Job Description

Collegium Pharmaceutical is building a leading, diversified biopharmaceutical company committed to improving the lives of people living with serious medical conditions. We have a leading portfolio of responsible pain management and neuropsychiatry medications.

The Regional Director, Medical Science Liaisons (MSL) provides strategic, scientific, and people leadership for a regional team of Medical Science Liaisons focused on central nervous system (CNS) disorders, with a primary emphasis on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This field-based leadership role is responsible for overseeing regional medical strategy execution, coaching and developing MSLs, and ensuring high-quality, compliant scientific exchange with healthcare professionals (HCPs) and key opinion leaders (KOLs).

The Regional Director serves as a critical bridge between Field Medical, Medical Affairs leadership, and cross-functional partners, enabling insight-driven decision-making and consistent execution of the company’s medical strategy in a small- to medium-sized biopharmaceutical environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Regional Medical Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 6–7 Medical Science Liaisons to ensure high scientific standards, consistent execution, and professional growth across the region.
• Translate national Medical Affairs objectives into clear regional plans, priorities, and expectations aligned with company strategy.
• Foster a culture of scientific excellence, accountability, collaboration, and compliance across the MSL team.

People Management & Talent Development

• Provide ongoing coaching, performance feedback, and development planning for direct reports.
• Mentor MSLs in effective scientific exchange, clinical literature appraisal, insight generation, and compliant field engagement practices.
• Partner with Medical Affairs leadership and HR on hiring, onboarding, and retention of high-performing MSL talent.

Scientific & KOL Engagement Strategy

• Oversee regional KOL engagement strategy, ensuring thoughtful identification, profiling, tiering, and long-term relationship development with ADHD and broader CNS experts.
• Ensure appropriate balance of proactive and reactive scientific engagements, with attention to not overburdening key external experts.
• Periodically engage directly with select KOLs and institutions to remain scientifically current and model best practices in peer-to-peer exchange.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Act as a regional Medical Affairs point of contact for Commercial, Market Access, Compliance, and other internal stakeholders, ensuring appropriate and compliant collaboration.
• Provide scientific input and guidance to cross-functional partners regarding the ADHD treatment landscape, emerging data, and external expert perspectives.
• Support regional and national medical initiatives including advisory boards, medical education programs, and scientific congress activities.

Insights, Reporting & Operational Excellence

• Ensure timely, accurate capture of scientific insights, medical inquiries, and field activities in approved systems (e.g., CRM/Veeva).
• Synthesize regional trends and insights to inform Medical Affairs strategy, evidence generation, and lifecycle planning.
• Support development and refinement of Medical Affairs processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and field best practices in partnership with Medical leadership and Compliance.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure all regional medical activities adhere to company policies, SOPs, and applicable regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Serve as a role model for ethical scientific exchange and appropriate field engagement in a non-promotional, patient-focused manner.

REQUIRED LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS

Leadership Behaviors are a core set of behaviors that vary based on the Level in the organization. We have categorized these under Head, Heart, and Guts.

• Head
  • Know our Business
  • Think Critically
  • Decide
  • Execute
• Heart
  • Collaborate
  • Develop
  • Communicate
  • Embrace Authenticity
• Guts
  • Be Disruptive
  • Innovate
  • Evolve
  • Be Tenacious

QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree required: PhD, PharmD, MD, or equivalent doctoral-level degree in a scientific or healthcare-related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Medical Affairs or related scientific roles within biopharmaceuticals, including prior MSL experience.
• Demonstrated people-management experience, preferably leading or mentoring field-based medical teams.
• Strong grounding in CNS disorders; ADHD experience highly preferred.
• Experience operating effectively in small- to mid-sized organizations or high-growth environments is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to lead, coach, and develop high-performing scientific teams.
• Strong scientific acumen with ability to translate complex clinical data into clear, balanced insights.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• High attention to compliance, documentation, and operational rigor.
• Ability to travel regionally and nationally as required.
• Field-based role with approximately 50–70% travel, including regional field travel and national meetings.

Pay Range $240,000—$260,000 USD

Collegium is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of Collegium, in all of its relations with its employees and applicants for employment, to base all employment-related decisions upon valid job-related factors, without regard to age, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, race, color, religion, creed, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to hiring, training, promotion, compensation, disciplinary measures, access to facilities and programs, and all other personnel actions and conditions of employment. By this policy, Collegium seeks to ensure that all employees have the opportunity to make their maximum contribution to Collegium and to their own career goals. This policy provides for an equal employment opportunity program that will simultaneously serve the requirements of society, the law, sound business practices and individual dignity.

If you have questions or concerns about equal employment opportunities in the workplace, you are encouraged to bring these issues to the attention of the Head of Human Resources. We will not allow any form of retaliation against employees who raise issues of equal employment opportunity. To ensure our workplace is free of artificial barriers, violation of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination.