Medical Science Liaison / Senior Medical Science Liaison, Neuropsychiatry - Central Region

Scorpion Therapeutics; United States; Remote; USD 135,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in precision medicine seeks a Medical Science Liaison specializing in Neuropsychiatry. The role involves educating healthcare providers about innovative genomic testing offerings, requiring strong communication skills and a scientific background. With a travel requirement of 50%, this position offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Incentive compensation

Restricted stock units

Medical benefits

Qualifications

• 1+ years of MSL experience in diagnostics, biotech, or pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Basic understanding of psychiatry/mental health required.
• Experience with clinical documentation and operations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain expertise in Tempus nP medical affairs and test offerings.
• Educate healthcare providers about Tempus nP products through presentations.
• Update internal stakeholders on relevant medical and scientific knowledge.

Skills

Public speaking

Interpersonal communication

Team collaboration

Self-starter

Education

Scientific or medical degree (APRN, PA, MSN, BSN, MD/DO, PharmD)

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Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

What You’ll Do

We are looking for a high-performing and experienced Medical Science Liaison, Neuropsychiatry (MSL) to support the commercial, research, and educational objectives of the company. We are seeking a field-based MSL with a strong clinical and scientific background in psychiatry genomic testing and excellent communication skills to educate healthcare providers about Tempus nP offerings. This position will require approximately 50% travel.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and function as an expert with respect to the Tempus nP medical affairs department and its test offerings. This will include regular interpretation and medical consultation with ordering clinicians.
• Function as a Sales Team support and a regional expert with respect to Tempus nP test offerings, promoting the exchange of clinical/scientific/technical information with regional KOLs and other physicians in the field of mental health/psychiatry.
• Facilitate education of a broad healthcare provider community (KOLs, community physicians, medical directors and other HCPs) regarding Tempus nP products via in-person or webinar-based presentations. This will include proactive and reactive communication of validated scientific data.
• Identify opportunities to close education gaps of internal teams in collaboration with the Learning & Development team.
• Attend conferences and other key meetings and provide comprehensive meeting synopses and summaries of high-impact abstracts/posters/oral presentations.
• Continuously update internal stakeholders on relevant medical and scientific knowledge as well as proactively developing market intelligence on existing competitor products and products in development.

Required Skills

• Fundamental understanding of the field of Pharmacogenetic testing (PGx) and related patient management assessments.
• Existing psychiatry KOL portfolio or experience is preferred, but not required.
• Excellent public speaking skills and the ability to effectively communicate relevant scientific topics and concepts.
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills, team player, strong inter-, and intradepartmental management skills, ability to educate and train.
• Self-starter with an ownership mindset able to work and deliver on tight timelines.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Education and Experience

• Scientific or medical degree (APRN, PA, MSN, BSN, MD/DO, PharmD etc).
• Basic understanding of psychiatry/mental health required; basic understanding of molecular testing is strongly preferred.
• 1+ years of MSL experience in diagnostics, biotech, or pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
• Some clinical experience is preferred. (ex: experience seeing patients in a clinical setting, experience with clinical documentation, clinic operations, etc).

Salary: $135,000 - $190,000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.