Senior Medical Science Liaison, IBD Pipeline (PA, MI)

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure an end to end customer experience for IBD customers within the region.
• Demonstrate deep clinical and scientific expertise about assigned molecules/products pipeline/line of sight, franchise(s) and overall therapeutic area(s) to exchange relevant information and insights with top tier thought leaders, clinical investigators and related staff, and healthcare decision makers within a region.
• Build, cultivate, and leverage relationships with key external scientific and medical customers and organizations in their region(s) to ensure strong understanding of evolving healthcare trends across the relevant therapeutic area landscape.
• Develops engagement plans aligned with customer needs and preferences and global strategy.
• Engage in continuous independent learning within the therapeutic area they represent and actively attend and participate in upskilling programs related to assigned molecules, products, disease states and relevant business topics.
• Respond to on and off-label questions with integrity, compliance, and adherence to legal, regulatory, and Genentech guidelines, policies & procedures.
• Build and cultivate important working relationships across field partners and internal stakeholders to ensure an enterprise approach when working with customers.
• Be accountable to the regional team to shape and execute on local medical strategies within planned timelines.
• Help to set and act on aligned clinical disease area priorities, and relay/flag any potential mismatch in priorities between internal stakeholders and the site as well as relay any key site-related decisions on behalf of the business.
• Provide congress and conference support, facilitating engagement between HCPs and the broader Pipeline Medical Team, as appropriate, and participating in competitive intelligence, medical booth support and related activities.
• Identify and bring insights back in house to Genentech stakeholders through efficient and effective use of CRM systems and cross functional collaboration.
• Assist with Phase I - IV sponsored and supported clinical trials, health economic outcomes research, other therapeutic area specific medical collaborations; provide clinical expertise overview of performance metrics and feedback regarding operational management of clinical trials to ensure optimal site selection and performance.
• Fully understands site infrastructure and ways of working to best co-create and monitor clinical trial processes. Supports start-up, recruitment, and retention in assigned geographies.
• Provides critical collaboration with CRO personnel, as appropriate, and in pre-specified manner.
• Share clinical and value-based expertise in the development and management of clinical and scientific communications for customers to include publications, conference data, and educational materials, as well as for internal Genentech communications and materials to be used in training and development activities.
• Ensure assigned goals, objectives, and KPIs are met and that assigned projects and other work are completed on time, with high quality, and within budget.

Qualifications & Experience

• Advanced Clinical/Science Degree (e.g., MD, PharmD, PhD, MSN, NP, PA etc.). BSN with extensive field medical experience with a pharmaceutical company.
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience (clinical, managed care, or industry experience).
• Proficiency in GCP (Good Clinical Practice) and ICH (International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use).
• Relevant therapeutic area knowledge, comprehensive understanding of product and safety profiles, and familiarity with managed care, health economics, reimbursement, and legal and regulatory landscape in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.

Preferred Experience

• Prior experience as a field medical science liaison.
• 2+ years' clinical research experience (either in industry or in another, related setting).
• 2+ years' experience in therapy area.
• In-depth knowledge of clinical development programs and clinical trial management.
• Prior experience working in heavily matrixed organizations interfacing with clinical operations, clinical development and medical affairs organizations.

Location and Travel Requirements

• Business travel, by air or car, is required for regular external business meetings with customers and intermittent internal company meetings (up to 70% of time).
• This position requires significant use of a company-provided car to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the role.
• Applicants should reside within 30 miles of a major airport and should reside within 50 miles of the established territory.
• Preference will be given to applicants who reside within preferred states of residence (Pennsylvania, Michigan).