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US MSL Lead - West

Bristol Myers Squibb

Any City, USRemotePosted 2 days ago$210,572 - $255,164/year
Full TimeDirector & AboveMedical AffairsPharmaceutical
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Summary

RayzeBio, a Bristol Myers Squibb company, is a dynamic biotechnology company focused on improving survival of people with cancer by harnessing the power of targeted radioisotopes. We are seeking a US MSL Regional Lead - West Region to lead, coach, and develop a high-performing regional Medical Science Liaison team supporting RayzeBio's radiopharmaceutical portfolio across the Western United States.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Regional Medical Strategy & External Engagement

  • Translate national medical strategy into a West US regional engagement plan aligned with portfolio priorities, clinical development needs, and launch readiness objectives.
  • Identify, prioritize, and cultivate relationships with key oncology, nuclear medicine, academic, community, and integrated delivery network stakeholders across the West region.
  • Lead regional scientific engagement planning, including key account mapping, external expert engagement, medical education opportunities, congress follow-up, and insight generation.
  • Strengthen durable institutional relationships that support scientific exchange, clinical trial awareness, and appropriate collaboration across priority centers.

Clinical Development & Trial Enablement

  • Partner with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations to support regional trial execution, including site identification, start-up readiness, enrollment support, and investigator engagement.
  • Guide the MSL team in delivering compliant, scientifically balanced trial-related exchange with investigators, site teams, and relevant healthcare professionals.
  • Surface regional barriers, opportunities, and insights related to radiopharmaceutical trial participation, referral pathways, imaging, dosimetry, and site readiness.

External Engagement & Scientific Leadership

  • Build collaborative relationships with external experts, investigators, healthcare providers, and institutional leaders across oncology and nuclear medicine.
  • Ensure the regional team executes high-quality, compliant scientific exchange aligned to approved medical strategies and stakeholder needs.
  • Oversee timely, accurate, balanced, and non-promotional responses to unsolicited scientific inquiries and emerging data discussions.
  • Capture, synthesize, and communicate actionable medical insights to inform medical strategy, clinical development, evidence generation, and launch planning.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

  • Recruit, onboard, lead, and develop a high-performing West Region Radiopharmaceuticals MSL team.
  • Provide field coaching, mentorship, and performance management to ensure scientific excellence, compliant engagement, and measurable regional impact.
  • Establish clear expectations, engagement standards, operating rhythms, and performance metrics for the regional field medical team.
  • Conduct regular field visits and coaching interactions to support MSL development, customer engagement quality, and territory execution.
  • Develop and reinforce training, playbooks, and best practices to support scientific exchange, clinical trial enablement, insight generation, and launch readiness.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, curiosity, continuous learning, and cross-functional partnership.
  • Leverage digital tools and AI-enabled approaches to improve prioritization, insight synthesis, field effectiveness, and operational efficiency.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Launch Readiness

  • Collaborate with Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, Commercial, Market Access, Patient Advocacy, and other partners to align regional execution with enterprise priorities.
  • Support launch readiness by identifying regional stakeholder needs, educational gaps, operational barriers, and opportunities to strengthen external engagement.
  • Contribute to internal education and regional readiness planning related to radiopharmaceutical therapies, solid tumor treatment pathways, and evolving scientific evidence.

Scientific Integrity & Compliance

  • Ensure all field medical activities comply with company policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
  • Model and reinforce high standards for scientific integrity, documentation quality, data accuracy, and balanced communication.
  • Guide the team in structured insight generation, compliant engagement planning, and appropriate escalation of medical, operational, or compliance-related issues.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Advanced scientific or clinical degree preferred (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent).
  • Minimum 10+ years of clinical, medical affairs, or pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience, including people leadership or field medical management responsibilities.
  • Experience leading MSLs or field-based medical teams, with demonstrated success recruiting, coaching, developing, and retaining high-performing talent.
  • Strong understanding of oncology, nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals, clinical trial execution, and healthcare system dynamics preferred.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with external experts, investigators, academic centers, community practices, and cross-functional internal stakeholders.
  • Strong executive presence, communication skills, strategic thinking, and ability to influence without authority across matrixed teams.
  • Experience operating in both biotech and larger pharmaceutical environments preferred.
  • Highly organized and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, evolving launch and clinical development environment.
  • Residence within or near the West US region preferred, with ability to travel approximately 60% to 70%.

Requirements

  • Advanced scientific or clinical degree preferred (MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent)
  • Minimum 10+ years of clinical, medical affairs, or pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry experience
  • People leadership or field medical management responsibilities
  • Experience leading MSLs or field-based medical teams
  • Demonstrated success recruiting, coaching, developing, and retaining high-performing talent
  • Strong understanding of oncology, nuclear medicine, radiopharmaceuticals, clinical trial execution, and healthcare system dynamics preferred
  • Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with external experts, investigators, academic centers, community practices, and cross-functional internal stakeholders
  • Strong executive presence, communication skills, strategic thinking, and ability to influence without authority across matrixed teams
  • Experience operating in both biotech and larger pharmaceutical environments preferred
  • Highly organized and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, evolving launch and clinical development environment
  • Residence within or near the West US region preferred
  • Ability to travel approximately 60% to 70%

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision
  • Life & Disability Insurance
  • Retirement Benefits
  • Financial Protection Benefits
  • Wellbeing Support
  • Flexible Time Off
  • 11 Paid Company Holidays
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Volunteer Days
  • Global Shutdown
  • Discretionary Incentive Cash
  • Stock Opportunities

Company overview

Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Founded in 1887 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, the company operates with a unique BioPharma strategy that combines the reach and resources of a major pharmaceutical company with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm. BMS focuses on transformative therapies in key therapeutic areas including oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular disease, and fibrosis. The company has built a sustainable pipeline of potential therapies and leverages translational medicine and data analytics to deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right time. With over 10,000 employees worldwide, Bristol Myers Squibb maintains a strong commitment to scientific excellence, patient-centric innovation, and global health equity through its foundation. The company's portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments such as Opdivo (nivolumab) for cancer, Eliquis (apixaban) for cardiovascular conditions, and Orencia (abatacept) for autoimmune diseases, among others.

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