
Regional Scientific Director, Central (Houston, Dallas, Austin or New Orleans)
Scorpion Therapeutics, WorkFromHome
Role Summary
The Regional Scientific Director (RSD) will serve as a field-based scientific and medical expert to the medical/academic community, establishing and maintaining relationships with key opinion leaders and health care providers to disseminate clinical and scientific information about Amylyx’s compounds in a timely, ethical, and stakeholder-focused manner. The RSD will help shape the medical plan by providing external stakeholder insights and contribute to the design and execution of the Medical Affairs strategy and plan, engaging with HCPs to address scientific educational and research needs.
Responsibilities
- Respond to questions from KOLs and HCPs with fair and balanced scientific, medical responses
- Manage questions around safety, adherence and off-label data on Amylyx’s products
- Provide ongoing medical/scientific education to Amylyx’s field and HQ teams
- Support clinical initiatives including site identification, trial recruitment, registry and presentation of final approved data
- Conduct regular and extensive reviews of literature, develop presentations and assist with publications and medical communications
- Develop and execute prioritized plans for KOLs/institutions/societies
- Develop and execute a strategic, innovative territory plan of medical and therapeutic area objectives, in collaboration with Scientific Communication, Real World Evidence and medical directors, to address the specific needs of key institutions and KOLs
- Represent Amylyx medical affairs at medical congresses, educating on Amylyx’s pipeline products, collecting competitive intelligence and reviewing data (symposia, abstracts, poster presentations, etc.)
- Identify and support data generation projects, content development and review of scientific education materials, clinical site participation and internal publications
- Support commercial team functions including facilitating internal training, speaker training programs, internal scientific material review and competitive insights into therapeutic area planning
- Conceptual and practical knowledge of local and regional payers within the geography and understands the relationships between those plans and patient care delivery in the region
- Maintain compliance with all internal and external legal and regulatory guidelines
Qualifications
- Required: Advanced degree (e.g., PhD, PharmD, DNP, DHSc, or MD)
- Required: 8+ years of experience as a field medical scientist (Medical Science Liaison) preferred OR relevant experience in medical affairs: Regional Scientific Director
- Required: Experience driving medical affairs projects (data generation projects, abstracts, education materials)
- Required: Excellent presentation, communication, and project management skills
- Required: Ability to understand and effectively communicate scientific/medical benefits of pharmaceutical products to the medical community
- Required: Strong data analysis skills
- Required: Demonstrated ability to effectively facilitate meetings
- Required: Ability to work independently and function successfully as a team member
- Required: Office is home based. Must be able to travel within assigned region 3–4 days per week including overnight stays
- Required: Travel to medical meetings, team meetings and other group meetings (will require some weekends)
- Required: Must have a valid driver’s license
- Preferred: Endocrinology and rare disease experience, Neuromuscular disorders experience beneficial
- Preferred: Well-established networks with endocrinology KOLs
Additional Requirements
- Work location: Remote within the United States; preference for residence in Houston, Dallas, Austin or New Orleans
- You will be expected to travel to the corporate location in Cambridge, MA several times a year and attend other company-related events as necessary
- You must have access to a work setup that enables privacy, reliable internet, phone, and video conferencing from your remote location