Karius
Karius is a life sciences company focused on saving lives from infectious diseases.
Director, Medical Science Liaison – West
Location
California
Posted
105 days ago
Salary
$148K - $222K / year
Seniority
Lead
Postgraduate Degree5 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Partner with Regional Sales Directors and Clinical Sales Managers (CSMs) to support pre- and post-sale activities.
• Provide medical and scientific expertise that strengthens account development, accelerates clinical adoption, and supports successful onboarding and expansion.
• Recruit, hire, train, and lead a high-performing field team of Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs).
• Coach and develop MSLs to effectively communicate clinical value.
• Ensure the MSL team maintains high levels of clinical expertise.
• Deliver and support formal presentations and educational programs.
• Assist institutions in developing and implementing best practices and protocols.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clinicians.
• Support alignment and communication between Medical and Commercial teams.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Product teams to relay clinical insights.
Job Requirements
- Advanced clinical degree (e.g. PharmD, NP, PA-C)
- 5+ years experience managing a team is preferred.
- Experience in hospital based product or clinical process implementation, quality improvement projects, and/or diagnostic stewardship committee involvement, preferred.
- Experience in sourcing and recruiting top talent.
- Experience working in industry supporting sales teams with complex diagnostic sales is highly desirable.
- Measurable experience as a clinician or nurse is required.
- Familiarity with infectious disease diagnosis, treatment and/or microbiology/virology methods is required.
- Valid Driver’s License.
- Familiarity with Microsoft office; PowerPoint, Word and Excel, Microsoft Suite and contact management databases i.e Salesforce.
- Knowledge of medical institution hierarchy.
- Sales experience, a plus.
- Knowledge of Laboratory workflow and fiscal operations, a plus.
- Knowledge of cfDNA technology, a plus.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
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