Senior Medical Science Liaison - AIR, West

Purpose

The Senior Medical Science Liaison has the primary responsibility of building key opinion leader (KOL) partnerships by engaging in the exchange of scientific data and other medical and/or scientific information with external stakeholders (HCPs, researchers, professional organization leadership, patient advocacy groups, and formulary decision-makers) in the assigned Therapeutic Areas (TAs) -Respiratory (COPD/Asthma) across the aligned geography.  Scientific engagements include establishing and maintaining educational and research collaborations; delivery of clinical, scientific, and technical education; building long term peer to peer relationships with key stakeholders by establishing rapport, providing scientific education and listening with true curiosity to bring the customer’s voice into our organization in a robust manner.

Must reside in states: WA, OR, ID, UT, AZ, AK, CA, NV, WY, MT

Main Responsibilities

Scientific Exchange, advice seeking and clinical development support: 

• Build external partnerships with recognized community and academic medical center KOLs to identify and address scientific needs and to stay abreast of current scientific trends in assigned Therapeutic Area. 
• Identify and develop key thought leaders (global, national, regional, and local) for medical education, clinical research and publication opportunities
• Cultivate existing and identify new collaborative KOL relationships for advisory boards, company-sponsored, investigator-initiated research, and speaker development
• Provide beliefs, information, and thoughts of KOLs to field managers and team for elevation within organization 
• Identify opportunities and provide medical support including scientific education to healthcare professionals (HCPs) at key institutions
• Foster professional relationships in key institutions for Chiesi USA within an assigned geography 
• Recognize opportunities to facilitate cross-functional engagement based on customer needs
• Identify and characterize need within therapeutic area related to real world evidence
• Represent Chiesi USA Medical Affairs at national, regional, and local scientific meetings
• Provide field-based medical affairs assistance for clinical research initiatives supported by Company, related to Investigator Initiated trials, or collaborative initiatives
• Deliver high-caliber medical education presentations in a variety of settings 
• Gather and disseminate competitive intelligence from multiple sources in accordance with Company policies
• Participate in internal therapeutic advisory groups
• Partner and plan with business partners in assigned region, to ensure alignment and to optimize customer experience 

Therapeutic Support, Internal Collaboration and Project Work:

• Lead and support internal medical projects aligned to development plan 
• Support cross-functional projects and streamline medical input 
• Participate and contribute to publication planning, clinical research, medical education material development, as well as internal training initiatives
• Contribute to monthly medical meetings including journal clubs and team meetings
• Support new team members through mentoring and onboarding partnership activities

Administrative Work:

• Accurate and timely completion of documentation of field activities, expense reporting and administrative reports 
• Complete required training on time and in full including assessment with an acceptable score
• Take personal responsibility to continue to learn in order to maintain high level expertise in the assigned therapeutic area(s) and maintain any professional licensing/certifications

Experience Required

• Post-graduate residency training along with 3-5 years clinical experience relevant to the Respiratory Therapeutic Area assigned to the prospective candidate (exception for PhD candidates with requisite experience)-Must have Respiratory experience in Asthma/COPD
• Builds and leverages strategic internal and external relationships to identify potential opportunities and partnerships to provide value and improve quality of care for providers and patients
• Work effectively on diverse, multi–disciplinary teams to achieve desired outcomes through emphasizing team over self.
• Demonstrates discipline and resilience through skillful planning, prioritization, and an ability to execute multiple responsibilities with minimal supervision in a highly dynamic work environment
• High self-awareness and good people sense, maintains a growth mindset, positive attitude, and demonstrates flexibility during challenging situations
• Demonstration of scientific and clinical expertise in therapeutic area, including exceptional clinical, pharmacoeconomic and real-world evidence knowledge and business acumen
• Exceptional written and verbal Communication skills:
• Highly articulate and persuasive during formal and informal presentations; able to convey complex, scientific ideas fluently to any audience
• Has the ability to tactfully challenge national, regional, local key opinion leaders, and HCPs
• Actively listens to understand, with true curiosity, to others, rather than listening to respond
• Able to ask insightful questions that enhance understanding of others’ point of view 
• Adept at confidently stating expert opinion while respecting the positions of others - can exert diplomacy while standing firmly on evidence-based positions
• Utilizes effective, professional communications to cultivate strong working relationships with internal stakeholders and colleagues and external customers
• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred

Education

Completion of a graduate level degree (PharmD, MD, DO, DNP, PhD, MSN, MS or equivalent healthcare professional degree) along with relevant clinical experience