[Hiring] Medical Science Liaison @Hologic

Role Description

The Medical Science Liaison, Molecular Diagnostics will be a field-based medical affairs role responsible for supporting the execution of Hologic Canada’s strategic medical plan and strengthening the company’s presence within the Canadian molecular diagnostics market. The role will serve as a scientific and medical liaison between Hologic and external stakeholders, including key opinion leaders, healthcare professionals, clinical microbiology laboratories, and research collaborators.

Working closely with Medical Affairs, Commercial, Marketing, Market Access, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, and Clinical Affairs teams, the MSL will:

• Communicate scientific information
• Gather field insights
• Support educational initiatives
• Facilitate investigator-initiated and collaborative research activities

The successful candidate will be recognized as a clinical microbiology and molecular diagnostics expert within Hologic Canada’s Diagnostics Division and will help ensure Canadian market needs are understood and reflected internally.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or other appropriate advanced qualification in clinical microbiology, infectious diseases, molecular diagnostics, or a related scientific field.
• Licensed clinical microbiologist or infectious disease specialist background preferred.
• Minimum of 2–5 years of post-license experience within a clinical microbiology laboratory.
• Minimum of 2–5 years of Medical Affairs experience within the in vitro diagnostics, molecular diagnostics, or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience working with molecular diagnostics and clinical laboratory workflows preferred.
• Experience interacting with healthcare professionals, scientific thought leaders, key opinion leaders, and external investigators.
• Experience supporting or managing investigator-initiated studies, collaborative research, local validation studies, or external scientific research proposals.
• Experience writing or supporting study protocols, scientific materials, and peer-reviewed publications preferred.
• Experience presenting clinical data, scientific insights, and medical education content to external stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with sales, marketing, applications, R&D, regulatory, clinical affairs, market access, and other cross-functional teams.
• Experience working in a field-based or customer-facing medical role preferred.
• Bilingual French and English capability preferred.

Requirements

• Clinical microbiology, infectious diseases, and molecular diagnostics within the Canadian healthcare environment.
• Molecular diagnostic technologies, including PCR, transcription-mediated amplification, nucleic acid amplification testing, and other relevant diagnostic methodologies.
• Clinical laboratory workflows, including the operational and scientific considerations that influence diagnostic testing adoption and implementation.
• Health Canada regulatory requirements, clinical trial guidelines, industry standards, and ethical guidelines relevant to diagnostics, research, and medical affairs activities.
• Canadian provincial and federal clinical guidelines relevant to molecular diagnostics, infectious disease testing, and clinical microbiology.
• Medical Affairs processes, including scientific engagement, insight gathering, investigator-initiated studies, external research proposals, and medical strategy execution.
• External scientific study processes, including study design, protocol development, validation studies, collaborative research, and data interpretation.
• Key opinion leader identification, mapping, segmentation, and engagement within the Canadian clinical microbiology and diagnostics landscape.
• Scientific congresses, educational programming, speaker support, and field-based scientific communication practices.
• Competitive dynamics, unmet clinical needs, and market considerations within the Canadian molecular diagnostics environment.
• Business software and productivity tools, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other commonly used business applications.

Benefits

• The total compensation range for this role is 140,000 - 165,000 CAD. This is based on a base salary and commission plan combination. Final compensation packages will ultimately depend on factors including relevant experience, skillset, knowledge, territory/ geography, education, business needs, market demand and performance versus quota.

Company Description

Hologic, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer inclusive of disability and veterans.