HIV Senior Medical Science Liaison

Updated: February 4, 2025
Location: Miami, FL, United States
Job ID: 7774-OTHLOC-CIDvYfwy

The organization 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 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 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 Senior Medical Science Liaison (MSL) role is a field-based, customer-facing, non-promotional medical and scientific position within the Florida 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, manages, and develops their territory and executes all relevant activities in alignment with the medical strategic plan.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. Responsibilities include:

• 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.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Identify, develop, and maintain relationships with external experts, researchers, and healthcare professionals. Maintain a strategic plan to provide support to external experts to facilitate scientific discussions and collaborations.
• Clinical Insights: Gather and relay insights from the field to inform product development, clinical trial design, and market strategies.
• Education and Training: Develop and deliver scientific presentations and training sessions for healthcare professionals and internal teams.
• Compliance and Documentation: Ensure all activities comply with regulatory guidelines and company policies.
• Leadership and Mentorship: Act as a role model of Syneos culture and values. Mentor and coach new or less experienced MSLs.
• 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.
• National Meetings: Attend both national and regional scientific/medical meetings to gain medical voice of the customer on recent data.
• Matrix Collaboration: Conduct business with a collaborative mindset engaging across Matrix stakeholders.
• Administration: Execute all responsibilities and training in a timely manner, including profiling of core customers.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.
• Experience evaluating and effectively communicating evidence-based medicine.
• Leadership skills and experience.
• Demonstrated excellence in mentoring fellow MSLs.
• 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.

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.

Syneos Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, marital status, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated.