Medical Science Liaison, Nephrology/Rheumatology (Nationwide)

The Medical Affairs Company•Dallas, TX

47d•Remote

About The Position

A Medical Science Liaison (MSL) will serve as a liaison to the medical/scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders within the geographic and therapeutic area of coverage. This is a field-based Medical Affairs position requiring a strong scientific background (technical or clinical experience) as the MSL will be a credible source of clinical/scientific data as well as technical/practical education to practicing clinicians, key opinion leaders (KOL), professional societies, and payers. MSLs are responsible for developing, coordinating, and assuring implementation of corporate scientific imperatives.

Requirements

Advanced scientific degree (MD, OD, PhD, PharmD, PA or NP) or equivalent experience.
A minimum of 2 years' MSL experience required
Thorough knowledge of medicine, treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, customer strategies, and FDA promotional guidelines, regulations, and ethical guidelines is preferred.
Demonstrated ability to access and develop relationships with high-level stakeholders
Ability to effectively communicate scientific content through 1:1 meetings, small group interactions, and in writing
Must be a strong team player and effectively collaborate with internal departments.

Nice To Haves

Nephrology, Rheumatology, or Autoimmune experience highly preferred

Responsibilities

Develop relationships with KOLs in the assigned territory based on scientific exchange
Engage in scientific dialog effectively communicating scientific content in response to KOL requests
Assess KOL alignment with the key elements of the scientific platform to inform territory and medical strategy
Develop KOL Advocates and Collaborators within your assigned territory
Compliantly support company sponsored research, investigator-initiated studies, and publications associated with Company product(s)
Stay abreast of emerging scientific literature/clinical data and translate the data in applicable knowledge.
Ensure appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding FDA approved and pipeline products in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner with support of your manager
Respond to MIRFs with an initial contact within 2 days and a full answer within 3 weeks
Collect scientific and clinical insights to support ongoing information/clinical data sharing (i.e. new data, competitive information, insights learned from customer) to optimize communications and coordinated activities across the organization.
Participate in advisory board
Contributes scientific content and helps build materials in support of a project or initiative
Must be committed to full compliance with all company SOPs, regulatory requirements, and applicable laws including PhRMA guidelines for field-based personnel.
Applicants must possess a valid driver's license
Ability to travel, up to 60% of the time