Senior Medical Science Liaison - Hepatology (West)

Key Responsibilities

KOL Engagement

• Develop relationships with KOLs in the assigned territory based on scientific exchange
• Engage in scientific dialog effectively communicating scientific content in response to KOL requests
• Assess KOL alignment with the key elements of the scientific platform to inform territory and medical strategy
• Develop KOL Advocates and Collaborators within your assigned territory
• Compliantly support company sponsored research, investigator-initiated studies, and publications associated with company product(s)
• Coach and support MSLs to help them gain access to KOLs and development engagement strategies
• Researches and identifies KOLs and Focus KOLs for assigned therapeutic area
• Builds and executes a territory plan to achieve KOL engagement goals
• Complete pre-call planning independently to ensure effective KOL interactions
• Develops KOL relationships and engages in scientific exchange with payers as needed

HCP Engagement

• Stay abreast of emerging scientific literature/clinical data and translate the data in applicable knowledge.
• Respond to MIRFs with an initial contact within 2 days and a full answer within 3 weeks.
• Independently ensure appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding FDA approved and pipeline products in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner

Insight Generation

• Collect scientific and clinical insights to support ongoing information/clinical data sharing (ie. new data, competitive information, insights learned from customer) to optimize communications and coordinated activities across the organization.
• Respond to all requests for directed insights within the expected timeframe
• Participate in advisory boards
• Monitors team insights adding tags and classifying insights for review/organization

Internal Project Support

• Contributes scientific content and helps build materials in support of a project or initiative
• Runs projects independently including project planning, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and quality control
• Coordinates the work of others and provides coaching to achieve project goals

Teamwork & Leadership

• Understand and practice Company Values
• Mentors MSLs
• Leads congress planning and reporting
• Builds training materials using effective instructional design techniques
• Provide ongoing scientific and medical training and/or support within the MSL team and to internal partners
• Champion Company Values

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, OD, PhD, PharmD) or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, other healthcare environment or equivalent experience is required
• 2+ years of leadership is preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of medicine, treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, customer strategies, and FDA promotional guidelines, regulations, and ethical guidelines is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to access and develop relationships with high-level stakeholders
• Ability to effectively communicate scientific content through 1:1 meetings, small group interactions, and in writing
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects including timelines, stakeholder management, and control risks
• Demonstrated ability to build and facilitate effective training programs
• Experience in a mentoring role
• Ability to independently research responses to scientific inquiries
• Ability to identify and build effective plans for engaging KOLs in territory
• Must be a strong team player and effectively collaborate with internal departments
• Possess a valid driver’s license
• Prior experience in Hepatology, Nephrology, or Transplantation is preferred

Competencies

• Work independently
• Patient and partner focus
• Learning ability
• Problem solving
• Relationship building
• Self-awareness and adaptability
• Strategic thinking
• Teamwork

This position reports to the Field Director of MSLs. The MSL may have contact with internal colleagues in marketing, sales, research and development, strategy/portfolio management, regulatory, and medical affairs. External collaboration includes trade associations, professional societies, payers, clinicians, policy thought leaders, and various government personnel and agencies. Collaboration across a matrix organization is required. MSLs have no sales objectives or accountability for prescribing or sales of any company product(s) and are required to avoid any situations that could create the appearance that they have such responsibilities.

Working Conditions

• Field-based
• Ability to travel, up to 60% of the time