Regional Director, Medical Science Liaison - Southeast
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Responsibilities
- Regional Medical Leadership
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 6-7 Medical Science Liaisons to ensure high scientific standards, consistent execution, and professional growth across the region.
- Translate national Medical Affairs objectives into clear regional plans, priorities, and expectations aligned with company strategy.
- Foster a culture of scientific excellence, accountability, collaboration, and compliance across the MSL team.
- People Management & Talent Development
- Provide ongoing coaching, performance feedback, and development planning for direct reports.
- Mentor MSLs in effective scientific exchange, clinical literature appraisal, insight generation, and compliant field engagement practices.
- Partner with Medical Affairs leadership and HR on hiring, onboarding, and retention of high-performing MSL talent.
- Scientific & KOL Engagement Strategy
- Oversee regional KOL engagement strategy, ensuring thoughtful identification, profiling, tiering, and long-term relationship development with ADHD and broader CNS experts.
- Ensure appropriate balance of proactive and reactive scientific engagements, with attention to not overburdening key external experts.
- Periodically engage directly with select KOLs and institutions to remain scientifically current and model best practices in peer-to-peer exchange.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as a regional Medical Affairs point of contact for Commercial, Market Access, Compliance, and other internal stakeholders, ensuring appropriate and compliant collaboration.
- Provide scientific input and guidance to cross-functional partners regarding the ADHD treatment landscape, emerging data, and external expert perspectives.
- Support regional and national medical initiatives including advisory boards, medical education programs, and scientific congress activities.
- Insights, Reporting & Operational Excellence
- Ensure timely, accurate capture of scientific insights, medical inquiries, and field activities in approved systems (e.g., CRM/Veeva).
- Synthesize regional trends and insights to inform Medical Affairs strategy, evidence generation, and lifecycle planning.
- Support development and refinement of Medical Affairs processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and field best practices in partnership with Medical leadership and Compliance.
- Compliance & Governance
- Ensure all regional medical activities adhere to company policies, SOPs, and applicable regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Serve as a role model for ethical scientific exchange and appropriate field engagement in a non-promotional, patient-focused manner.
- REQUIRED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS
- Leadership Behaviors are a core set of behaviors that vary based on the Level in the organization. We have categorized these under Head, Heart, and Guts.
- Head
- Know our Business
- Think Critically
- Decide
- Execute
- Heart
- Collaborate
- Develop
- Communicate
- Embrace Authenticity
- Guts
- Be Disruptive
- Innovate
- Evolve
- Be Tenacious
Requirements
- Advanced degree required: PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent doctoral-level degree in a scientific or healthcare-related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in Medical Affairs or related scientific roles within biopharmaceuticals, including prior MSL experience.
- Demonstrated people-management experience, preferably leading or mentoring field-based medical teams.
- Strong grounding in CNS disorders; ADHD experience highly preferred.
- Experience operating effectively in small- to mid-sized organizations or high-growth environments is strongly preferred.
- Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing scientific teams.
- Strong scientific acumen with ability to translate complex clinical data into clear, balanced insights.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- High attention to compliance, documentation, and operational rigor
Benefits
Additional Information
Collegium Pharmaceutical is building a leading, diversified biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of people living with serious medical conditions. We have a leading portfolio of responsible pain management and neuropsychiatry medications. POSITION OVERVIEW The Regional Director, Medical Science Liaisons (MSL) provides strategic, scientific, and people leadership for a regional team of Medical Science Liaisons focused on central nervous system (CNS) disorders, with a primary emphasis on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This field-based leadership role is responsible for overseeing regional medical strategy execution, coaching and developing MSLs, and ensuring high-quality, compliant scientific exchange with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key opinion leaders (KOLs). The Regional Director serves as a critical bridge between Field Medical, Medical Affairs leadership, and cross-functional partners, enabling insight-driven decision-making and consistent execution of the company's medical strategy in a small- to medium-sized biopharmaceutical environment.
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