Location:

Dublin

Qualifications:

PhD

Experience:

2-3 Years

Job Type:

Permanent

Salary:

55-65,000

Consultant:

Eamonn O'Raghallaigh

Medical Science Liaison Executive

Medical Science Liaison Executive

Cardiovascular
Neurology
Other therapeutic areas considered

My client is a specialist multinational pharmaceutical company.

As part of a recent growth strategy implementation, an immediate requirement exists for a Medical Science Liaison Officer in Ophthalmology to join the dynamic and high-performance medical department, reporting directly to the medical director.

Job Purpose:
Build scientific partnerships with decision makers to build advocacy from Phase II clinical trials to launch of new product. Strategically prepare and support the development, launch and commercialization of drug products through medical information sharing, education of the scientific community and KOLs, clinical trial support, and by the scientific exchange seeking external insight to shape the company’s commercial and development programs.

Key Activities
• Contributes to mapping / profiling of KOL/decision makers in line with segmentation
• Develop professional relationships, build advocacy and gain contributions of KOL/decision makers.
• Attendance at Conferences.
• Collect, analyze and report insights that may impact company development plans / trial designs.
• Provide and discuss scientific information and data to healthcare professionals to ensure quality and accuracy of medical and scientific information on new treatment options including company products and selected areas of therapeutic interest.
• Liaise and provide up-to-date medical support to relevant external groups to facilitate listing of products in medical guidelines, formularies to impact pricing and health-economic discussions.
• Provide speaker training to health care professionals to support the best use of new therapies developed and commercialized by the company.
• Contributes to the identification of appropriate clinical investigators and facilitates placement into company sponsored clinical trials. Contribution towards Advisory Boards and focus groups.
• Support the investigational sites as needed, as part of a cross-functional team with Medical Director and others as appropriate.
• Identifies clinical investigators with research proposals that are consistent with company product development strategies and facilitates the Investigator-Initiated Research Protocol (IIRP) process including study completion, presentation, and publication, as appropriate.
• Supports the investigators to comply with the IIRP process in accordance with the guidelines and procedures, providing knowledge and guidance for GCP, legal and financial local regulations, as appropriate.
• Collaborate with company colleagues to actively support medical and scientific meetings by collecting and interpreting insights / presentations / results, and evaluating impact of competitive information to share internally and externally as post-meeting deliverables.
• Provide medical support and training (i.e. disease state and product) to company colleagues (e.g. sales reps, CRAs, etc…).
• Screen business opportunities.
• Assist Medical Director in PCC
• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams and involved in Go to Launch meetings

Education:
MB, MD, PhD (Life Sciences) or pharmacist with solid medical/technical background and proven competencies in influencing skills, clinical research insight, business and market knowledge

Experience/Professional requirement:
• Demonstrated ability to develop and foster peer-to-peer, credible relationships with health care professionals
• Sound knowledge of the Irish Healthcare System and of the research procedures as well as the ICH guidelines, GCP and other ethical guidelines relevant to the pharmaceutical industry.
• Thorough knowledge of clinical medicine, disease management, and medical research
• Scientific/medical research experience
• Capacity as well as high interest to be continuously updated in his/her area of responsibility
• Ability to provide scientific and medical support internally
• Ability to synthesize recent scientific information, analyze them within strategic and regulatory settings.
• Proven ability to use IT tools and interface effectively with a variety of technical platforms for the collection, review, and dissemination of medical information.
• Strong personal integrity, and customer focus
• Ongoing willingness to learn
• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills (including ability to network)
• Capacity for interaction with multifunctional teams and teamwork
• Demonstrated tact and ability to adapt time and means to best carry through the messages tailored to situation and customer.
• Must be able to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing field-based environment, including moving scope from one TA to another related one

FOR IMMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION PLEASE APPLY ONLINE NOW WITH CURRENT CV
OR CONTACT EAMONN O’RAGHALLAIGH, TEL 01-6854848