Medical Science Liaison - Central

Pharvaris is a late‑stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oral bradykinin B2 receptor antagonists to address bradykinin‑mediated angioedema conditions, including hereditary angioedema (HAE).

We are expanding our U.S. Medical Affairs team and are looking for a Medical Science Liaison to join our team and report to the Head of MSLs North America. This is a field‑based medical affairs role.

Location

Field based role.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the field‑based extension of the Pharvaris medical affairs team.
• Field‑based activities expected to comprise >80% of MSL responsibilities.
• Systematically identify the scientific exchange needs of Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators and other stakeholders, establish strong professional relationships, provide credible scientific expertise and serve as a liaison to Pharvaris North America’s medical, clinical development/operations and external partners.
• Ensure compliant communication and education of Pharvaris’ product portfolio to meet educational and professional needs of key customers.
• Respond effectively to requests for scientific exchange.
• Support design and implementation of scientific programs with external experts and global medical affairs.
• Support local team disease area and product knowledge through scientific training.
• Maintain personal expertise in relevant disease areas and MSL best practices.

KOL/HCP Relationship Management

• Through appropriate scientific exchange, build and maintain professional relationships with external stakeholders to expand Pharvaris’ research, advisory and educational partnership opportunities.
• Ensure a high standard of professionalism to develop and maintain peer‑to‑peer scientific relationships with key thought leaders in healthcare, academia, payer and government organizations per strategic territory plans and as requested by KOLs/HCPs, including management of strategic scientific partnerships and scientific exchange.
• Provide scientific liaison support to investigators currently involved in Pharvaris’ interventional or observational studies and investigator‑sponsored research.
• Provide scientific exchange and appropriate support to payer organizations.
• Serve as a liaison between HCPs and Pharvaris medical affairs.
• Facilitate 1:1 and group scientific interactions with healthcare professionals.
• Participate in KOL/HCP planning.
• Maintain KOL/HCP plans and update the medical customer relationship management system in a timely, accurate and compliant manner.
• Maintain awareness of and access to internal and external information sources available to support high‑quality scientific exchange, and coordinate high‑quality interactions between these resources and external customers.

Effective and Compliant Dissemination of Data

• Respond within defined timelines and quality standards to unsolicited inquiries from HCPs and other stakeholders received by medical affairs and referred to global medical affairs by other Pharvaris functions; forward reports of adverse events according to Pharvaris’ policy.
• Support development of appropriate responses to unique inquiries as required, including the presentation of scientific evidence and medical education.
• Present clinical and disease‑state information to a variety of audiences, including KOLs, medical advisors, formulary/decision makers and other HCPs.
• Ensure appropriate scientific exchange with HCPs by fostering fair and balanced medical and scientific communications that are not misleading.
• Serve as a scientific resource at key medical, scientific, and patient advocacy conferences as assigned.
• Conduct therapeutic training for sales and medical colleagues upon request.

Contribute to Pharvaris Strategic Medical Strategy

• Communicate key medical insights from KOLs/HCPs to inform refinement of medical strategy.
• Gain customer insights, opinions and organization of advisory boards to gather invaluable feedback from external stakeholders.
• Provide scientific input and participate in local medical and cross‑functional initiatives.
• Provide field‑based medical support to Pharvaris’ clinical research programs, registries and facilitation of investigator‑sponsored research processes.
• Under the guidance of medical affairs leadership, provide scientific support for company‑sponsored meetings.
• Participate on internal project teams as directed by medical affairs leadership:
  • Ensure alignment of medical activities with industry and Pharvaris compliance and regulatory standards, policies and regulations.
  • Develop medical affairs standard operating procedures and other policy guidance documents and provide active medical support to development of cross‑functional policy resources.

Requirements

• Doctorate level (MD, PharmD, PhD) preferred or master’s degree (MPH or equivalent) with at least 3 years of relevant clinical or therapeutic experience.
• 3–5 years of MSL experience with primary emphasis on rare diseases and field‑based scientific exchange and/or clinical trial support.
• Therapeutic area and/or hereditary angioedema expertise preferred.
• Frequent travel is required. Availability to travel 80% of the time, including weekends and holidays.
• Establish credible and long‑lasting relationships and effectively engage respectfully and professionally.
• Focus on personal accountability and ownership—constantly challenge oneself to take responsibility for continuous performance improvement and operational excellence, reliable and predictable for colleagues and customers.
• Act on the needs of patients.
• Able to exchange scientific ideas and information openly and effectively with key opinion leaders and colleagues; excellent presentation skills of scientific and medical data to small and large audiences.
• Demonstrate in‑depth therapeutic competency and expertise in the leading science of designating disease state; maintain knowledge base and scientific expertise on all assigned Pharvaris disease areas and products.
• Able to manage challenging conversations and handle objections.
• Focus on patient and customer needs.
• Able to work effectively in various settings: in‑person and/or virtual.
• Effective listening skills.
• Capable of building relationships and focused on identifying and responsibly advancing opportunities for scientific exchange within focus disease areas.
• Ability to work effectively on multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Ability to partner and collaborate appropriately with R&D, commercial and other internal functions.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Has a winning attitude and demonstrates a commitment to goals and to the medical/MSL team with a positive approach to problems, even in the face of adversity.
• Highly motivated and self‑directed, able to think innovatively and strategically, skillfully plan, manage and prioritize multiple projects independently; demonstrates resilience and flexibility.
• Stay current and knowledgeable of applicable pharmaceutical guidelines and regulations, including, but not limited to, ICH, GCP, PhRMA, DOJ, OIG, R&D Code of Ethical Practices and company policies.
• Above average computer skills (MS Office, databases, etc).
• Clean and valid driver’s license.

Benefits

Pharvaris is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this role is $210,000–$230,000 per year. Compensation will depend on factors such as depth of experience, skill set, overall performance, and education. Pharvaris provides a competitive benefits package, including equity opportunity, annual performance incentives and flexible paid time off.