Director, Medical Science Liaison – West

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🏄 California – Remote

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💵 $148k - $222k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Karius

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Biotechnology • Healthcare Insurance • Artificial Intelligence

Karius is a biotechnology company specializing in infectious disease diagnostics. The company uses genomics and artificial intelligence to detect microbial cell-free DNA from pathogens in the bloodstream, enabling the identification of over 1000 pathogens causing infections. Karius aims to transform infectious disease diagnosis with the help of clinical metagenomics, providing clear and timely diagnostic results. Their innovative Karius Test is a novel liquid biopsy designed to provide clinicians with comprehensive diagnostic insights into infections, even in immunocompromised patients.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

🧬 Biotechnology

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

📋 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.

🎯 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