Director, Field Medical / Medical Science Liaison - New England

The role

The Medical Science Liaison serves as a field-based scientific leader to advance medical strategy within a defined territory. This person acts as a scientific expert in cardiovascular disease and builds partnerships with key opinion leaders.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain strategic peer-to-peer relationships with cardiologists, heart failure specialists, interventionalists, and academic researchers.
• Conduct high-level scientific exchange regarding disease state, mechanism of action, clinical trial data, real-world evidence, and emerging pipeline assets.
• Identify opportunities for partnership with academic centers, centers of excellence, and/or systems of care.
• Present and interpret complex cardiovascular clinical data.
• Identify unmet needs and evolving trends within cardiovascular treatment paradigms.
• Support national and local medical congresses through scientific engagement and insight capture.
• Capture actionable medical insights from external experts.
• Provide clinical trial support for company sponsored trials.
• Provide protocol education and scientific support in compliance with regulations.
• Support site feasibility, trial enrollment acceleration, and retention strategies.

Required qualifications

• MD, PharmD, PhD, or equivalent advanced scientific degree
• 3+ years experience in cardiovascular Medical Affairs, clinical research, or related field
• Deep knowledge of cardiology, cardiovascular trials, treatment landscape, and guideline development

Nice to have

• Prior MSL experience

About the company

Kardigan is a heart health company working to make cardiovascular disease preventable, curable and no longer the leading cause of death in the world. The co-founders previously led MyoKardia to discover and develop mavacamten.