Director, Medical Science Liaison - Precision Oncology

# Director Medical Science Liaison - Precision Oncology at Quest Diagnostics ️ Alert Scammers may offer fake Quest jobs using LinkedIn and other platforms. Click here to learn more. --- ## Job Overview

• Category Medical Scientific and R&D
• Location Secaucus, New Jersey
• Job Function Operations
• Job Family Medical Affairs
• Shift Day
• Employee Type Regular Full-Time
• Work Mode Remote
• Pay Range $140,000 - $185,000 Job Description The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is responsible for identifying and supporting clinical franchise disease and diagnostic insight related medical needs in a defined geography. Primary responsibilities include establishing frequent and timely interactions with Thought Leaders (TL), payers, and other Health Care Providers (HCP) aligned with medical strategies to discuss safe and appropriate use of approved diagnostic insights and pharmaco-economic data. MSLs also respond to unsolicited questions on current medical and scientific issues, healthcare advances, treatment trends, and health outcomes measures. TLs may include nationally, regionally, and locally recognized scientific and clinical leaders, medical advisors to managed care providers and committees, payers, and HCPs active in addressing patient advocacy issues. This is a remote-based assignment. Note Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and where applicable, certifications obtained. Market and organization factors are also considered. Successful candidates may be eligible to receive annual performance bonus compensation. --- ## Responsibilities
• Collaborate with the medical director to support medical tactics to drive clinical franchise priorities.
• Assist in identifying and partnering with Thought Leaders (TLs) to conduct collaborative research initiatives.
• Establish credibility by generating and disseminating high-quality scientific evidence that supports Haystacks MRD assay performance and clinical relevance.
• Help lead and support investigator-initiated trials (IITs), real-world data studies, and other collaborative research efforts.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to develop abstracts, posters, manuscripts, and case studies for conferences and peer-reviewed publications.
• Represent the company at scientific meetings through posters, booth presence, and presentations.
• Collaborate with advocacy and guideline bodies to inform and influence clinical standards of care in MRD and precision oncology testing.
• Identify, map, and engage oncology TLs at local, regional, and national levels to foster peer-to-peer collaboration and advocacy for Haystack MRD. TLs should be recognized scientific and clinical leaders, medical advisors to managed care providers and committees, payers, and HCPs active in addressing patient advocacy issues.
• Provide deep scientific education to healthcare providers, pathologists, and institutions on MRD and precision oncology testing across various tumor types, performance data, and application in clinical workflows.
• Respond to inquiries on test interpretation, current medical and scientific issues, healthcare advances, treatment trends, and health outcomes measures.
• Function as the medical extension of the commercial field organization by helping to prepare for high-value customer engagements, co-creating strategic territory plans, and providing real-time clinical data presentations and clarification during in-field discussions.
• Partner closely with commercial marketing and market access to ensure the scientific rigor, accuracy, and compliance of all outward-facing materials.
• Serve as an embedded medical resource, regularly joining customer meetings, site visits, and educational presentations to reinforce scientific credibility and support sales objectives within compliance boundaries.
• Define and maintain the medical scientific framework for brand strategy and positioning.
• Review and vet marketing collateral, website content, publications, and sales tools for medical accuracy and compliance.
• Deliver tailored training and ongoing coaching to sales representatives to ensure consistent, accurate, and compliant communication of MRD and precision oncology data, competitive positioning, and clinical differentiation.
• Design and execute peer-to-peer programs, including dinner meetings, journal clubs, tumor boards, webinars, and educational symposia.
• Lead scientific sessions during national sales meetings and maintain ongoing "medical office hours" for field team support.
• Facilitate pathology department training to reduce testing variability and improve tissue adequacy, pathology workflows, and result quality metrics. --- ## Qualifications ### Required Work Experience
• Deep knowledge of oncology diagnostics and molecular testing markets.
• Demonstrated experience with liquid biopsy technologies and NGS-based testing (strongly preferred).
• Proven experience supporting evidence-generation activities,

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