HIV Medical Science Liaison

Syneos Health, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative global company is seeking a Medical Science Liaison to join their mission-driven team focused on HIV treatment and prevention. This role involves engaging with healthcare professionals, providing scientific expertise, and gathering clinical insights to enhance patient outcomes. The MSL will play a crucial role in shaping medical strategy and supporting educational initiatives. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization offers a dynamic work environment where every contribution matters. Join a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the lives of those affected by HIV and advancing healthcare solutions.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree required with 3+ years of clinical experience in HIV.
• Strong scientific communication and stakeholder management skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Engage with healthcare professionals to advance clinical practice and improve patient outcomes.
• Gather insights to inform product development and clinical strategies.

Skills

Clinical Experience in HIV

Scientific Communication

Stakeholder Management

Leadership Skills

Ability to Travel

Education

Advanced Degree (MD, DO, PharmD, PhD, APP)

Tools

Veeva CRM

Job description

Updated: February 12, 2025
Location: Austin, TX, United States
Job ID: 8029-OTHLOC-CFrwYfwk

The organization Syneos Health is partnered with is a global specialty HIV company, the only one that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. The organization is highly mission-driven in their unrelenting commitment to being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV. Their aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education on for the prevention and treatment for HIV. The organization goes to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in prevention, treatments, care solutions and communities, that really count. The organization goes beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care. We are fully committed to push through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated. The organization has played a significant part in delivering breakthroughs that have turned HIV into a manageable health condition. Our client offers the largest portfolio of HIV medicines available anywhere, and they continue their work to cater for the widest possible range of needs in response to the HIV epidemic.

The organization is aware of how much is at stake for those at-risk or affected by HIV and they show up every day 100% committed to the patients. The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) role is a field based, customer-facing, non-promotional medical and scientific position within the Texas area. The MSL’s key objective is to create impact through advancing clinical practice within the assigned territory that leads to improved patient outcomes. The MSL serves as a scientific expert in HIV treatment and prevention, understands territory and market influences, engages scientifically with Healthcare Providers (HCPs) and medical experts, manage, and develop their territory and execute all relevant activities in alignment with the medical strategic plan. The MSL will inform and shape medical strategy through application of a curious mindset to collect impactful and actionable insights to drive the development and commercialization of their products.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

• Scientific Expertise: Build strong scientific acumen and serve as a primary point of contact for medical and scientific inquiries in HIV treatment and prevention supporting scientific engagement for territory. Provide advanced scientific and clinical knowledge to internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with external experts, researchers, and healthcare professionals. Maintain a strategic plan to provide support to external experts in order to facilitate scientific discussions and collaborations to support Medical’s scientific and clinical objectives. Engagements may include but not limited to emerging data discussions, uncovering barriers in patient journey, understanding market dynamics within their territory, exploration of areas of unmet medical need, pipeline discussions, educating on disease state and product, capturing adverse events, and capturing medical insights through all stages of product lifecycle.
• Clinical Insights: Gather and relay insights from the field to inform product development, clinical trial design, and market strategies. Provide feedback on a portfolio of products and services.
• Education and Training: Develop and deliver scientific presentations and training sessions for healthcare professionals and internal teams. Support the creation of educational materials and provide scientific training to colleagues.
• Compliance and Documentation: Ensure all activities comply with regulatory guidelines and company policies. Maintain accurate records of interactions and outcomes.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Act as a role model of Syneos culture and values. Mentor and coach new or less experienced MSLs and lead scientific or strategic projects to elevate team acumen.
• Safety Communication: Disseminate important safety information to healthcare professionals as directed by Medical Affairs or Research and Development teams.
• Agility and Adaptability: Interface with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including external experts, healthcare professionals, professional societies, advocacy groups, and formulary decision-makers.
• National Meetings: Attend both national and regional scientific/medical meetings to gain medical voice of the customer on recent data being presented on products and disease states of interest to the organization.
• Matrix Collaboration: Conduct business with a collaborative mindset compliantly and regularly engaging across matrix stakeholders.
• Administration: Execute all responsibilities and training (i.e., Veeva CRM, email, expense report, compliance, etc.) in a timely manner, including profiling of core customers and ensuring up-to-date information in the CRM.

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve the organization’s goals:

• Advanced degree (i.e., MD, DO, PharmD, PhD, APP)
• 3+ years of clinical experience in HIV
• Valid Driver’s License
• Ability to travel (40-60% by car and plane domestic)

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• HIV field medical experience in the US
• Proven track record of consistent, high performance within Field-Based Medical Affairs
• Solid grounding in clinical, medical, and pharmaceutical science with demonstrated ability to rapidly assimilate specific and detailed knowledge in these areas.
• Experience evaluating and effectively communicating evidence-based medicine with strong scientific communication and presentation skills
• Leadership skills and experience, including high business acumen, stakeholder management, as well as successful project participation and completion
• Demonstrated excellence in mentoring fellow MSLs, leading complex field based medical team initiatives, participating in and representing field-based medical on internal cross-functional team, and contributing to strategic planning and development of team’s objectives.
• Experience engaging effectively one on one and in group settings

At Syneos Health, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.

Why Syneos Health? Each life we positively impact makes our work worthwhile. By joining one of our field medical teams, you will partner with some of the most talented clinicians in the industry and be reminded why you chose a career in healthcare. The diversification and breadth of our new and existing partnerships create a multitude of career paths and employment opportunities. Join our game-changing, global company dedicated to creating better, smarter, faster ways to get biopharmaceutical therapies to patients. Experience the thrill of knowing that your everyday efforts are contributing to improving patients’ lives around the world.

Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled)