Aspiring MSL

MSL Launch Cohort

8-Week Small-Group Coaching Program
$1,944 Founding Cohort Investment
Build a focused strategy for becoming an MSL through live coaching, practical application, and peer support.
  • 8 live 90-minute group coaching sessions
  • Limited to 8 participants
  • Small cohort limited to 8 aspiring MSLs
  • Comprehensive 8-week MSL transition curriculum
  • Practical guides, templates, and worksheets
  • Live practice and group feedback
  • Weekly implementation activities
  • Private cohort community and session recordings
Best for aspiring MSLs who want structured guidance, group coaching, and accountability while applying the work independently.
MSL Launch Cohort

The MSL Launch Cohort is an 8-week small-group coaching program designed to help aspiring MSLs build a focused strategy for transitioning into their first MSL role.

Limited to 8 participants, the cohort combines live instruction, practical resources, skills practice, group coaching, and peer learning. Each session focuses on an essential part of the MSL transition, helping you apply what you learn to your professional positioning, networking, and interview preparation.

What’s Included
  • 8 x 90-minute live small-group coaching sessions
  • Overview of the MSL role and the competencies needed to succeed
  • Guidance and resources for creating an MSL-centric CV
  • LinkedIn profile training, examples, and recommendations
  • Personal Value Proposition and elevator pitch development strategies
  • MSL job search strategy and mindset coaching
  • Strategic networking guidance
  • MSL interview preparation and live practice
  • MSL interview presentation training and practice
  • Job offer and compensation discussion
  • Weekly implementation activities
  • Practical guides, worksheets, templates, checklists, and sample materials
  • Session recordings available during the 8-week program
  • Access to a private MSL Launch Cohort community space
  • Opportunities to ask questions, share progress, and connect with other cohort members
The 8-Week Curriculum
  • Week 1: Understanding the MSL Role
  • Week 2: Creating an MSL-Centric CV
  • Week 3: Building an MSL-Aligned LinkedIn Profile
  • Week 4: Developing Your Personal Value Proposition and Elevator Pitch
  • Week 5: Networking Strategically
  • Week 6: Preparing for MSL Interviews
  • Week 7: Creating an MSL Interview Presentation
  • Week 8: Delivering Your Presentation and Evaluating MSL Job Offers
Founding Cohort Investment: $1,944

The founding cohort rate is $500 below the planned $2,444 investment for future cohorts.

Your investment includes eight live 90-minute coaching sessions, eight weeks of private community access, session recordings, weekly activities, practical resources, live skills practice, group feedback, and support from Shelby and your cohort peers.

Enrollment is limited to 8 founding participants and will close when all seats are filled.

Cohort Schedule
  • Program dates: October 6 through December 1, 2026
  • Live sessions: Tuesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. CT/7:00 p.m. ET
  • Session length: 90 minutes
  • Location: Live via Zoom
  • Thanksgiving break: No live session on November 24
Community Support

Participants will receive access to a private MSL Launch Cohort community space containing:

  • Weekly resources and activities
  • Session announcements and Zoom information
  • Session recordings
  • Accountability and progress discussions
  • Opportunities to ask brief questions
  • Peer networking and practice

The community is intended for general questions and shared learning. It does not include extensive individual document review, private coaching, or urgent interview support.

This Program Is Ideal For
  • MDs, DOs, PhDs, PharmDs, NPs, and PAs pursuing their first MSL role
  • Professionals seeking a structured approach to their MSL transition
  • Candidates who want to communicate their transferable skills more effectively
  • Professionals preparing for MSL networking, interviews, and presentations
  • Individuals who want live coaching rather than passive, prerecorded training
  • Participants who are open to feedback, practice, and weekly implementation activities
  • Aspiring MSLs who value learning alongside others with different backgrounds and perspectives
Program Details and Expectations
  • Enrollment is confirmed when payment is completed.
  • Participants will complete an assessment after enrollment.
  • Participants are highly encouraged to attend each session live.
  • Recordings are available during the program but are not a replacement for active participation.
  • Participants should plan to spend approximately 30 to 60 minutes each week completing implementation activities outside of coaching sessions.
  • Group coaching will focus on examples and challenges that provide value to the full cohort.
  • Not every participant or document will receive individual feedback during every session.
  • Participants must maintain the confidentiality of information shared by other cohort members.
  • Program resources and recordings are for each enrolled participant’s personal use only and may not be copied, shared, sold, or distributed.
  • Participation does not guarantee interviews or an MSL job offer. Results depend on factors including qualifications, preparation, participation, therapeutic-area alignment, geographic flexibility, networking activity, job-market conditions, and employer hiring decisions.

Every component of the MSL Launch Cohort is designed to help you clarify your value, strengthen your professional positioning, build practical MSL job-search skills, and move forward with greater confidence and a focused transition strategy.

MSL Launch 1:1 Coaching

Comprehensive Private Coaching Program
$3500 for Individual Coaching Investment
Create a personalized MSL transition strategy aligned with your background, therapeutic area, goals, and job-search progress.
  • Pre-program assessment and personalized roadmap
  • 10 private 60-minute coaching sessions
  • Personalized MSL-aligned CV
  • LinkedIn profile, value proposition, and elevator pitch
  • Personalized networking and job-search strategy
  • Private interview and presentation coaching
  • Review and refine MSL interview presentation slide deck
  • Job offer coaching and between-session email support
Best for aspiring MSLs who want individualized strategy, private coaching, and personalized feedback.
MSL Launch 1:1 Coaching

The MSL Launch Program provides aspiring MSLs with personalized 1:1 coaching and instruction to prepare for a successful transition into their first MSL role.

Every session is conducted 1:1 with Shelby via Zoom, allowing the coaching, feedback, and resources to be tailored to your professional background, chosen therapeutic area, career goals, and job-search progress.

What’s Included
  • Pre-program assessment to identify your strengths, transferable skills, development needs, and goals
  • 1 x 60-minute kickoff session to align your strategy, priorities, and timeline
  • 8 x 60-minute personalized 1:1 coaching sessions
  • 1 x 60-minute wrap-up session
  • Comprehensive overview of the MSL role and the skills needed to succeed
  • Refinement of one MSL-aligned CV customized for your chosen therapeutic area
  • LinkedIn profile review with detailed recommendations and suggested edits
  • Personal Value Proposition assessment and development to showcase your transferable skills
  • Elevator pitch design to communicate your transferable skills and value confidently
  • MSL job search strategy and mindset coaching
  • Strategic networking guidance and support
  • Personalized interview preparation, coaching, and feedback
  • Interview presentation coaching including the review and refinement of one MSL interview presentation slide deck aligned with your chosen therapeutic area
  • Job offer discussion and decision coaching
  • Customized professional branding and communication coaching
  • Supplemental resources, guides, worksheets, templates and personalized recommendations and action steps following each coaching session
  • Optional audio or video recordings of each coaching session for your personal use
  • Between-session email support for brief questions, progress updates, and clarification related to your coaching plan
Private Coaching Investment: $3,500

Your investment includes a pre-program assessment, 10 private 60-minute sessions, a personalized MSL career roadmap, one MSL-aligned CV for your chosen therapeutic area, one refined MSL interview presentation slide deck, program guides and resources, personalized post-session recommendations, optional session recordings, and between-session email support.

Between-Session Support

Between-session email support is available for brief questions, progress updates, and clarification related to your coaching plan. Shelby will typically respond within two business days. Interview and presentation preparation may be addressed during your remaining coaching sessions. Requests requiring extensive document review, additional CV versions, additional presentation reviews, urgent interview preparation, or coaching beyond the 10 included sessions may require the purchase of an additional service.

This Program Is Ideal For
  • MDs, DOs, PhDs, PharmDs, NPs, and PAs pursuing their first MSL role
  • Professionals seeking a comprehensive and personalized approach to their MSL transition
  • Candidates who want to position their experience for a specific therapeutic area
  • Candidates who want to communicate their transferable skills and professional value more effectively
  • Professionals seeking structured preparation for networking, interviews, and interview presentations
  • Individuals committed to investing the time, preparation, and resources required for a competitive MSL job search
Program Details and Expectations
  • The program includes 10 total sessions: one kickoff session, eight coaching sessions, and one wrap-up session.
  • All 10 sessions must be completed within six months of the purchase date.
  • Coaching, email access, document feedback, and all other program support end six months after the purchase date.
  • Sessions and services not used within the six-month program period expire and cannot be carried forward.
  • Additional coaching sessions and services may be purchased if continued or expanded support is needed.
  • All coaching sessions are conducted 1:1 with Shelby via Zoom.
  • The MSL Launch Program does not include prerecorded online training modules or group coaching calls.
  • Session recordings, assessments, templates, sample materials, guides, handouts, and other program content are for the enrolled client’s personal use only. They may not be copied, shared, distributed, sold, or reproduced.
  • Participation in the program does not guarantee interviews or an MSL job offer. Results depend on factors including qualifications, preparation, participation, job-market conditions, geographic flexibility, therapeutic-area alignment, networking activity, and employer hiring decisions.

Every component of the MSL Launch 1:1 Coaching Program is designed to help you clarify your value, position your experience effectively, strengthen your interview readiness, and approach your MSL transition with greater confidence and a personalized strategy.

You’ve watched every free webinar, read online articles, joined MSL networking groups, followed all the “experts” online…and you’re still not landing an MSL job.

And despite submitting numerous applications, no interviews. No callbacks. No clarity.

Now you're wondering:

Is there something wrong with me? Or is breaking into the MSL role just impossible without experience?

You’ve been trained in science, not in marketing yourself.

Nobody ever taught you how to:

  • Build a professional brand that gets noticed
  • Communicate your value beyond the bullet points of your CV
  • Prepare for an MSL interview like a top candidate (not a hopeful applicant)
  • Translate your clinical or academic background into what MSL hiring managers actually want

You’ve been left to figure it all out on your own. That’s not a lack of motivation—it’s a lack of guidance.

That’s exactly why I offer individual coaching services for Aspiring MSLs.

To help you stop spinning your wheels and start landing real opportunities.

Thrive MSL Coaching Helps You

  • Gain a deep understanding of the MSL role—what it is, what it isn’t, and how to position yourself as a strong fit from day one
  • Build a strong professional brand that highlights your transferable skills and aligns with what hiring managers look for in MSL candidates
  • Develop a clear and compelling Personal Value Proposition and Elevator Pitch that sets you apart from the competition
  • Create an MSL-ready CV and LinkedIn profile to effectively showcase your strengths, experience, and potential
  • Learn how to confidently communicate your value and stand out during every step of the interview process

“Shelby’s guidance was absolutely crucial in helping me breakthrough into my first MSL role. She helped me understand the role better than any research I was able to do on my own because she has lived it. I had several light bulb moments throughout our sessions and gained extreme confidence as my big interview and presentation were approaching. She was enthusiastic, kind but straightforward, energetic, and understood what aspiring MSLs need to know as they enter medical affairs interviews. At the conclusion of the interviews for which I was offered the position, I was told that I was a unanimous decision! I was so incredibly proud of that accomplishment. I owe a lot of the preparation and confidence building to Shelby as she helped me see things I hadn’t seen before in preparing me for a career in medical affairs.”