[Hiring] Medical Science Liaison @Amplity Health

Role Description

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a member of a field-based team of medical scientists with established personal and scientific credibility who functions as an extension of the Medical Affairs organization. The primary role of the MSL is to provide fair, balanced, objective, scientific information and education to health care professionals (HCPs) and to internal partners as required by scientific and business needs. The MSL is responsible for staying well-informed of current scientific and treatment landscape trends in therapeutic area(s) of focus and for building external relationships with HCPs (M.D., PA, NP, RN, Pharm.D.) and medical thought leaders involved in various phases of product development.

With a strong preference for candidates with hemato-oncology experience, this MSL will identify and engage with key stakeholders across multiple European countries, drive thought leader engagement and gather competitive intelligence to support strategic decision-making. Additionally, the MSL will play a critical role in supporting and driving the progress of clinical trials in the AML and MF spaces, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and the timely achievement of clinical milestones. The MSL also will attend to congresses and other critical meetings.

Key Accountabilities

• Opinion Leader Engagement
  • Identify, develop and maintain collaborative relationships with current and future Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and healthcare stakeholders in disease states of strategic importance to the company.
  • Provide advanced scientific and technical support for KOLs and academic centers to ensure access to current medical and scientific information on SMPA’s products and areas of therapeutic interest.
  • Identify and engage key TLs, HCPs, and investigators in scientific exchange on disease landscape & client assets.
  • Act as primary liaison to investigators interested in participating in SMPA-sponsored clinical trials and/or developing and performing investigator-initiated research.
  • Represent client at select scientific congresses and professional society meetings.
  • Provide clinical presentations and information in response to unsolicited questions (as appropriate) in academic, and healthcare provider setting in both group and one on one settings.
• Scientific Expertise
  • Deeply understand the unique hemato-oncology treatment paradigm, key stakeholders, and healthcare landscape in your territory.
  • Demonstrate strong strategic thinking and geographical management skills in building and executing territory plans in alignment with regional and national plans.
  • Enhance knowledge of the competitive landscape, clinical strategies, and other developments relevant to SMPA with internal stakeholders.
• Clinical Trial Support
  • Gather careful insights from KOLs and report back to company to help develop clinical, as well as commercial strategy.
  • Act as primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing investigator sponsored trials.
  • Collaborate with the Clinical Operations organization to enhance patient enrollment in company-sponsored clinical trials by identifying appropriate clinical trial sites and interacting with investigators in ongoing studies.
• Cross Functional Support
  • Assist as needed to local tactical activities (coverage of presentations at select scientific congresses, knowledge of contracting local consultants, etc.).
  • Assist in the reconnaissance of Market landscape determination and competitive intelligence including therapeutic trends and unmet needs within the appropriate disease states and marketplace and provide timely feedback/information on emerging clinical/scientific information to internal stakeholders.
  • Respond to unsolicited requests from external customers for scientific information and education on the disease state and the safe and effective use of products in development, subject to all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Cultivate scientific and business acumen and demonstrate operational excellence including timely completion of assigned tasks, documentation requirements, milestones, and required trainings.
  • Take a collaborative role in developing and implementing MSL clinical education and scientific programs.
  • Support ongoing mentoring of peers through modeling of SMPA’s core values.
• Compliance
  • Operate in a highly ethical manner and comply with all laws, regulations and policies.
  • Ensure all activities and interactions are compliant with all applicable local, global and national laws, regulations, guidelines, code of conduct, Company policies and SOPs.
  • Foster accountability via documentation of MSL team field-based activities and providing special project updates.
  • Adhere to internal standard processes and comply with regulatory and compliance requirements.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in clinical specialty (MD, PhD, PharmD) and previous hemato-oncology medical science liaison (MSL) experience strongly preferred. Candidates with equivalent experience in relevant fields will also be considered.
• Previous industry medical affairs experience required, preferably in MSL and/or headquartered based medical affairs role.
• Demonstrated experience effectively presenting clinical/scientific information required.
• Expert understanding of the health care delivery system and its impact on patient care and regional medical care.
• Experience with clinical trial design, conduct and evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience supporting clinical trial progress as a field-based member, with a proven ability to engage investigators and drive recruitment.
• Experience as an international MSL, with responsibilities across multiple countries desirable.
• Values based collaborator – respectful, accountable, and collaborative.
• Ability to relate and work with a wide range of people to achieve results.
• Ability to organize and prioritize own work schedule and territory management.
• Ability to make decisions which have a significant impact on the department’s credibility, operations, and services.
• Ability to create materials such as reports, presentations for inside and outside the organization, and present/speak to groups.
• Fluent in English and fluency in the language of a local country is required.
• Approximately 50-60% travel is required; overnight travel is required as needed.