Senior Medical Science Liaison

Position Summary:

ultrafocused – Work together to fearlessly uncover new possibilities

The Sr Medical Science Liaison (Sr MSL) is a member of a field-based team of scientists who function as an extension of the Medical Affairs organization. MSLs are responsible for developing and enhancing professional relationships with medical thought leaders involved in various phases of product development as well as key medical organizations including treatment centers of excellence and established societies and associations. MSLs provide medical information through scientific exchange in a fair-balanced manner and provide clinical/scientific support to the company.

The Sr MSL will help to integrate the efforts of the Medical Affairs Department with R&D, Clinical Affairs and Scientific Affairs and with other internal teams to ensure effective selection and execution of investigator-initiated clinical trials. The incumbent will also provide clinical and educational support to managed care organizations, as well as identify influential senior clinicians on the national and regional level

This is a field-based position and requires professionals with established personal and scientific creditability to interact with thought leaders and centers of excellence. This Sr MSL position will support company’s products in development and brands as their primary responsibility. The ideal candidate will possess an understanding of rare diseases development.

Work Model:

Field: Officially documented as working as a member of the Ultragenyx field team, generally interacting with third parties on behalf of Ultragenyx.

Responsibilities:

1. Identify Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and establish and maintain scientific relationships with KOLs; connecting to KOLs in academic and community centers
2. Act as primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing investigator-initiated research
3. Develop and execute territory plans in alignment with country-level plans
4. Provide clinical presentations and medical information in response to unsolicited questions (as appropriate) in academic, community, and healthcare provider settings.
5. Collaborate with the Clinical Operations organization to enhance patient enrolment in company-sponsored clinical trials by identifying appropriate clinical trial sites and interacting with investigators in ongoing studies
6. Provide scientific support at medical congresses and educational initiatives
7. Provide timely medical insights/information on emerging clinical/scientific teams and opportunities to internal stakeholders
8. Ensure all activities are compliant with company policies and SOPs.
9. Serve as mentor and train new team members
10. Seek out opportunities to support the MSL value proposition, achieve results and set an example for others to follow by consistently demonstrating Ultragenyx cultural attributes and core competencies.

Requirements:

1. Advanced degree in clinical specialty (MD, PhD, PharmD) and 2+ years of MSL experience strongly preferred. If non-doctoral degree, at least 3 years of previous MSL and relevant disease state clinical experience required
2. Rare disease experience preferred, particularly in metabolic bone and/or metabolic genetic diseases
3. Excellent teamwork and communication skills required (fluent Spanish and English)
4. Demonstrated experience effectively presenting clinical/scientific information required
5. Expert understanding of the local health care delivery system and its impact on patient care and regional medical care
6. Models our Core Values #Dynamic #Possibility #Generous #Relentness #Courageous and is experienced as someone who exemplifies the culture we want to create; operates with transparency; is trusted
7. Ability to make decisions which have a significant impact on the department’s credibility, operations, and services
8. Ability to create materials such as reports, presentations for inside and outside the organization, and present/speak to groups
9. Time and territory management skills required
10. Approximately 50% travel is required; overnight travel is required as needed

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