Medical Science Advisor

The Medical Science Advisor (MSA) is a key member of the medical affairs team, reporting to the Director of the Field Medical Team, supporting broader medical affairs goals and initiatives. The primary purpose of the MSA is to establish and maintain peer-to-peer relationships with leading physicians, thought leaders, and health care providers, effectively communicating unbiased, timely, relevant medical information and capturing and relaying key strategic insights internally. As part of a specialized field-based team of medical scientific experts, the MSA engages with external experts (trial sites, treatment centers, centers of excellence, community) throughout the product lifecycle, providing in-depth scientific and medical expertise in oncology and cell therapy, to educate, answer deep scientific questions, to achieve improved patient outcomes. The MSA will also work highly cross-functionally with internal stakeholders including but not limited to Commercial, Patient Services, Market Access, Clinical Development and Operations, Legal, Regulatory, and Safety, as a customer-centric multidisciplinary team.

This position is a home-based, remote position in Central U.S. and will have significant expectations for travel.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The following reflects management's definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

• Develop deep relationships and engage regularly with clinical trial sites, investigators, key opinion leaders, HCPs and staff at centers of excellence, authorized treatment centers and referring centers to understand unique/unmet needs and serve as a trusted resource of accurate, unbiased, timely information in support of launch, commercialized products and pipeline programs.
• Establish and execute a coordinated strategic medical/territory plan, aligned to overarching medical strategy, prioritizing key business priorities and maximizing efficiency
• Bring back key insights from field-based activities and advisory boards to inform the clinical development program, strategic medical initiatives, and LCM strategies.
• Ensure high quality presentations of scientific data to HCPs in various settings, including advisory boards, investigator meetings, and other appropriate venues to enhance product/disease state knowledge
• Support the medical team at national and regional scientific meetings, including but not limited to staffing medical affairs booths, gathering competitive intelligence, and developing pre- and post-conference scientific materials
• Track and provide quantitative and qualitative data from RMD activities that demonstrate customer impact to the broader organization and ensure goal achievement.
• Develop and maintain scientific and medical expertise through continuous learning and knowledge of scientific literature, disease and therapeutic landscape

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• Advanced Medical or Health Science degree from an accredited college or university (i.e., MD, PharmD, NP or PhD)
• 7+ years experience/proven track record in a field-based industry medical scientific role or significant relevant clinical experience equivalent
• Experience in hematology/oncology required. Cellular therapy experience is highly preferred
• Demonstrated scientific and business acumen.
• Excellent understanding of clinical development and commercial environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; in depth Word, PowerPoint & Excel.
• Able to travel up to 70% of time

Desirable

• Experience in oncology, product launch, cell therapy products, and/or rare disease

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Frequently required to stand
• Frequently required to walk.
• Frequently required to sit.
• Frequently required to talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to lift light weights (less than 25 pounds)
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include: close vision, color vision and ability to adjust or focus

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The noise level in the work environment usually is quiet.

Equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.