Payor Medical Science Liaison

Responsibilities

• Engage in peer-to-peer scientific dialogue with healthcare professionals that translate into meaningful insight.
• Serve as a therapeutic expert and participate in peer-peer scientific and health economic discussions with relevant health care decision makers (HCDMs) and influencers within US public and private health care entities.
• Establish, cultivate, and maintain scientific relationships with KOL’s while developing a strong understanding of clinical practice as it relates to areas of interest.
• Plan and execute medical strategy and engagement for appropriate assigned customers.
• Communicate clinical and scientific data to KOLs and healthcare professionals through presentations, educational programs, and scientific discussions.
• Identify, gather, and document payer and field generated scientific insights to drive innovative Medical Affairs strategies while complying with industry and corporate policies and procedures.
• Maintain scientific and clinical knowledge base through continuous learning and awareness of related scientific literature to enable meaningful scientific exchange.
• Partner cross-functionally with Medical Affairs, Market Access, HEOR, and Commercial teams to ensure aligned, compliant, and customer-centric payer engagement strategies.
• Leverage knowledge of standards of care and company/investigator sponsored clinical trials and competitor landscape to facilitate external-internal research communication.
• Respond to unsolicited scientific inquiries of Health Care Providers (HCPs)/investigators/health care systems/academic medical centers and treatment team members integrating scientific data including real world evidence in to real life practice to meet customer needs.
• Deliver scientific presentations to formulary committees and other key healthcare decision makers (HCDMs), communicating the health economic model and supporting clinical data, and serve as the primary field-based resource to address questions related to these insights.
• Demonstrate strong expertise in health economic model design and effectively communicate complex concepts in a clear, accessible manner to diverse HCDM audiences.
• Maintain deep knowledge of cost-effectiveness models and budget impact models to support informed decision-making and value discussions.

Requirements

• MD, PhD, PharmD, PA, NP, OD or equivalent degree highly preferred.
• 5+ years of industry experience as a Medical Science Liaison required.
• Clinical or related practical experiences in ophthalmology preferred.
• Strong scientific & clinical acumen.
• Ability to quickly understand & translate complex scientific data & realize the potential impact of that data on clinical practice & potential research needs.
• Experience in Managed Care/PBM, HEOR activities, or strong knowledge of P&T committee processes.
• Ability to travel up to 60% nationally, overnights and weekends may be required, and possess a valid driver’s license to drive to assigned healthcare accounts, unless otherwise specified.