Medical Science Liaison/Senior Medical Science Liaison - Ophthalmology - West
The EVERSANA Medical Science Liaison/Senior Medical Science Liaison functions as a highly trained, field-based, scientific expert in ophthalmology, particularly retinal disease, who engages health care 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, they will facilitate and build scientific relationships and collaborations with scientific communities. This position interacts with local, regional, and national Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and health care practitioners (HCPs), as well as professional societies and organizations. The MSL will need to be fully engaged with pertinent professional societies, as well as other value-based institutions and associations including ophthalmology and optometry clinics and retinal specialists that are involved with the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). The MSL will be the field based scientific expert regarding our client’s product.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Function as the primary medical point of contact in geographic area.
- Maintain clinical and scientific expertise in ophthalmology with specific focus in standards of care related to the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), commonly known as wet AMD.
- Engage in well informed, compliant, robust, and accurate scientific peer exchange around the treatment of wet AMD, and the science our client’s product.
- Engage in medical & scientific exchange with the medical/scientific community including advisory boards.
- Conduct pre-launch KOL profiling efforts to enhance depth of product/disease/scientific knowledge. Facilitate top account/institution profiling efforts to enhance understanding of patient care pathways, including treatment protocol development and novel therapies.
- Develop and track Strategic KOL engagement plans - identify, develop, and maintain long-term collaborative relationships with KOLs within assigned region.
- Support health systems, population health leaders, and medical quality professionals by offering clinical, public health, medical quality, and other scientific information to help guide medical decisions
- Deliver clinical and scientific presentations to healthcare providers, health systems, and medical group leadership, as well as community/advocacy groups.
- Build relationships and assist in the development of key opinion leaders.
- 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.
- Collaborates with the Medical Affairs leadership in the development of key opinion leaders.
- Collaborate with clients and thought leaders on a national, regional, and local level to develop clinical insights that support medical research associated with new and existing products.
- Supports implementation team as needed.
- Identify, attend and report on local/regional educational events such as national symposia and scientific/clinical meetings and CME events.
- Manage time and travel expense budget for scientific exchange and clinical education activities within dedicated regions.
- Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills, as well as effective presentation skills
- Ability to work well independently and manage time effectively.
- Strong attention to detail with a focus on producing high-quality work.
- Strong verbal and written communication; public speaking skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
- Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures
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