Medical Science Liaison (MSL)

Makonis; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Makonis is seeking a Medical Science Liaison to provide accurate medical and scientific information supporting our portfolio. The role covers Territories including Wyoming, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Montana, with travel to engage healthcare professionals and advisory boards.

Responsibilities include presenting to stakeholders, supporting medical conferences, building expert collaborations, and ensuring regulatory compliance while educating clinicians on current and pipeline therapies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Medical Science Liaison.
• Experience across a diverse number of therapeutic areas, preferably in biologics and biosimilars.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changes in work tasks or environment.
• Experience engaging with healthcare professionals.
• Ability to compliantly partner with Commercial, Sales, and Market Access teams.
• Represent the company and Medical Affairs professionally during interactions with the medical/scientific community.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical and scientific presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support internal stakeholders in engagements with healthcare professionals.
• Provide scientific support at medical conferences.
• Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations with key medical experts.
• Respond to unsolicited medical information requests with a customized approach.
• Provide medical input into advisory boards and review speaker presentations and references.
• Develop and review professional slide decks, medical letters, and clinical summaries.
• Summarize key insights from interactions with healthcare professionals for internal stakeholders.
• Maintain compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Educate healthcare professionals regarding current and pipeline therapies.
• Support clinical investigators studying Client products.
• Collaborate with Headquarters, Commercial, and Medical Affairs to disseminate information and meet training needs.
• Maintain annual expenses within budget.
• Maintain accurate documentation.

Skills

Verbal communication

Interpersonal skills

Presentation skills

Teaching skills

Technical communication

Audience engagement

Learning agility

Independence

MS Office

Travel willingness

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Reporting to the Director, Field Based Medical Affairs is responsible for providing accurate and comprehensive medical and scientific information to support Client’s portfolio of products.

Territory Coverage: Wyoming or Arizona or Utah or Colorado or Idaho or Montana

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Deliver clear, accurate and effective clinical and scientific presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support other internal stakeholders in their engagements with healthcare professionals.
• Provide scientific support at medical conferences.
• Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations and relationships with key medical experts in relevant therapeutic areas.
• Respond to unsolicited medical information requests using a customized approach.
• Provide medical and scientific input into the planning and execution of Advisory Boards as needed. Work with physicians and experts to review speaker presentations and provide medical references when requested.
• Participate in the development and review of professional slide decks, medical letters, clinical summaries, and other materials.
• Provide a summary of key insights obtained through interactions with healthcare professionals to internal stakeholders
• Maintain compliance with all internal and external legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Educate healthcare professionals regarding current and pipeline therapies by Client
• Provide support to clinical investigators studying Client products
• Work closely with relevant internal stakeholders from Headquarters, Commercial, and Medical Affairs to ensure information dissemination, education and research needs of healthcare professionals are met and to ensure scientific and technical training needs of commercial organization are identified and met.
• Maintain annual expenses within assigned budget parameters.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of above activities

Work Experience

• Previous experience as a Medical Science Liaison.
• Experience working across a diverse number of therapeutic areas, preferably in biologics and biosimilars
• Demonstrated success at navigating and maintaining effectiveness when changes in work tasks or environment occur.
• Experience in developing relationships and engaging with external stakeholders, including healthcare professionals.
• Ability to compliantly partner with key internal stakeholder teams including Commercial, Sales, and Market Access.
• Positively and compliantly represent the company and Medical Affairs during exchanges with the medical/scientific community.

Skills and Specifications

• Through knowledge of applicable pharmaceutical industry legal and regulatory guidelines.
• Excellent verbal and communication skills. Ability to communicate information clearly, accurately and effectively using a variety of media, to individuals and groups.
• Strong interpersonal skills and collaborative skills
• Strong presentation and teaching skills.
• Ability to communicate clinical and non-clinical technical information.
• Ability to engage the audience and help them understand and retain information.
• Ability to learn and comprehend complex clinical and non-clinical technical information.
• Ability to work independently and in a team structure.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to travel 50% + varies with territories assigned.

Education

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Medical Science Liaison