Medical Science Liaison - COVID​/Virology - Midwest

Overview

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based representative of the Medical Affairs Organization that supports and represents Shionogi Inc and its products with, and to, key opinion leaders (KOLs), clinicians, institutions, and professional organizations. This includes relationship building and management of KOLs providing for meaningful scientific exchange at national, regional and local levels in both academic and clinical practice settings.

The incumbent addresses the specific needs of healthcare professionals (HCPs) by responding to unsolicited requests for information about our marketed and developing products.

As a clinical and scientific expert on the company and products, the MSL is responsible for building long-term relationships and establishing rapport with HCPs in hospitals, clinics, and academic centers through scientific disease state and product discussions that support current therapeutic concepts and ensure the safe and effective use of products. The incumbent is also a resource to company management regarding therapeutic area dynamics, business development, and KOL feedback.

The MSL also works cross-functionally with internal departments and external resources on clinical and scientific matters.

At all times, the MSL fully complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations as well as Shionogi Inc. Code of Conduct. policies, standards, work instructions, privacy and data guidelines.

The ideal candidate will be based in Chicago or the surrounding suburbs to ensure effective coverage of the territory.

The following outlines the main duties of the role. This summary is not meant to be an exhaustive, but provides a high-level overview of the key activities of the role.

• Establishes, manages, and maintains successful relationships with relevant healthcare entities including, but not limited to, KOLs, HCPs, academic institutions, payors, patient organizations, etc. to serve as the educational, research and clinical/scientific informational resource.
• Designs and executes plans for the assigned MSL region with alignment to medical strategy and KOL priorities.
• Identify relevant HCPs in context of medical strategy and patient needs.
• Responds to and documents unsolicited medical and scientific requests for information;
  Liaises with investigators on unsolicited requests for investigator-initiated research submissions studies.
• Delivers, and may develop/design, fair-balanced clinical and scientific presentations for HCPs, payors, and patient organizations in response to unsolicited requests for information on company products with medical review committee approval.
• Identifies and trains speakers for advisory boards, symposia, and educational programs with presentation materials, including approved slide sets, abstracts, posters, etc.
• Attends national and regional medical/scientific meetings and symposia as a representative of the company and engages in discussions with attendees as appropriate; attends scientific sessions and poster presentations, gathers information, and summarizes findings; as appropriate, cultivates professional relationships from interactions at these meeting.
• Evaluates competitor research and information relevant to company therapeutic areas, objectives, activities, and product priorities; stays current on therapeutic advances; analyzes and applies relevant intelligence findings and presents data/insight to appropriate internal stakeholders.
• Collaborates and works effectively across multi-disciplinary internal groups (Clinical, Regulatory, Commercial (Sales and Marketing), Legal, Compliance, etc.) to support Shionogi medical/scientific and business objectives. This includes providing disease state, clinical and scientific training as requested across functional teams and providing input to management on therapeutic and research advances, business development opportunities/risks, and KOL feedback.
• Maintains a thorough awareness of medical/clinical, regulatory, compliance, and quality issues and processes as they apply to the Company’s therapeutic areas and adheres to, and supports the standards established by the company.
• Completes accurate and timely submission of administrative reports, projects, expense reports, training, KOL documentation, conference reports, and all other required documentation.
• Analyzes operational data to identify trends, root causes, and opportunities for improvement. Develops and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) and associated metrics as assignment by Medical Affairs leadership.
• Designs and ensures delivery of training programs at high standards to build operational excellence capabilities within the team.
• Works closely with cross-functional teams, including medical affairs, clinical operations, regulatory affairs, commercial and marketing, and quality assurance, to drive alignment and achieve operational goals.
• Leads change management efforts to ensure successful implementation of process improvements and…