Virology (HIV) Community MSL / Regional Medical Scientific Associate Director - Southeast

About the role

We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Virology (HIV) Community MSL / Regional Medical Scientific Director to join our team. This remote position will be based in Florida, covering FL, AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, and TN.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Medical Affairs organization to identify, establish, and manage collaborative professional relationships with community-based scientific leaders (SLs) and healthcare providers.
• Conduct peer-level scientific discussions and maintain a reliable presence to ensure SLs have a Medical Affairs contact within our company.
• Engage in proactive non-product discussions regarding scientific issues to understand real-world prevention gaps, persistent disparities, and barriers to uptake across care settings.
• Facilitate appropriate scientific exchange of information with SLs, including integration of scientific knowledge with actionable insights to inform our Company's research, development and strategies.
• Communicate external stakeholder opinions, insights, and feedback on new data, clinical trends, and the evolving HIV treatment and prevention landscape to Medical Affairs HQ teams.
• Represent R&D at scientific meetings and congresses to understand the sentiment of the consumer and contribute to R&D debriefs, insight discussions, and post-congress reports.
• Develop and execute territory plans in alignment with global Virology strategy.
• Support data generation activities when requested by R&D leadership, including our company's Investigator Study Program (MISP).
• Identify potential investigators for participation in phase II-IV clinical development programs and provide scientific support for R&D sponsored trials as needed.
• Demonstrate and maintain in-depth knowledge of the assigned disease and therapeutic area(s) through educational efforts.
• Comply with all company policies and applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• A doctorate degree or advanced practice professional (PhD, PharmD, NP/PA, etc.) relevant to Virology and requirements of the position.
• A minimum of 3 years prior experience in the biotech/pharmaceutical or healthcare environment.
• A minimum of 3 years of clinical and/or research experience in Virology/HIV or related therapeutic area.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, networking, and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel up to 50% of the time overnights and reside in the coverage region.
• Deep therapeutic competency; abreast of trends and new information in Virology.
• Ability to network and partner with important external scientific leaders and healthcare providers.
• Ability to consolidate and understand complex data sets, plan and/or execute data analyses, summarize or synthesize data, and objectively interpret results.
• Knowledge of national and society treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, FDA regulations, and OIG, HIPAA, and other ethical guidelines, laws, and regulations relevant to the pharmaceutical industry.
• Must be able to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment.

Preferred Skills

• Awareness of the unmet needs and implementation barriers of priority populations that receive services within community-based and non-medical spaces.
• Prior working experience within the coverage region and established relationships with HIV community stakeholders, especially in the HIV prevention space.
• Demonstrable effective leadership skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).