Medical Science Liaison

Medical Science Liaison / Senior Medical Science Liaison

Rare Lipid & Metabolic Disease | UK Field-Based

• We are partnering exclusively with a specialist pharmaceutical company building a new UK Medical Affairs capability to support the launch of an innovative therapy within rare lipid and metabolic disease, with future expansion into a broader specialist population.
• This is a high-impact field medical role offering the opportunity to be involved at an early stage in a new disease area, helping to shape medical strategy, stakeholder engagement and patient pathways from the ground up.
• The role can be appointed at MSL or Senior MSL level, depending on experience.

As a field-based Medical Science Liaison, you will act as a trusted scientific partner to healthcare professionals and external experts, driving high-quality, non-promotional scientific exchange across a specialist NHS landscape.

Key responsibilities include:

• Building and maintaining strong, credible relationships with KOLs, specialist clinicians, and academic experts
• Leading scientific exchange on rare lipid and metabolic disease, including disease pathways, clinical evidence and patient management
• Delivering medical education and disease awareness initiatives aligned to the medical strategy
• Capturing and communicating actionable insights to inform medical, evidence-generation and cross-functional planning
• Supporting launch and post-launch activities, including advisory boards, congresses and expert meetings
• Contributing to evidence-generation activities such as registries, real-world evidence, non-interventional studies and investigator-initiated research
• Working closely with Medical Affairs, Market Access and Commercial colleagues to support aligned, compliant decision-making

You will have:

• A life sciences or medical background (e.g. pharmacy, biomedical science, medicine or similar)
• Previous experience in a UK customer-facing Medical Affairs role (MSL, Senior MSL or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of the UK NHS, particularly specialist or tertiary care pathways
• Experience engaging with cardiology, lipid, metabolic, endocrinology or rare disease stakeholders
• Proven ability to communicate complex scientific data clearly, confidently and compliantly
• A proactive, autonomous working style with strong insight-generation capability
• Experience supporting pre-launch or launch activities, rare disease portfolios, or first-in-class therapies would be highly advantageous.

• Opportunity to work on a new disease area and launch asset
• High visibility role within a growing UK Medical Affairs team
• Strong emphasis on science, strategy and impact, not volume
• Scope to influence future team growth and ways of working
• Competitive salary and benefits package

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference 172653 in all correspondence.