Director, Medical Science Liaison Plastics & Regenerative Medicine

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The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Director for the Plastics & Regenerative Medicine team is a "player-coach" role responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, and day-to-day operational management of a 6-person MSL team, while simultaneously maintaining an active field presence as the primary MSL for a small, dedicated territory (exact geography TBD). In the leadership capacity, this individual is accountable for ensuring the team is adequately staffed, trained, and clear on expectations in executing medical plans.

They are also responsible for the execution of all MSL activities and ensuring MSLs' scientific engagements with external experts (EEs)/Health Care Professionals (HCPs) are of high scientific quality and appropriately coordinated with other in-field team members to ensure a seamless approach to best meet stakeholder needs.

In the player capacity, the MSL Director serves as the primary MSL for a designated territory, maintaining active engagement with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and HCPs in that region to stay close to the science, customer needs, and evolving market dynamics within Plastics & Regenerative Medicine. This dual mandate ensures that the Director leads by example and retains first-hand clinical insight that strengthens their ability to coach the broader team.

The MSL Director establishes a productive work environment by creating trust and respect within the 6-person MSL team; provides regular coaching and feedback to direct reports based on field observation, co-rides, and feedback from other in-field teams; and executes performance management activities including MSL professional growth and development plans. The Director also interfaces and aligns with other members of the Affiliate Medical team and must work collaboratively with numerous cross-functional stakeholders to ensure all in-field teams are working together to provide a coordinated approach to best execute strategies and plans.

• Ensuring development and implementation of scientific interaction plans for the Plastics & Regenerative Medicine therapeutic area for both on-market products and pipeline products in a timely manner. Provides field scientific support across the lifecycle of a product including both planning and execution by the MSL team and conducts ongoing analysis of clinical and market trends to develop key supporting strategies to meet business objectives.
• Proactively participate in Brand Team Meetings ensuring the field medical voice is present to help with plans, communication, monitoring and reporting of MSL metrics and bringing MSL data points and observations into the discussion to help with development of insights for action plans. Ensure MSLs are fully utilizing technology (e.g., CRM, virtual engagement tools, P2P platforms) according to requirements and guidance provided.
• Proactively analyzes business needs working in conjunction with the Infield team and the Brand Team (if applicable) to identify opportunities where MSL function enhances business results.
• Manage performance of the 6-person MSL team to ensure activities are appropriately aligned to Brand and Medical strategies and plans, while ensuring compliance with all national, local guidelines, and company policies and procedures.
• Provide expertise and feedback to coach MSLs in their most important activities (including engagement planning, ensuring that EE/HCP interactions are of high quality in scientific content and interaction approach (Challenger) and scientific storytelling, clinical study engagement activities, responding to medical information enquiries, capturing and reporting of data points and observations, coordination of activities with other in field teams). This includes setting of objectives and regular performance reviews.
• Monitor the overall MSL team activities/workload and plan appropriately for resource needs-based product lifecycle and therapeutic area needs.
• Maintains proactive and appropriate communication within the broader affiliate Medical Team and Brand Team for therapeutic area/product as it relates to MSL activities/outcomes that support the achievement of business objectives.
• Conduct regular field co-rides and 1:1s with all direct reports, using an appropriate combination of direction, support, coaching, and constructive challenge to enable direct reports to fulfill their role requirements, achieve their goals, and continually develop. Field co-rides…