Regional Medical Science Liaison - South West

EssilorLuxottica; Bradley Stoke; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxottica is seeking a Regional Medical Science Liaison for the South West UKI region. You will act as the medical representative to optometrists, ophthalmologists, and dispensing professionals, delivering clinical education and building partnerships across practice settings.

A background as an Optometrist or Dispensing Optician with myopia management expertise is essential. You will drive field activity, support Stellest and Varilux adoption, and contribute to medical education initiatives

Qualifications

• Optometrist or dispensing optician with strong scientific/clinical and medical affairs knowledge, particularly in myopia management.
• Several years sales experience in practice or in the industry.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Leadership and active listening with ability to influence stakeholders.
• Market awareness of UK and Irish markets, including regulations and medical affairs.

Responsibilities

• Promote Lens and Instruments to optometrists, ophthalmology clinics, and dispensing opticians.
• Provide medical and technical education through field visits, practice education, medical congress symposiums and university training.
• Develop Stellest and Varilux category with product managers and regional teams.
• Establish accounts, field visits, and planning with Commercial Directors and regional leaders; visit independent practices and key accounts.
• Spend ~80% of time in the field, delivering CPD content and Leonardo platform sessions.

Skills

Optometrist

Dispensing Optician

Myopia management

Medical affairs knowledge

Strong communication

Sales experience

Leadership

Education

Optometry degree

Dispensing Optician qualification

Tools

Leonardo education platform

Job description

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Create Alert

Regional Medical Science Liaison - South West

Location: Thornbury, England, United Kin, GB

If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met.

We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products (such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions), iconic brands that consumers love (such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol, Oliver Peoples, Vogue Eyewear and Costa), as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences (such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Salmoiraghi & Viganò and the GrandVision network), and leading e-commerce platforms.

Join our global community of over 190,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry.

Your #FutureInSight with EssilorLuxottica

Are you willing to pioneer new frontiers, foster inclusivity and collaboration, embrace agility, ignite passion, and make a positive impact on the world? Join us in redefining the boundaries of what’s possible.

Your role

As Regional Medical Science Liaison, you will be EssilorLuxottica’s medical representative towards optometrists, ophthalmologist paediatrics specialists (Ireland only), myopia care private clinics and targeted dispensing opticians and universities in the South West region - Postcodes covered BA, EX, GY, JE, PL, TA, TQ, TR, BH, DT, PO, SO, SP, GU, RG, SL, BS, CF, HR, LD, NP, SA, WR, KT, TW, UB, B, DY, WS.

Main Responsibilities:

• To promote Lens and Instruments towards those specific targets.
• You will bring them a wealth of knowledge and EssilorLuxottica solutions to support appropriate use of lenses and instruments for better patient outcomes. This will include the transformation into the med-tech space with AI developments and wearables.
• This promotion will be done through field visits, technical education in practices, medical congress symposiums and training in universities.
• Your mission will also involve medical and technical education with dispensing opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists
• Your core category focus will:
  • Stellest® and Myopia Control category development
  • Varilux® and presbyopia category development

You will also be involved in the following activities:

• You will work closely with the local Product Managers, regional Medical Education teams and Commercial Teams to establish a medical footprint for EssilorLuxottica in the UKI region. You will be a keynote speaker in local events linked to visual health.
• You will support volume growth in your region for Stellest® and Varilux® in coordination with the local sales leader.
• You will establish accounts targeting, field visits and planning in collaboration with the Commercial Directors and Regional leaders. You will visit independent practices and key accounts following quarterly priorities.
• You are expected to be 80% in the field, e.g., myopia clinics and customer visits, secure technical education for Stellest® and Varilux®
• You will create CPD content and support the delivery of Virtual Classrooms on the Leonardo education platform.

Main requirements:

• Be educated as an Optometrist or Dispensing Optician with Strong scientific/clinical and medical affairs knowledge, particularly in myopia management
• Several years sales experience in practice or in the industry
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Leaderships skills: Active Listening and ability to convince key stakeholders
• Driven for results and autonomous
• Market awareness: Having a working knowledge of the UK and Irish markets, including regulations and medical affairs
• Demonstrating outstanding technical knowledge: Understanding and demonstrating the superiority of EssilorLuxottica products and key categories, particularly Stellest® and Varilux®
• Business Acumen: Understanding and using information, knowing competitors and market landscape.
• Customer Focus: Knowing and collaborating with customers, collecting and acting on customer feedback and their needs, proposing improvements
• Drive for Results: Committing and completing objectives, delivering work results, aligning, resourcing, changing when needed, applying best practices and giving recognition for results
• Interpersonal Savvy: Building networks and relationships, communicating, influencing, seeking win-win solutions to problems

#LI-LM1

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitment

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and provide equal opportunities to all, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that makes us unique.