Job ID: 7804
Job Title: Medical Science Liaison, Neuromuscular (New England)
Location: Boston, MA
We’ve been retained by a stable, growing rare disease pharmaceutical company focused on advancing therapies for neuromuscular disorders and underserved patient populations. As the organization continues to expand its Medical Affairs team, it is seeking three Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) to support its Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) franchise across the Northeast, Southeast, and Northwest regions.
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Territory:
Northeast Region: Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, or Upstate New York (Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse)
Southeast Region: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas
Northwest Region: California, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with KOLs, healthcare providers, investigators, and decision-makers within the DMD and neuromuscular community
• Deliver fair-balanced scientific, clinical, and health economics presentations related to marketed and pipeline therapies
• Serve as a trusted scientific resource for physicians, researchers, managed care stakeholders, and hospital systems
• Support advisory boards, congress activities, investigator meetings, and peer-to-peer scientific exchange programs
• Assist with medical education initiatives, slide development, and scientific training for internal teams
• Support Catalyst-sponsored clinical trials through scientific engagement, enrollment support, and site collaboration
• Identify and communicate key medical insights, treatment trends, and competitive intelligence back to internal stakeholders
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Marketing, Market Access, and Clinical teams in a compliant manner
• Mentor and support newer field medical colleagues and contribute to a collaborative team culture
• Travel extensively throughout the territory while maintaining strong KOL engagement and field presence
Who They’re Looking For:
• Advanced scientific or clinical degree required (MD, DO, PharmD, PhD, DNP or equivalent)
• 2+ years of MSL experience, ideally within rare disease, neurology, or neuromuscular disorders
• Experience in DMD or adjacent neurology spaces such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, or other specialized neuromuscular conditions is highly desirable
• Existing relationships with neurology or DMD-focused KOLs within the territory preferred
• Strong scientific presentation and communication skills with the ability to translate complex clinical information effectively
• Ability to work independently in the field while thriving within a highly collaborative cross-functional environment
• Strategic mindset with strong business acumen and the ability to identify opportunities within a specialized patient population
• Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, evolving, entrepreneurial culture
• Willingness to travel across the assigned geography 60%
Why This Role?
• Join a financially stable rare disease organization with strong revenue growth and long-term expansion plans
• Highly visible opportunity within a growing Medical Affairs organization
• Work directly with senior leadership and influence the evolution of the field medical function
• Smaller company environment where employees can help shape strategy, process, and culture
• Strong collaborative culture with high leadership accessibility and minimal bureaucracy
• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in underserved neuromuscular patient populations
If you’re looking for a company that values scientific partnership, autonomy, and impact over call metrics and bureaucracy, please apply.
