Veracyte
Medical Science Liaison at Veracyte
$162,000–$196,000 / year
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- Company
- Veracyte
- Location
- Remote, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Compensation
- $162,000–$196,000 / year
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Role overview
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Veracyte is hiring a full-time, remote U.S. Medical Science Liaison for its Decipher Urologic Cancers business group. The MSL is a field-based member of the marketing department within the commercial team and serves as a clinical and genomic resource for the company’s products and related disease states. The role focuses on educating healthcare professionals and field teams to build understanding and adoption of Veracyte’s diagnostics.
About 70% of the position is devoted to customer-facing work, in person and remotely, often at the sales team’s request; the remaining 30% is for internal collaboration and special projects. The role requires at least 60% travel to cover customers and field teams across multiple states, primarily in the Northeast and Midwest, with trips elsewhere in the country. The position is remote, with a preference for candidates near Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or Washington, DC, and requires proximity to a major airport.
The listed U.S. base salary range is $162,000–$196,000 per year. The final offer may depend on factors including experience, skills, location, industry, and education. The role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses or incentives and restricted stock units; Veracyte describes its compensation package as including benefits.
Role at a glance: Remote, full-time Medical Science Liaison role at Veracyte supporting Decipher Urologic Cancers, with at least 60% travel and a listed base salary of $162,000–$196,000 per year.
Responsibilities mentioned in the listing
- Provide clinical and product education to customers and field teams to support understanding and adoption of Veracyte’s diagnostics.
- Partner across the organization as a scientific and clinical resource on products and related disease states, supporting internal and external education.
- Help develop medical education activities and tools across the product lifecycle, including speaker programs, educational materials, slides, and online events.
- Conduct customer-facing activities in person and remotely, and collaborate internally on projects; customer-facing work is approximately 70% of the role and internal collaboration and projects approximately 30%.
- Travel at least 60% to support customers and field teams across multiple U.S. states, primarily in the Northeast and Midwest, with trips to other regions.
Qualifications stated in the listing
- Required: Advanced scientific or clinical degree—PhD, MD, NP, PA, or CGC.
- At least five years of clinical experience; urology or radiation oncology experience is preferred.
- Advanced understanding of tumor biology and molecular testing, or related work experience.
- Strong interpersonal, customer-focused and team collaboration skills, with a patient-oriented approach.
- Excellent oral and written presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex study findings and data to audiences with varying levels of scientific, clinical, and healthcare knowledge.
- Ability to build rapport, ask effective questions, read the situation, and adapt communication and content to audience needs in real time.
- Willingness and ability to travel within the assigned region and live near a major airport.
- Organized, detail-oriented, self-starting approach, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Full details from the source listing
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it’s about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
- We Seek A Better Way: We pursue bold ideas, embrace complexity, and keep pushing forward.
- We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, deliver with excellence, and always find a way.
- We Are Stronger Together: We engage with empathy, align around what's best for Veracyte, and celebrate as one team.
- We Care Deeply: We show up with integrity, kindness, and respect for one another.
The Position:
Our Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) is a critical part of Decipher Urologic Cancers business group. They are clinical/genomic experts who provide clinical product education to our customers and our field teams with the goal of driving understanding and adoption of our novel diagnostics. Our MSLs have strong communication skills and are energized by building rapport with our HCP customers as well as our sales team and addressing their educational and customer needs. They will be expected to partner closely across the organization to serve as a scientific and clinical resource for the company's products and associated disease states, providing both internal and external educational support. This also includes providing support for the development of multi-channel medical educational activities and tools across the product lifecycle such as speaker programs, educational materials, slide creation, and on-line educational events.
The MSL functions as a field-based member of the marketing department within the commercial team. This is a full-time position with approximately 70% of time devoted to client-facing activities mostly at the request of the sales team, in-person and remote, and 30% spent on internal collaborations and special projects.
- They are clinical/genomic experts who provide clinical product education to our customers and our field teams with the goal of driving understanding and adoption of our novel diagnostics.
- They will be expected to partner closely across the organization to serve as a scientific and clinical resource for the company's products and associated disease states, providing both internal and external educational support.
- This also includes providing support for the development of multi-channel medical educational activities and tools across the product lifecycle such as speaker programs, educational materials, slide creation, and on-line educational events.
- This role requires at least 60% travel and provides coverage of key customers and support of field teams over multiple states in the United States.
- The coverage geography will be primarily in the Northeast and Midwest, with trips to other parts of the country.
- This position is remote but we would prefer a candidate located in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or Washington, DC.
Who You Are:
Required Qualifications
- Advanced scientific or clinical degree required- PhD, MD, NP, PA, CGC
- At least 5 years of clinical experience – preferably urology/radiation oncology-focused
- Advanced understanding of tumor biology and molecular testing and/or related working experience critical for success in this role
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and a team player, demonstrating customer centricity, passion for patients and desire to help the cross-functional teams succeed
- Outstanding oral and written presentation skills, to convey complex study findings and data to audiences with varying degrees of scientific/clinical/healthcare knowledge
- Outstanding interpersonal skills in building rapport, probing, situational awareness and adapting communication and content based on real time needs of audience
- Willingness and ability to travel within defined region with proximity to a major airport
- A detail-oriented, organized, self-starter approach, with strong ability to multitask yet prioritize workload
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience as an MSL in the introduction of a novel clinical assay preferred
#LI-Remote
For candidates working remote (US), the range is $162,000 - $196,000.
The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience, skillset, geographic location, industry, education, etc. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
Pay range
$162,000—$196,000 USD
What We Can Offer You
Veracyte is a growing company that offers significant career opportunities if you are curious, driven, patient-oriented and aspire to help us build a great company. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to fostering an inclusive workforce, where diverse backgrounds are represented, engaged, and empowered to drive innovative ideas and decisions. We are thrilled to be recognized as a 2024 Certified™ Great Place to Work® in both the US and Israel - a testament to our dynamic, inclusive, and inspiring workplace where passion meets purpose.
About Veracyte
Veracyte (Nasdaq: VCYT) is a global diagnostics company whose vision is to transform cancer care for patients all over the world. We empower clinicians with the high-value insights they need to guide and assure patients at pivotal moments in the race to diagnose and treat cancer. Our Veracyte Diagnostics Platform delivers high-performing cancer tests that are fueled by broad genomic and clinical data, deep bioinformatic and AI capabilities, and a powerful evidence-generation engine, which ultimately drives durable reimbursement and guideline inclusion for our tests, along with new insights to support continued innovation and pipeline development. For more information, please visit www.veracyte.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X (Twitter).
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