track 1256 comparable Medical Affairs roles across 164 biopharma companies.

1256Comparable roles tracked
1123Currently active
164Companies hiring similar roles
70Countries represented

Salary context

321 of 1256 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $154,600/yr – $231,800/yr
Lowest disclosed · Executive Coordinator · Merck KGaA $33/hr – $50/hr (≈ $68,640–$104,000/yr)
Highest disclosed · Sr Medical Director (Heme Oncology) (Boston, US) · Servier $298/hr – $350/hr (≈ $619,840–$728,000/yr)
Peer group range $86,320 – $673,920 (median $224,445)

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