Medical Science Liaison - North Central (MI & IN)

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals; Indiana; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals seeks an experienced Medical Science Liaison (MSL) to join the TTR team and advance science for transthyretin amyloidosis. The MSL will build scientific partnerships with KOLs, investigators, and healthcare professionals across the US geography.

Expect 60-70% travel while delivering balanced scientific information, identifying education needs, and supporting internal stakeholders with actionable medical insights.

Qualifications

• PhD, PharmD, DNP or MD with 3 to 5 years’ industry experience.
• Experience in clinical research, patient recruitment, and investigator-sponsored trials.
• Experience in medical education and KOL management.
• Effective communication of evidence based scientific information.
• Capable of managing shifting priorities in a rapidly changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify key opinion leaders and cultivate a network of experts for Alnylam disease areas.
• Develop, maintain, and execute US KOL and US Institution plans within geography.
• Conduct and implement a comprehensive disease awareness tactical plan within geography.
• Provide in-depth drug mechanism of action and emerging clinical information to health care providers.
• Serve as a liaison to health care professionals and professional organizations and disease state advocacy groups; support patient groups and educational foundations.
• Provide medical input into advisory boards and review speaker presentations.
• Provide educational meeting support at scientific congresses.
• Coordinate required medical, legal, and regulatory review and approval of all field documents for distribution or presentation.

Skills

KOL management

Scientific communication

Clinical research

Medical education

Prioritization

Education

PhD/MD/PharmD/DNP with 3–5 years in industry

Job description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Medical Science Liaison (MSL) to join the TTR team and support Alnylam’s commitment to advancing the science and care of patients with transthyretin (TTR) amyloidosis. This role is an opportunity to help elevate disease understanding and support evidence-based clinical decision‑making through high-quality scientific exchange.

Responsibilities

The MSL will be principally responsible for building and sustaining scientific partnerships with key opinion leaders (KOLs), investigators, and other healthcare professionals within an assigned geography. The MSL will identify and address unmet medical education needs, deliver balanced scientific information (including mechanism of action and emerging clinical data), and gather actionable medical insights to inform internal stakeholders.

• 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 respective geography.
• Conduct and implement a comprehensive disease awareness tactical plan within the respective geography.
• Provide in-depth drug mechanism of action and emerging clinical information to health care providers in the respective geography.
• Serve as a liaison to health care professionals and professional organizations and disease state advocacy groups. Support the efforts of patient support groups and educational foundations.
• Provide medical and scientific input into the planning and execution of advisory boards and work with experts to review speaker presentations and provide additional medical background where requested.
• Provide educational meeting support at scientific congresses.
• Coordinate required medical, legal, and regulatory review and approval of all field documents for distribution or presentation.

Require 60-70% travel.

Qualifications

• PhD, PharmD, DNP or MD with 3 to 5 years’ industry experience.
• Experience in clinical research, patient recruitment, and investigator-sponsored trials.
• Experience in medical education and KOL management.
• Effective communication of evidence based scientific information.
• Capable of managing shifting priorities in a rapidly changing environment.

Core Values

Success in this role is grounded in Alnylam’s core values—our unwavering commitment to people, purposeful urgency, passion for excellence, fiercely innovative, and an open culture—while upholding the highest standards of integrity and compliance. Built on Nobel Prize‑winning science, Alnylam has delivered the breakthroughs that made RNAi therapeutics possible and are just at the beginning of what’s possible. Our deep pipeline, late‑stage programs, and bold vision reflect our core values: fierce innovation, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, open culture and commitment to people.

Equal Opportunity

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, pregnancy status or related conditions, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital or familial status, political affiliation, age, or any other factor protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Compensation

The pay range below reflects the full‑time base salary range we expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. This role is eligible for an annual short‑term incentive award (e.g., bonus or sales incentive) and an annual long‑term incentive award (e.g., equity).

Benefits

• medical coverage
• dental coverage
• vision coverage
• life and disability insurance
• lifestyle reimbursement program
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• 401(k) with a generous company match
• paid time off
• wellness days
• holidays
• two company‑wide recharge breaks

Learn more about these and additional benefits offered by Alnylam by visiting the Benefits section of the Careers website: