Medical Science Liaison/Senior Medical Science Liaison - Ophthalmology - Northeast

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About the role

The Medical Science Liaison/Senior Medical Science Liaison functions as a highly trained, field-based, scientific expert in ophthalmology, particularly retinal disease. This role engages healthcare professionals and leaders in clinical, scientific, value-based care, and research-based peer-to-peer scientific exchange around our client’s product. The MSL will interact with local, regional, and national Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), healthcare practitioners (HCPs), professional societies, and organizations, focusing on neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).

Responsibilities

• Function as the primary medical point of contact in a geographic area.
• Maintain clinical and scientific expertise in ophthalmology, with a specific focus on standards of care related to the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), commonly known as wet AMD.
• Engage in well-informed, compliant, robust, and accurate scientific peer exchange around the treatment of wet AMD and the science behind our client’s product.
• Engage in medical and scientific exchange with the medical/scientific community, including advisory boards.
• Conduct pre-launch KOL profiling efforts to enhance depth of product/disease/scientific knowledge.
• Facilitate top account/institution profiling efforts to enhance understanding of patient care pathways, including treatment protocol development and novel therapies.
• Develop and track Strategic KOL engagement plans; identify, develop, and maintain long-term collaborative relationships with KOLs within the assigned region.
• Support health systems, population health leaders, and medical quality professionals by offering clinical, public health, medical quality, and other scientific information to guide medical decisions.
• Deliver clinical and scientific presentations to healthcare providers, health systems, medical group leadership, and community/advocacy groups.
• Build relationships and assist in the development of key opinion leaders.
• Build relationships with key decision-makers in health systems, medical groups, healthcare provider offices, state departments of public health, advocacy organizations, and national/regional professional societies.
• Provide insight into market trends and clinical intelligence.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs leadership in the development of key opinion leaders.
• Collaborate with clients and thought leaders on a national, regional, and local level to develop clinical insights that support medical research associated with new and existing products.
• Support the implementation team as needed.
• Identify, attend, and report on local/regional educational events such as national symposia, scientific/clinical meetings, and CME events.
• Manage time and travel expense budget for scientific exchange and clinical education activities within dedicated regions.
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as effective presentation skills.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Responsible for all clinical program requests and unsolicited requests for information.
• May collaborate with the R&D Team to support sites and investigators participating in company-sponsored clinical trials.
• Work collaboratively and compliantly with commercial colleagues to ensure product strategic imperatives are represented cross-functionally in account engagement.
• Respond to and document unsolicited requests for information on clinical initiatives.
• May serve as a resource for investigator-initiated trial (IIT) proposals.
• Provide internal teams with feedback and insights from interactions with KOLs.
• Represent our client at medical meetings through Medical Affairs Scientific Booth coverage and other related activities.
• Attend congresses as appropriate and develop meaningful internal reports of the congresses covered.
• Adhere to corporate SOPs and ensure vigilant compliance with relevant legal and regulatory guidelines governing scientific interactions with physicians and healthcare professionals.
• Consistently demonstrate a high standard of excellence in the management of the assigned territory while contributing to the success of colleagues and the MSL team.
• Contribute to the achievement of organizational goals beyond the borders of a geographic territory.
• Be well-versed in the clinical data to communicate the full range of innovative science, clinical, outcome, economic, and value aspects of our client’s products to healthcare practitioners, formulary members, or payers.
• Provide medical support, clinical input, and/or training for internal teams as requested.

Qualifications

• An advanced degree (e.g., OD, PharmD, PhD, MD, MSN, DNP, or NP/PA) is required.
• MSL: A minimum of 2 years of previous MSL experience, with at least 1 year in ophthalmology and working knowledge of retinal disorders.
• Sr. MSL: A minimum of 5 years of pharma experience and 3 years of rare disease or ophthalmology experience.
• Prior product launch experience is desired.
• Exhibits the highest level of scientific, business, and clinical acumen with excellent communication and networking skills.
• Ability to interpret and present scientific data to engage KOLs.
• Working knowledge of standards of care for prostate cancer is required.
• Previous experience sharing scientific content with payer systems is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of Ophthalmology screening and wellness programs is strongly desired.
• Ability to present complex scientific, value, and evidence data to payors and/or formulary committees is required.
• Working knowledge of institutions and clinics in selected geographies is expected.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills.
• Ability to travel frequently (70%) with overnight stays (e.g., KOL meetings, site locations, internal meetings, medical meetings and congresses, training).

Pay

If this job posting includes a base salary range, it represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in the U.S. Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living).

Benefits

EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. More information about EVERSANA’s benefits package can be found at eversana.com/careers.