Role Summary
The Senior MSL β Western US will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, demonstrate a strong ability to create, develop, and sustain professional relationships with key external stakeholders including clinical trial investigators, metabolic specialists, early-diagnosing physicians (e.g., neurologists, hematologists, ophthalmologists), payers, and patient advocacy organizations. The incumbent will serve as a scientific expert in classical homocystinuria (HCU), providing education on Pegtibatinase, Travere's investigational therapy. The role places strong emphasis on supporting Phase 3 clinical trial activities, rapid site enrollment, and expanding disease awareness across specialties that may encounter patients with inborn errors of metabolism. This position will cover the Western half of the United States, including WA, OR, CA, MT, NV, UT, AZ, ID, WY, CO, NM, ND, SD, NE, KS, TX, WI, IA, MO, OK, MN, HI and AK.
Responsibilities
- Scientific Exchange and External Engagement
- Serve as a regional scientific expert on Pegtibatinase and classical homocystinuria (HCU), delivering impactful scientific exchange with KOLs, HCPs, and investigators across metabolic and non-metabolic specialties (e.g. neurology, hematology, ophthalmology).
- Identify, develop, and sustain peer-level relationships with national and regional thought leaders, academic investigators, referring specialists, and other stakeholders in the territories as needed.
- Foster mutually productive partnerships with KOLs in the areas of medical education and clinical/scientific research and build, cultivate, and leverage relationships with key external scientific and medical customers and organizations in their regions to ensure strong understanding of evolving healthcare trends across the relevant therapeutic area landscape.
- Serve as scientific expert at key medical and scientific conferences, advisory boards, roundtables, clinical investigator meetings, and internal meetings.
- Clinical Trial Support and Site Engagement
- Support Phase 3 clinical trial activities in collaboration with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations
- Engage directly with trial sites to accelerate patient identification, resolve site-level barriers, and facilitate trial execution.
- Identify sites with additional patients and encourage referral to existing sites or for identification of potentially additional sites for Travere-sponsored clinical trials.
- Serve as a scientific liaison at investigator meetings and site initiation visits.
- Medical Education and Scientific Strategy
- Assist in the development and implementation of HCP-facing medical education programs and speaker training initiatives.
- Support creation of educational resources, scientific content, and data-driven slide materials for internal and external use.
- Contribute to publication planning, disease awareness strategy, and internal upskilling on HCU-related science.
- Congress Attendance and Intelligence Gathering
- Attend international, national, and regional scientific congresses; identify additional regional congresses that may be in line with the overall medical objectives and strategy
- Support Medical Information activities, support Travere-sponsored activities such as presentations and symposia, gather competitive intelligence and other pertinent activities.
- Stay current on emerging science, clinical data, and competitive developments in metabolic disease and adjacent fields.
- Debrief internal teams on key sessions, trends, and insights relevant to medical strategy, evidence generation, and clinical operations.
- Insight Collection and Reporting
- Consistently gather, synthesize, and report actionable field insights to Medical Affairs leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Leverage structured tools and systems to track feedback on trial design, competitive landscape, HCP sentiment, and access dynamics.
- Partner with internal teams to ensure insights inform strategic decisions, unmet need assessments, and lifecycle planning.
- Cross-Functional Alignment
- Collaborate with internal partners (Clinical, Commercial, Patient Advocacy, Market Access) to ensure integrated field strategy while upholding medical integrity and regulatory compliance.
- Support payer and access discussions by providing disease burden context and differentiating clinical data where appropriate.
- Compliance and Documentation
- Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant documentation of field interactions and medical insights in accordance with SOPs and corporate standards.
- Conduct all activities in strict alignment with applicable laws, regulations, and internal compliance requirements.
Qualifications
- Required: Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MD/DO, NP, PA or equivalent) in related Life Sciences discipline. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.
- Required: Minimum of 5 years' relevant experience as a Medical Science Liaison or equivalent industry/scientific role.
- Preferred: Experience in rare disease, inherited metabolic disorders, or enzyme-replacement therapies.
- Preferred: Launch experience.
- Preferred: Prior involvement in pre-launch phase, clinical trial support and investigator engagement.
Skills
- Exceptional scientific communication and presentation skills with the ability to distill and convey complex data.
- Strong organizational, project management, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to build strategic peer-level relationships across diverse specialties and therapeutic areas.
- Deep understanding of clinical trial processes and stakeholder dynamics.
- Ability to travel up to 50+%, including field travel 3-4 days/week, and attend regional/national/international meetings and occasional weekend engagements.
- Must reside within assigned territory.
Education
- Advanced degree required (PharmD, PhD, MD/DO, NP, PA or equivalent) in related Life Sciences discipline.
Additional Requirements
- The ideal candidate will embody Travereβs core values: Courage, Community Spirit, Patient Focus and Teamwork.