Role Summary
Role: Medical Science Liaison (MSL) – Remote. The MSL is a field-facing representative of DBV Technologies Medical Affairs responsible for building and maintaining relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and Health Care Professionals (HCPs) to support the medical and scientific needs of the company’s products. The role involves exchanging scientific data and medical information with external stakeholders, providing medical education, supporting clinical trials, and gathering insights from the field to inform strategy and ensure the company’s products are understood and utilized effectively in the medical community. Location: Pacific region (CA, WA, OR, AK & HI).
Responsibilities
- Establish and Maintain Relationships with KOLs/HCPs: Identify, develop, and manage professional relationships with KOLs, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
- Educate KOLs & HCPs: Provide educational information and updates to KOLs/HCPs, tailoring content to their needs.
- Scientific Engagement: Accurately and compliantly interpret and disseminate balanced and factual scientific, clinical, and health economic data. Present scientific data at meetings, conferences, and educational sessions, ensuring clarity and engagement.
- Gather Insights: Collect and report on insights from KOLs and HCPs to guide company/medical strategy, utilizing advanced analytics tools. Gather and report on competitive intelligence from the field, providing strategic insights to the organization on areas of therapeutic interest.
- Provide Input for Medical Strategy: Share field insights to inform the development of medical strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Respond to Medical Information Requests (MIR): Provide responses to unsolicited medical inquiries from the healthcare community, ensuring timely and accurate information.
- Training and Supporting Sales Force: Collaborate with the sales team to provide scientific training and support, ensuring they are well-equipped to communicate product information.
- Support Company-Sponsored Research/Trials: Coordinate and support clinical trials and other research activities, ensuring regulatory requirements are met.
- Support Investigator-Led Research (IITs, ISTs): Provide support for investigator-led research projects, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
Qualifications
- Required: Knowledge of clinical research processes, FDA regulations and OIG guidelines.
- Preferred: A doctorate in a health science or clinical discipline (MD/DO, PharmD, Nurse Practitioner, PhD or related). Significant clinical/industry experience may be accepted in lieu of education requirements.
- Preferred: 3+ years of experience in the pharma/biotech industry/clinical pharmacist/research-related setting; MSL experience preferred.
- Preferred: Strong broad-based scientific and pharmaceutical knowledge, with allergy/immunology and pediatric experience strongly preferred.
- Preferred: Clinical trial development and drug launch experience.
- Required: Excellent presentation and teaching skills.
- Required: Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Required: Ability to assess issues and think strategically.
- Required: Ability to work cross-functionally.
- Required: Ability to anticipate, organize, plan and handle multiple changing priorities.
- Required: Ability to work independently and adhere to Medical Affairs strategic direction.
- Preferred: Ability and interest in leading and participating in projects while balancing projects with field work.
- Required: Ability to analyze complex situations and proactively identify opportunities/issues; effectively solve problems that cross functional boundaries.
- Required: Sound computer skills, including word processing, creating slide materials, and working with spreadsheets.
- Required: Travel capability: frequent business travel (approximately 50-75% of time), including air travel; ability to travel overnight and on weekends.
- Required: Valid driver’s license.
- Required: This is a field-based position; the employee is required to set up a home-based office.
Skills
- Curiosity: Keep exploring uncharted territories and asking why—not just why, but why not.
- Courage: Take smart risks, mentor others, and be accountable for choices and actions.
- Collaboration: Teamwork and spirit; support teammates and contribute to shared goals.
- Credibility: Be transparent, follow through, and build trust by understanding the technology.
Additional Requirements
- Travel: Capable of frequent business travel (approximately 50-75% of time), including air travel; overnight and weekend travel may be required.
- Work Location: This is a field-based position; must set up a home-based office.