This field-based role focuses on advancing the immunology pipeline by building external relationships with healthcare providers and investigators, providing scientific and clinical trial support, and fostering collaborations across R&D and medical affairs. The role involves scientific engagement, site strategy, feasibility, and trial enrolment support across multiple autoimmune disease areas with a focus on rheumatology and gastroenterology.
Key Responsibilities
- • Deliver enhanced scientific and medical exchange at the portfolio-level, including Cell Therapy, T cell engagers and other novel immunomodulatory monoclonal antibodies and small molecules
- • Build strong, non-promotional relationships with investigators, study staff and referring HCPs at investigational sites and key scientific centers to support active and planned AZ-sponsored immunology trials.
- • Identify stakeholders and opportunities for engagement and collaborations with R&D and medical affairs
- • Educate clinical trial sites and referring physicians on AZ’s immunology portfolio and study designs to enhance understanding of objectives and drive clarity in patient identification across multiple AZ studies.
- • Map and engage disease, community, and investigator networks; identify new sites and referral pathways.
- • Support feasibility by assessing patient pools, standard-of-care patterns, competing trials and operational capabilities.
- • Obtain, synthesize and share insights with R&D to inform protocol design, site strategy, and recruitment tactics.
- • In collaboration with Site Management and Monitoring (SMM), proactively explore enrolment and screening barriers and support clinical trial recruitment and retention; collaborate with clinical operations to identify and facilitate resolution of investigator site issues.
Required
- • Advanced degree in a scientific discipline e.g., MD, DO, PharmD, PhD, NP, PA-C.
- • Minimum of 2 years field medical experience e.g. MSL or Clinical Trial Liaison role and/or minimum of 2 years clinical trial research experience within an academic, healthcare system or industry setting.
- • Demonstrated excellence in scientific communication across different audiences. Proficiency in developing and maintaining medical scientific expertise.
- • Thorough knowledge of regulatory environment
- • Ability to travel 50–70% of the time (percentage varies with geography).
Preferred
- • Experience in rheumatology, gastroenterology or neurology
- • Experience with clinical research and study site logistics, including GCP/ICH familiarity
- • Experience in pharmaceutical industry, regulatory environment, clinical or preclinical research
- • Entrepreneurial and future-forward mindset, with demonstrated ability to build advocates and momentum in complex trial ecosystems.
- • Track record of successful network building or shaping treatment environment
- • Experience mapping disease/community networks and facilitating patient referrals through advocacy connectivity
AstraZeneca has a broad and deep pipeline of next-generation medicines in Immunology. We are seeking highly motivated and experienced individuals to support scientific dialogue, drive clinical trial engagement and foster collaborations across AstraZeneca’s immunology pipeline. Your work will facilitate the running of current and future clinical programs across multiple autoimmune disease areas with a focus on rheumatology and gastroenterology.
The Immunology Pipeline MSL is a field-based professional with scientific, clinical and therapeutic area expertise, responsible for building external relationships with identified and emerging health care providers and investigators and providing scientific and clinical trial support to advance AstraZeneca’s immunology pipeline. You will be working closely with global and country R&D teams, as well as medical affairs teams working on established products, to ensure strategic, cohesive account engagement and a unified external presence.
Must live in the territory or following cites/states: Denver, CO, Seattle, WA, Minneapolis, MN
Key Responsibilities
Scientific engagement and relationship building:
- Deliver enhanced scientific and medical exchange at the portfolio-level, including Cell Therapy, T cell engagers and other novel immunomodulatory monoclonal antibodies and small molecules
- Build strong, non-promotional relationships with investigators, study staff and referring HCPs at investigational sites and key scientific centers to support active and planned AZ-sponsored immunology trials.
- Identify stakeholders and opportunities for engagement and collaborations with R&D and medical affairs
- Educate clinical trial sites and referring physicians on AZ’s immunology portfolio and study designs to enhance understanding of objectives and drive clarity in patient identification across multiple AZ studies.
- Map and engage disease, community, and investigator networks; identify new sites and referral pathways.
- Support feasibility by assessing patient pools, standard-of-care patterns, competing trials and operational capabilities.
- Obtain, synthesize and share insights with R&D to inform protocol design, site strategy, and recruitment tactics.
- In collaboration with Site Management and Monitoring (SMM), proactively explore enrolment and screening barriers and support clinical trial recruitment and retention; collaborate with clinical operations to identify and facilitate resolution of investigator site issues.
- Advanced degree in a scientific discipline e.g., MD, DO, PharmD, PhD, NP, PA-C.
- Minimum of 2 years field medical experience e.g. MSL or Clinical Trial Liaison role and/or minimum of 2 years clinical trial research experience within an academic, healthcare system or industry setting.
- Demonstrated excellence in scientific communication across different audiences. Proficiency in developing and maintaining medical scientific expertise.
- Thorough knowledge of regulatory environment
- Ability to travel 50–70% of the time (percentage varies with geography).
- Experience in rheumatology, gastroenterology or neurology
- Experience with clinical research and study site logistics, including GCP/ICH familiarity
- Experience in pharmaceutical industry, regulatory environment, clinical or preclinical research
- Entrepreneurial and future-forward mindset, with demonstrated ability to build advocates and momentum in complex trial ecosystems.
- Track record of successful network building or shaping treatment environment
- Experience mapping disease/community networks and facilitating patient referrals through advocacy connectivity
Date Posted
23-Sep-2026
Closing Date
06-Oct-2026
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