Medical Science Liaison, IgG4 - Rare Disease - Southern California/HI

Role Summary

Medical Science Liaison, IgG4 - Rare Disease. Territory to include Southern California/Hawaii. Serve as a scientific liaison to the medical/scientific community, establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with prominent experts and clinicians to support medical strategy and communications.

Responsibilities

• Network and partner with external customers, including medical thought leaders, academic institutions, large group practices, medical directors, managed care decision makers, and pharmacy directors in alignment with applicable compliance, legal, and regulatory guidelines.
• Understand, integrate and effectively communicate scientific/medical information and the commercial value of products to the medical community and other key internal and external audiences.
• Prioritize and work effectively in a self-directed manner in a changing environment, including ability to obtain, integrate, and communicate customer feedback.
• Pair customers’ unmet needs with available internal resources.
• Collaborate with all functional areas to identify opportunities and needs that can be addressed via communication of scientific, medical, and health economic information.
• Identify potential new speakers and train on scientific content for sponsored external speaker programs.
• Participate in national and regional conferences, meetings, and other scientific venues to support Medical/Clinical strategy and maintain relationships with key investigators and researchers.
• Evaluate external clinical research collaboration opportunities and facilitate the conduct of external clinical investigator-initiated trials (IITs) and company-sponsored trials.
• Monitor the competitive environment for advances and trends in therapeutic areas and provide feedback to senior leadership on competitor initiatives.

Qualifications

• Required: Doctorate degree
• Required: Master’s degree & 3 years of Medical Affairs experience
• Required: Bachelor’s degree & 5 years of Medical Affairs experience
• Preferred: Pharm.D., Ph.D., M.D. or D.O. (other doctoral degrees considered)
• Preferred: 2 years of experience in scientific or medical affairs at a biotech or pharmaceutical company
• Preferred: Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Preferred: Ability to travel up to 60% for territory management and conferences
• Preferred: May require up to 15-hour days due to travel
• Preferred: Ability to learn to use new business applications across hardware tools (e.g., PC, iPad) and proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Preferred: Professional, proactive demeanor and strong interpersonal skills