Senior MSL, Hepatology — Midwest (Remote Eligible)

Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 138,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards benefits

Bonus eligibility

Travel up to 60%

Job summary

Keenova is seeking a Senior Medical Science Liaison for Hepatology in the Midwest region, based in Chicago or surrounding Midwest states. This field-based role focuses on establishing relationships with key opinion leaders and healthcare stakeholders, delivering scientific data, and supporting medical strategies.

The MSL will engage in KOL interactions, drive territory plans, and collaborate with internal teams to advance medical affairs.

Qualifications

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, OD, PhD, PharmD) or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry, other healthcare environment or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of leadership is preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of medicine, treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, customer strategies, and FDA promotional guidelines, regulations, and ethical guidelines is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to access and develop relationships with high-level stakeholders
• Ability to effectively communicate scientific content through 1:1 meetings, small group interactions, and in writing
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects including timelines, stakeholder management, and control risks
• Demonstrated ability to build and facilitate effective training programs
• Experience in a mentoring role
• Ability to independently research responses to scientific inquiries
• Ability to identify and build effective plans for engaging KOLs in territory
• Must be a strong team player and effectively collaborate with internal departments
• Possess a valid driver's license
• Prior experience in Hepatology, Nephrology, or Transplantation is preferred

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with KOLs in the assigned territory based on scientific exchange.
• Engage in scientific dialog effectively communicating scientific content in response to KOL requests
• Assess KOL alignment with the key elements of the scientific platform to inform territory and medical strategy
• Develop KOL Advocates and Collaborators within your assigned territory
• Compliantly support company sponsored research, investigator-initiated studies, and publications associated with company product(s)
• Coach and support MSLs to help them gain access to KOLs and development engagement strategies
• Researches and identifies KOLs and Focus KOLs for assigned therapeutic area
• Builds and executes a territory plan to achieve KOL engagement goals
• Complete pre-call planning independently to ensure effective KOL interactions
• Develops KOL relationships and engages in scientific exchange with payers as needed
• Stay abreast of emerging scientific literature/clinical data and translate the data in applicable knowledge.
• Respond to MIRFs with an initial contact within 2 days and a full answer within 3 weeks.
• Independently ensure appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding FDA approved and pipeline products in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner
• Collect scientific and clinical insights to support ongoing information/clinical data sharing to optimize communications.
• Respond to all requests for directed insights within the expected timeframe
• Participate in advisory boards
• Monitors team insights adding tags and classifying insights for review/organization
• Contributes scientific content and helps build materials in support of a project or initiative
• Runs projects independently including project planning, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and quality control
• Coordinates the work of others and provides coaching to achieve project goals
• Understand and practice Company Values
• Mentors MSLs
• Leads congress planning and reporting
• Builds training materials using effective instructional design techniques
• Provide ongoing scientific and medical training and/or support within the MSL team and to internal partners
• Champion Company Values

Skills

Advanced scientific degree

3+ years pharma/healthcare

Leadership experience

Scientific communication

Project management

Training/mentoring

KOL engagement

Travel up to 60%

Education

MD/DO/PhD/PharmD or equivalent

Job description

Keenova is seeking a Senior Medical Science Liaison for Hepatology in the Midwest region, based in Chicago or surrounding Midwest states. This field-based role focuses on establishing relationships with key opinion leaders and healthcare stakeholders, delivering scientific data, and supporting medical strategies.

The MSL will engage in KOL interactions, drive territory plans, and collaborate with internal teams to advance medical affairs.