Senior Medical Science Liaison - Southeast

Role Summary

Senior Medical Science Liaison - Southeast. Remote/Field role focused on engaging external stakeholders with medical and scientific information in the solid tumor space, driving data dissemination, and supporting evidence-generation efforts under regulatory guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Be the trusted scientific partner to key external experts by conducting timely, appropriate and frequent scientific exchanges to enhance the understanding of the scientific and medical value of our products.
• Execute on stakeholder engagement plans to gather data, develop and share medical insights that contribute to enhancement of Sanofi‚Äôs key medical messages, plans and future research.
• Keep abreast of medical and scientific developments in the therapeutic field to help identify and critically assess research opportunities and to play a supportive role in the execution of evidence generation plans to enhance the value of our products in a real-world setting
• Recognize, record and share insights that deepen our understanding of the needs of patients, consumers, regulators, payers, and healthcare providers and proactively contribute towards identifying unmet needs.
• Maintain effective and appropriate communication among internal stakeholders (Medical Affairs colleagues, Medical Information and Commercial Operations) while maintaining full compliance with relevant company, industry, legal and regulatory requirements
• Demonstrate operational understanding and risk management by ensuring excellence in execution of all governance processes.

Gathers data and generates insights

• Recognize and collect feedback/reactions from multiple data sources and various stakeholders.
• Record/report insights and information appropriately, using available mechanisms and tools.
• Critically and routinely evaluate and discern from the information gained from published studies, and stakeholder interactions to develop key insights that deepen our understanding of the market‚Äôs needs and opinions of external stakeholders and therefore contribute to enhancement of Sanofi‚Äôs scientific messages, plans, strategy, systems, and product development.
• Maintain awareness of and assess emerging evidence in disease area to educate and enhance discussions with key stakeholders.

Collaborates effectively with internal stakeholders

• Distribute relevant scientific and medical information and key external insights to internal stakeholders when requested.
• Collaborate, as appropriate, with Commercial Operations, Business Development, Regulatory, etc. to facilitate diligence reviews, medical and safety evaluation, product positioning, lifecycle evidence planning, and compliance needs.
• Contribute to the creation of material for internal and external stakeholders where applicable, following internal Sanofi policies, and Federal and National Policies as applicable.

Supports evidence-generation activities

• Monitors disease epidemiology and provides support, including protocol development, when needed on various types of studies: long-term surveillance, compliance, pharmacovigilance, and effectiveness studies
• Identifies data collection opportunities during stakeholder interactions and reports these using approved processes.
• Maintains awareness of clinical trial activity within territory and suggests clinical trials sites as requested.
• Responds to unsolicited requests regarding interest in investigator sponsored studies (ISS) and supports ISS submissions through appropriate internal processes.

Context of the job/major challenges

• Able to operate independently (with minimal supervision) and navigate complex regulatory environments in person and via digital channels from remote (non-office based) environment.
• Possible substantial travel up to 50%: nationally and internationally.
• Effectively manage KOL's complex and controversial opinions vs corporate policy decisions ensuring KOL relationships/medical strategy are not negatively impacted.
• Ensures regulatory boundaries re non-promotional activities are respected vis-√†-vis commercial partners.

Scope of Role / Outputs

• Manage a base of up to 120 stakeholders: developing and maintaining stakeholder engagement tracking database.
• Manage a base of up to 100 provider settings as requested
• Plan day-to-day interactions, including discussion points in accordance with Medical Affairs strategy, establishing a frequency of interactions as required by the field management per stakeholder per year to ensure that objectives are met.
• Accountability for US KOLs with reporting to Medical Affairs and other relevant functions
• Executes on defined KOL territory strategy that is targeted to address diverse stakeholder needs (payers, patients, KOLs, HCP etc.) and is aligned with company objectives.
• Executes on defined KOL territory strategy that is targeted to address diverse HCP specialties (medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, endocrinologists, surgeons, gastroenterologists) and is aligned with company objectives.
• Develops relevant territory engagement plans in line with the medical strategy and supports the team‚Äôs medical plan execution.
• Uses approved scientific data during KOL interactions to advance the understanding of the therapeutic area.
• Support for pipeline products per Sanofi SOP guidance

About You

Minimum Education Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a technical, scientific or medical field (for example: MD, PhD, Pharm D, DNP)
• Minimum of 2 years‚Äô experience in relevant Medical Affairs, Medical Science Liaison, or Therapeutic Area capacity

Basic Requirements

Required Experience, Knowledge, and Skills

• Relevant scientific and /or clinical experience in academic cancer biology and /or solid tumors clinical knowledge
• Clear understanding of medical practice, clinical decision making, and healthcare systems related to patient care.
• Ability to interpret key scientific data and translate this information to meet educational and research needs.
• Understanding and knowledge of local regulations and codes of practice for pharmaceutical industry, in particular as they apply to the non-promotional activities of this role.
• Demonstrated ability to address educational and research needs through delivery of cutting edge scientific/evidenced based data.
• Understand the design and execution of research studies.
• Skillfully plans, prioritizes, and executes multiple responsibilities and projects.
• Demonstrates effective leadership skills (by example and through accomplishments), steps forward to handle challenges within scope of authority.
• Actively listens to others and is adept at confidently stating expert opinion while respecting the positions of others - can exert diplomacy while standing firm on a position.
• Exemplary communication and presentation skills.

Preferred Requirements

• Previous pharmaceutical industry experience
• Demonstrated strategic impact
• Ability to navigate in ambiguous situations
• Existing KOL relationships within GI, and /or Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Experience navigating multi-disciplinary teams (internal /external)