Director, Field Medical Director/ MSL Field Director- Pain
职位总结拉蒂戈生物治疗公司正在寻找一名经验丰富的医疗领域事务/MSL 领域主任，以建立和领导我们的医学科学联系 (MSL) 功能，因为我们推进了急性和慢性疼痛非阿片类药物治疗的新型组合。这个个人将成为一个高度可见的实践中的 Field Medical 领导者，负责建立 MSL 组织的基础设施，战略和能力，同时在场上团队建设期间担任工作的 MSL. 总监将保持显著的现场存在，直接参与关键意见领导人 (KOL),发展科学关系，收集见解，并在初步阶段代表拉蒂戈在科学会议上，并领导和指导 MSL 团队在发射前和发射期间。随着 MSL 组织的增长，角色将逐渐扩大，包括更广泛的领导，教练和管理责任，同时保持有意义的外部参与。理想的候选人将在疼痛管理，止痛药，中枢系统疾病或紧密相关治疗领域方面有经验，以及生物技术或制药环境内的现场医学方面的成功。主任将与医疗事务领导层和跨职能同事密切合作，将医疗战略转化为有效的现场参与计划，发展与 KOLs 的关系，产生可行的医疗见解，支持科学交流，并为未来产品推出做好组织准备。关键责任 · 与整体医疗事务和产品策略一致的现场医学战略开发和执行。· 建立和扩大 MSL 组织，包括领域结构，地理区域，目标战略，外部参与目标，流程和绩效指标。·确定，绘制，细分并优先考虑与急性和慢性疼痛相关的关键专业中的意见领导者。· 在实地医疗组织初步构建期间担任工作 MSL,保持直接对优先 KOL 和机构的接触责任。· 招募，搭载，培训，教练和发展 MSL 随着组织的扩张。· 与医学事务领导层合作在 MSL 资源规划，组织设计和未来实地团队的扩展上。·支持启动准备，包括开发和提供 MSL 科学培训 ·建立和维护员工
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Position Summary
Latigo Biotherapeutics is seeking an experienced Director, Field Medical Affairs / MSL Field Director to build and lead our Medical Science Liaison (MSL) function as we advance a novel portfolio of non-opioid therapies for acute and chronic pain.
This individual will be a highly visible, hands-on Field Medical leader responsible for establishing the infrastructure, strategy, and capabilities of the MSL organization while also serving as a working MSL during the build-out of the field team. The Director will maintain a significant field presence, directly engaging key opinion leaders (KOLs), developing scientific relationships, gathering insights, and representing Latigo at scientific meetings during the initial phase and leading and coaching the MSL team during pre-launch and launch. As the MSL organization grows, the role will progressively expand to include broader leadership, coaching, and management responsibilities while maintaining meaningful external engagement.
The ideal candidate will have experience in pain management, analgesics, CNS disorders, or a closely related therapeutic area, along with demonstrated success in Field Medical within a biotechnology or pharmaceutical environment.
The Director will partner closely with Medical Affairs leadership and cross-functional colleagues to translate the medical strategy into an effective field engagement plan, develop relationships with KOLs, generate actionable medical insights, support scientific exchange, and prepare the organization for future product launch.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the Field Medical strategy aligned with the overall Medical Affairs and product strategy.
- Build and scale the MSL organization, including field structure, geographic territories, targeting strategy, external engagement objectives, processes, and performance metrics.
- Identify, map, segment, and prioritize opinion leaders across key specialties relevant to acute and chronic pain.
- Serve as a working MSL during the initial build-out of the Field Medical organization, maintaining direct responsibility for engagement with priority KOLs and institutions.
- Recruit, onboard, train, coach, and develop MSLs as the organization expands.
- Partner with Medical Affairs leadership on MSL resource planning, organizational design, and future expansion of the field team.
- Support launch readiness, including development and delivery of MSL scientific training
- Establish and maintain standards for high-quality scientific exchange, insight collection, documentation, and communication of field activities.
- Identify emerging clinical trends, unmet needs, evidence gaps, competitive developments, and barriers to adoption.
- Translate field insights into actionable recommendations for Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, HEOR, Market Access, and other cross-functional teams.
- Partner with colleagues on congress strategy, advisory boards, publications, medical education, and evidence-generation activities.
- Represent Medical Affairs at national and regional scientific congresses and other external scientific meetings.
- Support identification of investigators and sites for clinical research and evidence-generation initiatives, as appropriate.
- Ensure all Field Medical activities are conducted in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, company policies, and industry standards.
Qualifications
- Advanced scientific or clinical degree such as MD, DO, PharmD, PhD or equivalent relevant advanced degree.
- 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry, including significant experience within Medical Affairs or Field Medical.
- Scientific expertise and relevant industry experience in pain, analgesics, CNS conditions, or a closely related therapeutic area is strongly preferred
- Prior experience as an MSL Lead, with demonstrated leadership experience and experience building, leading, or significantly expanding an MSL organization.
- Demonstrated ability and willingness to operate as a hands-on, field-facing leader and working MSL during the early growth of the organization.
- Experience supporting late-stage clinical development, pre-launch activities, and product launch readiness.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing field medical professionals.
- Strong strategic thinking, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills with a strong focus on execution.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial biotech environment.
- Ability to travel approximately 50–70%, including attendance at national and regional scientific meetings.
Salary: $245,000 - $260,000Originally posted on Himalayas