Senior Medical Science Liaison (MSL) - Galleri

Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Overview

GRAIL is a healthcare company pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured, and to change the trajectory of cancer mortality. We bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care. GRAIL has built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians, utilizing next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with additional locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom.

The primary responsibility of the Houston-area, TX or Great Lakes MI/IN/OH/PA based Sr/Medical Science Liaison (MSL) supporting Galleri is to engage, educate, and support Galleri ordering providers and cancer diagnostic specialists, oncologists, Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and Health Care System (HCS) influencers. This involves providing them with the most current clinical and scientific materials supporting the appropriate implementation and utilization of the Galleri Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) test.

This role will be accomplished through:

1. Medical-Commercial Partnership: Identifying appropriate external stakeholders.
2. Medical Education: Providing necessary and appropriate medical education using slides, abstracts, and/or publications relevant to the Galleri product and related services.
3. Unsolicited Question Response: Responding to unsolicited questions from healthcare professionals.
4. Educational Resource Development: Participating in the development and creation of educational resources.
5. Speaker Training: Training external speakers.

This position will ensure that all interactions and activities in the territories adhere to corporate and healthcare compliance guidance, including those related to clinical trials, scientific interactions with internal and external groups, and responses to unsolicited requests for medical/scientific information.

Responsibilities

• Develop and/or maintain strong educational and collaborative working relationships with key primary care providers, diagnostic specialists, KOLs, oncologists, HCS decision makers, and national/regional professional societies to support understanding and adoption of the Galleri MCED Test.
• Maintain in-depth clinical, scientific, and technical expertise related to GRAIL’s products, cancer screening, and cancer diagnostic guidelines through continuous learning, participating in various internal and external clinical and scientific education programs, meetings, presentations, and other forums.
• Engage in continuous learning, actively attend and participate in upskilling training programs, utilize appropriate resources, meetings, presentations and other forums that provide operational expertise.
• Support ordering providers and diagnostic specialists with appropriate and compliant educational materials for Galleri post-positive patient journey support.
• Summarize and communicate complex medical messages to enable clear and concise understanding by both external audiences and partners within GRAIL.
• Through external engagements, elicit, capture, and document actionable insights relevant to GRAIL strategy.
• Participate in local, regional, and national meetings in support of all scientific and medical objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, NP, PA, CGC, or equivalent degree) with experience in oncology, genomics, diagnostics, cfDNA-based fields strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 2+ years of external-facing industry experience in a diagnostics or pharmaceutical Medical Affairs setting.
• Advanced knowledge of the biotechnology, diagnostics, and/or pharmaceutical industry.
• Ability to apply advanced knowledge of GRAIL’s product specifications.
• Ability to work independently and remotely.

Company Information

GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit grail.com.