Senior Medical Science Liaison - California Based

LivaNova; Texas; Remote; USD 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401K

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Training & Education Assistance

Bonus Referral Program

Service Awards

Flexible Work Schedules

Job summary

LivaNova in the United States seeks a Senior Medical Science Liaison to establish and maintain peer-to-peer relationships with healthcare providers, medical and scientific experts, and KOLs, and to feed insights to product and market development teams.

The role will develop regional plans, support clinical development (IIR and LivaNova studies), collaborate on publications and CME, train internal staff, and travel up to 50% within the region; base salary ranges $180,000–$200,000 plus bonus.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in clinical or medical affairs in the medical device industry.
• Clinical or research experience in epilepsy and neuromodulation is desirable.
• Ability to build networks with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and work compliantly in field-based roles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations with medical and scientific communities.
• Understand regional landscape and care specialties.
• Generate regional plans for needs-based medical and scientific support.
• Support clinical development initiatives including IIR and LivaNova studies.
• Collaborate on publications, advisory boards, CME, training and speaker development.
• Identify and map thought leaders aligned with strategic goals.
• Provide up-to-date medical information and balanced scientific responses.
• Communicate clinical insights to inform strategy and market development.
• Train internal stakeholders on relevant medical topics.
• Maintain reporting of action plans and KPIs.

Skills

Clinical affairs experience

Medical affairs experience

Epilepsy/neuromodulation knowledge

KOL relationships

Cross-functional collaboration

Time management

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's in chemistry/biology/pharmacy

Advanced degree preferred (MD/PhD/PharmD)

Job description

As a global medtech company, we are driven by our Vision of changing the trajectory of lives for a new day and our Mission to create ingenious solutions that ignite patient turnarounds. Our relentless commitment to patients and strong legacy of innovation in healthcare are the foundation of our future. If you're looking for a new chance, a new beginning, a new trajectory, LivaNova is where your talent can truly thrive. Join our talented team members worldwide to become a pioneer of tomorrow-because at LivaNova, we don't just treat conditions - we aspire to alter the course of lives.

The Senior Medical Science Liaison (MSL) establishes and maintains peer-to-peer relationships with health care providers, medical and scientific experts, and key opinion leaders (KOLs), and provides insights from these external stakeholders to internal colleagues for product and market development and life cycle management.

Major Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations and relationships with key stakeholders in the medical and scientific communities.
• Develop an understanding of the regional landscape including specialties involved in care of patients.
• Generate and execute tactical regional plans to provide needs based, value-added support of the medical and scientific community in line with company goals.
• Support clinical development initiatives including investigator-initiated research (IIR) and LivaNova-sponsored clinical studies and registries (e.g., site identification, trial recruitment, and presentation of final approved data).
• Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders on Medical Affairs-led initiatives including publications, advisory boards, medical education (e.g., CME) opportunities, training, and speaker development.
• Identify, profile, prioritize and map thought leaders in line with strategic initiatives and goals.
• Support external stakeholders with up-to-date medical information, robust disease expertise, and product information, including providing fair and balanced responses to requests for scientific information.
• Communicate clinical insights on new data to inform clinical and market development strategy for the therapeutic area.
• Serve as scientific peer-to-peer resource to external disease experts and internal stakeholders.
• Train internal stakeholders on key scientific and medical topics in relevant therapeutic area.
• Maintain effective and appropriate communication among internal stakeholders while maintaining full compliance with relevant requirements.
• Maintain accurate reporting and documentation of MSL action plans and key performance metrics.

Key performance indicators / Measures of success

• Develops and maintains action plans and key performance indicators that facilitate and measure progress toward achieving regional, functional, and corporate goals
• Standardization and continuous improvement of medical affairs strategy and procedures across Therapeutic Area(s)
• Zero discordance of medical affairs activities with strategic plan objectives

Location

• Office is home based. Candidates must be based in California.
• Territory is comprised of California, Hawaii, and Alaska

Travel

• Up to 50% within region. Required travel to medical meetings, team meetings, and other group meetings (will require some weekends)

Education

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, pharmacy, or other medical-related discipline.
• Advanced degree or relevant certification preferred, e.g., M.D., Ph.D. PharmD

Professional Experience

• Experience (3 years) in clinical affairs, medical affairs and/or clinical strategy in the medical device industry
• Clinical or research experience in epilepsy and neuromodulation is highly desirable
• Demonstrated ability to establish networks and active relationships with Key Opinion Leaders
• Understanding and demonstrated ability to work compliantly in a field-based role, within the medical affairs organization, in collaboration with the commercial organization
• Demonstrated ability to embrace responsibilities and to achieve goals
• Strong initiative and desire to work as part of a cross-functional team
• Excellent time management
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Pro-active team player, flexible, and ability to work in ambiguous situations

Pay Transparency

• A reasonable estimate of the annual base salary for this position is $180,000 - $200,000 + discretionary annual bonus. Pay ranges may vary by location.

Employee benefits include:

• Health benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Personal and Vacation Time
• Retirement & Savings Plan (401K)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Training & Education Assistance
• Bonus Referral Program
• Service Awards
• Employee Recognition Program
• Flexible Work Schedules

Valuing different backgrounds:

LivaNova values equality and diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from unlawful discrimination. Our selection process is driven by the key demands/requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate's sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.