Medical Science Liaison, Nephrology/Hepatology (MidWest)

  • The Medical Affairs Company
  • Columbus, Ohio
  • Full Time

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) will serve as a liaison to the medical/scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders within the geographic and therapeutic area of coverage. This is a field Medical Affairs position requiring a strong scientific background (technical or clinical experience) as the MSL will be a credible source of clinical/scientific data as well as technical/practical education to practicing clinicians, key opinion leaders (KOL), professional societies, and payers. MSLs are responsible for developing, coordinating, and assuring implementation of corporate scientific imperatives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Develop relationships with KOLs in the assigned territory based on scientific exchange
  • Engage in scientific dialog effectively communicating scientific content in response to KOL requests
  • Assess KOL alignment with the key elements of the scientific platform to inform territory and medical strategy
  • Develop KOL Advocates and Collaborators within your assigned territory
  • Compliantly support company sponsored research, investigator-initiated studies, and publications associated with Company product(s)
  • Stay abreast of emerging scientific literature/clinical data and translate the data in applicable knowledge.
  • Ensure appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding FDA approved and pipeline products in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner with support of your manager
  • Respond to MIRFs with an initial contact within 2 days and a full answer within 3 weeks
  • Collect scientific and clinical insights to support ongoing information/clinical data sharing (i.e. new data, competitive information, insights learned from customer) to optimize communications and coordinated activities across the organization.
  • Respond to all requests for directed insights within the expected timeframe
  • Participate in advisory board
  • Contributes scientific content and helps build materials in support of a project or initiative
  • Understand and practice the Company Values
  • Must be committed to full compliance with all company SOPs, regulatory requirements, and applicable laws including PhRMA guidelines for field-based personnel.
  • Applicants must possess a valid driver's license
  • Ability to travel, up to 60% of the time

Qualifications:

  • Advanced scientific degree (MD, PharmD/RPh, DNP, NP, RN, PA)
  • Cardiovascular, Nephrology, Hepatology, Critical Care, or Emergency Medicine experience
  • MSL experience not required
  • Thorough knowledge of medicine, treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, customer strategies, and FDA promotional guidelines, regulations, and ethical guidelines is preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to access and develop relationships with high-level stakeholders
  • Ability to effectively communicate scientific content through 1:1 meetings, small group interactions, and in writing
  • Must be a strong team player and effectively collaborate with internal departments

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Job ID: 513601753
Originally Posted on: 3/14/2026

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