Medical Science Liaison, Nephrology - CT, MA, ME, NH, Upstate NY - Buffalo, RI, VT

About the role

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) contributes to the development of the ecosystem strategic business plan and identifies key stakeholders that are vital to the ecosystem. This field-based position engages with Key Influencers (KIs), Local Practice Leaders (LPLs), healthcare providers, and patient groups within their ecosystem to further patient outcomes aligned with Otsuka’s overarching objectives.

Responsibilities

• Contributes a clinical and scientific perspective to the local execution plan addressing customer challenges, issues, and opportunities to improve patient care and outcomes.
• Builds, cultivates, and leverages external relationships with key scientific and medical customers and organizations to understand evolving healthcare trends, disease states, Otsuka products, systems, and services across the ecosystem landscape.
• Delivers on business objectives that extend beyond the territory and impact the Medical Affairs organization.
• Maintains a deep and comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem to ensure alignment with Otsuka’s patient-centric strategy and priorities.
• Engages stakeholders at the local level with influence across the region.
• Builds and cultivates important internal working relationships across the matrix team to ensure an enterprise approach when working with customers.
• Leads special projects as requested by management and takes on incremental point roles within FMA.
• Disseminates disease state and healthcare landscape information to customers in the field as defined by priorities.
• Responsible for clinical and data-focused training of promotional and disease state speakers.
• May serve as part of Otsuka’s speaker bureau in support of product educational needs across the territory.
• Collects and submits medical insights that drive decision-making and prioritize evidence generation efforts and healthcare solutions, including sharing at the local ecosystem level.
• Assists with Otsuka’s clinical trials program, including registrational, post-marketing, and Investigator-Sponsored Trials (ISTs), health economic outcomes research, and other specific medical collaborations; provides clinical expertise and feedback regarding operational management of clinical trials to ensure optimal site selection and performance.
• Supports other areas of the organization including Safety & Pharmacovigilance for investigation of safety-related issues, Sales Training medical education on an ongoing basis including new hires, and the Field Medical Center of Excellence for mentoring and sharing of best practices.

Qualifications

• MD/DO, PharmD, or PhD in life sciences or Master's degree with equivalent clinical experience.
• Deep understanding of the interconnectivity of health systems, overall delivery of patient care, and experience working with healthcare professionals and other decision makers.
• Minimum 3 years relevant experience in pharmaceutical industry Medical Affairs.
• Previous training or experience in immune-mediated kidney disease is preferred.
• Outstanding business acumen; knows the industry, Otsuka’s business model and value proposition, key competitors, and other marketplace factors/dynamics.
• Able to identify solutions with the overall goal of improved patient outcomes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; exhibits professional maturity, confidence, and competence.
• Strong conflict resolution skills: proven ability to achieve conflict resolution effectively and quickly with affected parties and work in a cross-functional environment.
• Ability to lead others and project teams strategically.
• Knows how to summarize and communicate complex information and business objectives in a concise and effective way during presentations and other interactions.
• Strong understanding of industry legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous environment undergoing transformation.
• Demonstrates behaviors aligned with the Otsuka Corporate Brand including Perseverance, Unconventional Thinking, and Humility.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, company-provided basic life, accidental death & dismemberment, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan assistance, a generous 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid holidays, and paid leave programs as well as other company-provided benefits.

Pay

$150,034.00 - $224,250.00, plus incentive opportunity.

Schedule

Typically, actual pay will be positioned within the established range, rather than at its minimum or maximum.