Medical Science Liaison, Ophthalmology - South Central

Overview

The Medical Science Liaison, Ophthalmology - South Central role is with BESTMSLs, a Uniphar company . The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) reports to the National Director of Field Medical. MSLs are field-based healthcare professionals who engage in compliant scientific exchange and provide whole-practice education on disease state and respond to inquiries related to our products.

This is a full-time MSL role based in the South Central region and candidates need to be based in Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, New Orleans.

Responsibilities

• Manage key opinion leader (KOL) optometrists and ophthalmologists in a designated region, ensuring compliant conduct per PhRMA and the company's guidelines.
• Be the primary medical affairs KOL point of contact for day-to-day needs and peer-based scientific exchange, adhering to our the company's scientific platform; engagements may include both virtual and live interactions.
• Collect actionable insights from field scientific exchange, prioritize and collate these insights to shape medical strategy.
• Provide whole practice education to optometric and ophthalmic centers.
• Provide resources to facilitate disease state education in Optometry schools and Ophthalmology residency programs.
• Instruct customers (upon request) on investigator initiated trial and medical information procedures.
• Compliantly identify and recommend KOLs for a variety of projects (including advisory boards, medical education initiatives, training, publications, special projects, clinical trials, business development evaluations) based on expertise, interests, and competencies.
• Plan KOL engagements and schedule and attend scientific sessions at local, regional and national medical meetings as needed.
• Liaise with local and regional optometric and ophthalmic medical societies.
• Present scientific evidence to the payer community.
• Provide leadership and expertise on medical affairs projects and initiatives.
• Participate in continual optimization of training, insights gathering and field medical processes.
• Host local disease state scientific exchanges.
• Participate in compliant and collaborative engagements with cross-functional team members including training and KOL meetings.
• Provide clinical trial support as needed and determined by the clinical development team.
• Manage territory budget, metrics, KOL mapping and CRM entries.

Qualifications

• Doctorate of optometry, or MD, PharmD, PhD with eye care expertise required.
• 3+ years of experience as a medical science liaison in eye care is preferred; or 3+ years of clinical experience in eyecare with at least one year of industry experience or 7+ years of clinical practice in eyecare.
• Strong emotional intelligence and presentation skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, manage, and prioritize workload proactively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to navigate systems and processes including Microsoft Office and customer relationship management software, work independently, and be self-motivated.
• Ability to collect actionable insights and critically analyze data.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with peers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey technical and clinical information.
• Territory includes: TX, LA
• The position will be field based with candidates ideally located in: Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, New Orleans
• The position is field based and requires travel 60-80% of the time.
• The candidates must live in their assigned territory, preference will be given to candidates who reside within 45 minutes of a major airport / major metropolitan area.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Science and Education

Industries

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing