Medical Science Liaison - Retina/ Ophthalmology

Role Summary

The Medical Science Liaison will serve as a liaison to the medical/scientific community and will be responsible for establishing, developing, and maintaining relationships with medical experts in the Retina and/ or Ophthalmology Division nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the appropriate dissemination of clinical and scientific information regarding marketed and pipeline compounds in a timely, ethical, and customer-focused manner
• Implement clinical and educational strategies in collaboration with other ANI colleagues for designated customers that include potential clinical trial site placement and sponsorships
• Work to pair our key scientific leaders educational and research needs with available ANI resources and will provide the latest emerging data in response to specific healthcare professional inquiries
• Present healthcare professionals and decision makers with accurate, unbiased, balanced, and timely answers to unsolicited requests for information about ANI products
• Establish scientific and clinical relationships with key opinion leaders and academic centers to expand research and educational opportunities for ANI products
• Provide study support from protocol and budget development to submission and completion for Phase IV as well as Investigator Initiated Trials (IIT‚Äôs)
• Document and forward reports of adverse events to appropriate ANI personnel
• Keep abreast of medical and scientific developments in assigned therapeutic area
• Proactively report competitive activities as well as events that can influence the use of ANI products
• Develop and deliver very specialized scientific/educational programs including but not limited to formulary presentations for managed care and related organizations
• Assist Medical and Scientific Affairs as well as agency personnel in the development of presentations and slide kits
• Actively participate in advisory boards, speaker training events, clinical investigator meetings, regional national and international meetings when required
• Assist in processing of field request for medical education funding
• Actively participate in key medical and scientific conferences by staffing medical information booths; gathering competitive intelligence on competitors and attending scientific sessions
• Represents the organization as a prime field medical contact

Skills

• Excellent presentation skills as well as the ability to successfully interact with medical professionals at all levels
• Working knowledge of FDA and OIG requirements as well as clinical trial design and statistics is required
• Strong clinical knowledge including pharmacotherapy, treatment guidelines, clinical research processes, medical expert engagement strategies, and FDA promotional guidelines, regulations, and ethical guidelines applied to the pharmaceutical industry is preferred
• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills are required
• Ability to establish trust through the consistent demonstration of scientific expertise and satisfactory follow-through on requests from key experts in the scientific community
• Strong communication skills; must be able to provide succinct, strategic, and actionable insights to senior management
• A proactive self-starter who can lead work and manage others independently, with the ability to see the next step and take action without prompting
• Thorough understanding of the healthcare environment including all external stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, rapidly changing and expanding environment
• Outstanding work ethic and integrity, including high ethical and scientific standards
• Deals with scientific concepts and complexity with confidence
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and manage time efficiently
• Work is primarily independent in that it is performed without appreciable day-to-day direction. Completed work is reviewed from a relatively long-term perspective for desired results against objectives

Qualifications

• The qualified candidate will have an advanced degree in a health-sciences related field such as a PharmD, MD, PhD
• 2+ years prior Field Medical position within the pharmaceutical industry
• Previous experience in Retina/ Ophthalmology strongly preferred
• Willingness to travel 60 % or more of the time
• Extensive travel is integral to the performance of this position

Education

• Advanced degree in health-sciences related field (e.g., PharmD, MD, PhD)

Additional Requirements

• Travel frequently; willingness to travel 60% or more of the time