Medical Science Liaison, Hepatology (OK, NM, KS, CO, IA, NE, ND, SD, MN)

Territory Includes : OK, NM, KS, CO, IA, NE, ND, SD, MN

A Medical Science Liaison (MSL) will serve as a liaison to the medical / scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders within the geographic and therapeutic area of coverage.

This is a field-based Medical Affairs position requiring a strong scientific background (technical or clinical experience) as the MSL will be a credible source of clinical / scientific data as well as technical / practical education to practicing clinicians, key opinion leaders (KOL), professional societies, and payers.

MSLs are responsible for developing, coordinating, and assuring implementation of corporate scientific imperatives.

Duties and Responsibilities :

• 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)
• Stay abreast of emerging scientific literature / clinical data and translate the data in applicable knowledge.
• Ensure appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding FDA approved and pipeline products in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner with support of your manager
• Respond to MIRFs with an initial contact within 2 days and a full answer within 3 weeks
• Collect scientific and clinical insights to support ongoing information / clinical data sharing (i.e. new data, competitive information, insights learned from customer) to optimize communications and coordinated activities across the organization.
• Participate in advisory board
• Contributes scientific content and helps build materials in support of a project or initiative
• Must be committed to full compliance with all company SOPs, regulatory requirements, and applicable laws including PhRMA guidelines for field-based personnel.
• Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license
• Ability to travel, up to 60% of the time

Qualifications :

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, OD, PhD, PharmD, PA or NP) or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, other healthcare environment or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Hepatology, Nephrology or Critical Care experience
• 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
• Must be a strong team player and effectively collaborate with internal departments.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements :

An essential function of this role is being able to support and visit customer’s sites and locations (hospitals, institutions).

If such customers or locations have a COVID-19 policy that requires vaccination against COVID-19 or accepts exemptions, you may be asked to provide proof.