Uniphar BESTMSLs is excited to partner with an innovative pharmaceutical company seeking a Field Director, Medical Affairs to build and lead its MSL team in support of an upcoming launch in smoking cessation and development in e-cigarette (vaping) cessation.
As Field Director, Medical Affairs, you will play a pivotal role in shaping field medical strategy, building and managing a high-performing MSL team, and driving scientific engagement with KOLs and healthcare professionals. Reporting directly to the Head of Medical Affairs, you’ll be at the forefront of launch planning, cross-functional collaboration, and embedding a culture of compliance and scientific excellence.
• Develop and execute national field medical strategy, including territory design, deployment models, and scientific engagement plans.
• Recruit, scale, and directly manage approximately 5-7 MSLs, fostering a culture of coaching, mentoring, and high performance.
• Establish and maintain field excellence standards, including performance frameworks and KPIs.
• Personally engage in the field as a credible scientific peer, driving compliant scientific exchange with HCPs.
• Lead identification, mapping, and tiering of KOLs and high-impact clinicians.
• Co-own the medical insights process, translating insights into actionable recommendations.
• Build field medical infrastructure to support product launch and future indications.
• Partner cross-functionally with medical, commercial, and clinical teams for launch planning.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry guidelines governing scientific exchange.
• PharmD, MD, or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline required; candidates with a master's degree and substantial field medical leadership experience will be considered
• 8+ years in Medical Affairs at a pharmaceutical or biotech company, with meaningful field medical leadership experience
• Demonstrated track record of recruiting, hiring, building, scaling and managing MSL teams
• Strong scientific credibility and ability to engage at a high level with KOLs and academic clinicians as well as community-based practitioners
• Hands-on familiarity with MSL excellence standards, compliant scientific exchange, and field insights processes
• Experience engaging both specialist and primary care audiences across health systems and community settings is highly desirable.
• Preferably, experience in smoking cessation, nicotine dependence, or an adjacent therapeutic area (pulmonology, cardiology, perioperative, oncology, acute medicine)
• A builder - energized by ambiguity, early-stage environments, the opportunity to shape something from the ground up
• Leads from the front; equally comfortable setting strategy and doing the field work without needing those to be different jobs
• Strong scientific communication skills with the ability to operate credibly across KOL, academic, and community clinical settings
• Organized, proactive, and able to operate autonomously in a fast-moving pre-launch environment
• Collaborative partner with the ability to work cross-functionally and bring the wider business along on field medical priorities
Approximately 50-60% travel required, including field engagement, team oversight, congresses, and key external meetings.
EEO & EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY
Our client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.