Medical Science Liaison/Senior Medical Science Liaison - Ophthalmology - Southeast

At EVERSANA, we are proud to be a Great Place to Work across the globe. We’re fueled by our vision to create a healthier world through our global team of more than 6,000 employees committed to delivering next-generation commercialization services to the life sciences industry. We serve over 650 clients, from biotech start-ups to established pharmaceutical companies, helping bring innovative therapies to market and supporting the patients who depend on them. Our diverse team embraces unique skills and backgrounds, united by a shared passion for improving patient lives.

About the role

The EVERSANA Medical Science Liaison (MSL) or 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. Following regulatory and corporate guidelines, the MSL facilitates and builds scientific relationships and collaborations with scientific communities, interacting with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), healthcare practitioners (HCPs), professional societies, and organizations. The MSL will serve as the field-based scientific expert for our client’s product, focusing on neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), also known as wet AMD.

Responsibilities

• Function as the primary medical point of contact in a designated geographic area.
• Maintain clinical and scientific expertise in ophthalmology, with a specific focus on standards of care for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).
• Engage in well-informed, compliant, and accurate scientific peer exchange regarding the treatment of wet AMD and the science behind our client’s product.
• Conduct medical and scientific exchange with the medical/scientific community, including participation in advisory boards.
• Conduct pre-launch KOL profiling to enhance product, disease, and scientific knowledge.
• Facilitate top account/institution profiling to improve understanding of patient care pathways, including treatment protocol development and novel therapies.
• Develop and track strategic KOL engagement plans, identifying, developing, and maintaining long-term collaborative relationships with KOLs in the assigned region.
• Support health systems, population health leaders, and medical quality professionals by providing clinical, public health, and 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 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 national, regional, and local levels to develop clinical insights supporting medical research for 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 budgets for scientific exchange and clinical education activities within dedicated regions.
• Respond to and document unsolicited requests for information on clinical initiatives.
• Serve as a resource for investigator-initiated trial (IIT) proposals when applicable.
• Provide internal teams with feedback and insights from interactions with KOLs.
• Represent our client at medical meetings through Medical Affairs Scientific Booth coverage and related activities.
• Attend congresses as appropriate and develop meaningful internal reports of the congresses covered.
• Adhere to corporate SOPs and ensure compliance with relevant legal and regulatory guidelines governing scientific interactions with physicians and healthcare professionals.
• Demonstrate excellence in managing the assigned territory while contributing to the success of colleagues and the MSL team.
• Contribute to organizational goals beyond the borders of a geographic territory.
• Provide medical support, clinical input, and/or training for internal teams as requested.
• Be well-versed in 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.
• Collaborate with commercial colleagues to ensure product strategic imperatives are represented cross-functionally in account engagement.

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.
• Senior 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 high-level 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.
• 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, congresses, and training).
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on producing high-quality work.
• Strong verbal and written communication, public speaking, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.

Pay

EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. If this job posting includes a base salary range, it represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position within 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

More information about EVERSANA’s benefits package can be found at eversana.com/careers.