Medical Science Liaison, Ophthalmology - South Central

BESTMSLs, a Uniphar company; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A pharmaceutical company is seeking a Medical Science Liaison for the South Central region to engage with KOLs, provide education on eye care, and manage scientific exchanges. The ideal candidate holds an advanced degree and has 3+ years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to work independently. This full-time position requires frequent travel and ideally candidates should be located near major metropolitan areas.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a medical science liaison in eye care preferred.
• Ability to manage and prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage key opinion leader (KOL) optometrists and ophthalmologists.
• Provide whole practice education to optometric and ophthalmic centers.
• Collect actionable insights from field scientific exchange.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Presentation skills

Data analysis

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Doctorate of optometry, MD, PharmD, or PhD

Tools

Microsoft Office

Customer relationship management software

Job description

Overview

The Medical Science Liaison, Ophthalmology - South Central role is with BESTMSLs, a Uniphar company. The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) reports to the National Director of Field Medical. MSLs are field-based healthcare professionals who engage in compliant scientific exchange and provide whole-practice education on disease state and respond to inquiries related to our products.

This is a full-time MSL role based in the South Central region and candidates need to be based in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, New Orleans.

Responsibilities

• Manage key opinion leader (KOL) optometrists and ophthalmologists in a designated region, ensuring compliant conduct per PhRMA and the company's guidelines.
• Be the primary medical affairs KOL point of contact for day-to-day needs and peer-based scientific exchange, adhering to our the company's scientific platform; engagements may include both virtual and live interactions.
• Collect actionable insights from field scientific exchange, prioritize and collate these insights to shape medical strategy.
• Provide whole practice education to optometric and ophthalmic centers.
• Provide resources to facilitate disease state education in Optometry schools and Ophthalmology residency programs.
• Instruct customers (upon request) on investigator initiated trial and medical information procedures.
• Compliantly identify and recommend KOLs for a variety of projects (including advisory boards, medical education initiatives, training, publications, special projects, clinical trials, business development evaluations) based on expertise, interests, and competencies.
• Plan KOL engagements and schedule and attend scientific sessions at local, regional and national medical meetings as needed.
• Liaise with local and regional optometric and ophthalmic medical societies.
• Present scientific evidence to the payer community.
• Provide leadership and expertise on medical affairs projects and initiatives.
• Participate in continual optimization of training, insights gathering and field medical processes.
• Host local disease state scientific exchanges.
• Participate in compliant and collaborative engagements with cross-functional team members including training and KOL meetings.
• Provide clinical trial support as needed and determined by the clinical development team.
• Manage territory budget, metrics, KOL mapping and CRM entries.

Qualifications

• Doctorate of optometry, or MD, PharmD, PhD with eye care expertise required.
• 3+ years of experience as a medical science liaison in eye care is preferred; or 3+ years of clinical experience in eyecare with at least one year of industry experience or 7+ years of clinical practice in eyecare.
• Strong emotional intelligence and presentation skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, manage, and prioritize workload proactively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to navigate systems and processes including Microsoft Office and customer relationship management software, work independently, and be self-motivated.
• Ability to collect actionable insights and critically analyze data.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with peers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey technical and clinical information.
• Territory includes: TX, LA
• The position will be field based with candidates ideally located in: Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, New Orleans
• The position is field based and requires travel 60-80% of the time.
• The candidates must live in their assigned territory, preference will be given to candidates who reside within 45 minutes of a major airport / major metropolitan area.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Science and Education

Industries

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing