National Director MSL Immunology and Gene Therapy

The National Director Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a position that will have corporate and fieldbased responsibilities. The director will lead and manage the field based MSL team while maintaining primary responsibility for engaging and further developing relationships with select institutions organizations and key opinion leaders (KOLs). The MSL director will be responsible for the strategic planning and engagement of fieldbased peer to peer scientific exchange and disease state education. The director will also collaborate with medical affairs leadership to assure there are appropriate field resources to support scientific engagement activities for the supporting MSL team.

This position will ensure the MSL team for an innovative genetherapy company. The National Director MSL functions as a highly trained fieldbased team of scientific experts who engage health care professionals and leaders to exchange in clinical scientific and research knowledge for companys pipeline of products including an offtheshelf (OTS) AdenoVerse gene therapy in patients with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). This MSL Director will need to be fully engaged with pertinent Professional Societies as well as other valuebased institutions and associations including select key clinics and centers that are involved with the management and treatment of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) and centers that deliver gene therapy.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• MSL Leadership and Development:
  • Recruitment and retention of key talent for supporting MSL team.
  • Builds an organization reflecting a diverse and inclusive workforce that inspires supports and celebrates both team and personal achievements and empowers team to achieve results.
  • Establishes a connected and productive work environment by creating trust and respect within the group and establishes self as a trusted leader.
  • Provides coaching mentoring and guidance that is consistent and prompt to MSLs regarding their individual performance and progress including annual performance reviews professional development and succession planning and real time field reports based upon regular field travel combined with data analysis.
  • Oversees KOL/HCP planning and implementation as well as development of regional/national KOLs
  • Works with companys Medical Director and the EVERSANA Complete Commercial Team Program to establish team goals and objectives consistent with the product scientific imperatives and brand plan.
  • Collaborates with Learning and Performance to develop and execute comprehensive subject matter expertise training to assure data fluency.
  • Implements effective onboarding program for new team members and establishes routine team meetings education 1:1 mentoring and feedback sessions to create successful team dynamics and individual development.
  • Utilizes field coaching tools and territory field visits with MSLs to assure territory management and data fluency in the field.
  • Implements metric and insights reporting for internal team to update key stakeholders on regular basis.
  • Ultimate responsibility for scientific knowledge of self/team and oversight of MSL territory plans.
  • Maintains clinical knowledge of designated therapeutic areas and broad market knowledge of the region including current treatment strategies current and pending competitors new therapeutic developments payor dynamics and other market issues/trends.
  • Identifies any gaps or areas of training for the team and secures clinical experts to support training needs.
• National Execution of FieldMedical Strategy:
  • Maintains deep understanding of therapeutic strategy and interpretation of analytics to inform and maximize MSL Core Capabilities.
  • Accountable for the direction and execution of MSL regional goals/objectives and territory plans.
  • Evaluates appropriate tools and analytics to ensure optimal scientific exchange through HCP engagement.
  • Engages in collaboration and coordination with clinical operations within the geographic region to support any clinical trial needs.
  • Maximizes infield team effectiveness.
  • Ensures that MSL team members maintain adequate communication and interaction with the commercial and market access field teams when appropriate and according to compliance and regulatory guidelines.
  • Ensure crossfunctional collaboration and ways of working with all medical affairs and clinical departments.
  • Accountable and compliant with followup to medical information requests in a timely manner
  • Assists leadership with business/clinical strategy and tactical plan development tactical plan implementation impact goal achievement and quantification of results at the field level.
  • Accountable for and have decisionmaking responsibility for deploying regional resources to support franchise and business initiatives and ensure attainment of medical objectives.
• Team Development and Field Execution:
  • Ensures MSLs have the necessary tools training and materials to perform effectively.
  • Responsible for ensuring MSLs have adequate training resources and support to organize educational programs (i.e. journal clubs disease state webinars medical roundtables)
  • Ensures MSLs complete training on time.
  • Responsible for executing projects to enhance organizational impact and/or lead to successful execution of therapeutic medical objectives.
  • MSL Director/MSL team may be required to support clinical trial recruitment efforts research collaborations and facilitate communications as needed relative to Investigator Sponsored Studies in a compliant manner.
  • MSL Director/MSL team may be requested to support market access initiatives (i.e. clinical presentations to payers (including Medicaid).
• Ensure Internal Feedback Loop:
  • Translation of FieldMedical execution and initiatives to enhance cross functional collaboration with aligned stakeholders.
  • Collect field insights through surveys (or CRM) and aligned with objectives collating and analyzing the insights to share internally with the company and EVERSANA leadership.
• Responsible for team compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures:
  • Ensures MSL team members update and maintain all required databases with current and complete information.
  • Ensures proper documentation of KOL Customer interactions and responses to unsolicited requests.
  • Ensures team member adherence to regulatory and compliance guidelines in all aspects of scientific dissemination of information.
  • Manages activities within assigned budget.

Qualifications :

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• Advanced degree (MD PhD PharmD MSN or NP/PA) is required.
• 4 years of industry experience and 2 years demonstrated leadership experience managing fieldbased teams preferred 
• Rare disease product launch experience required. Cell/ gene therapy experience strongly preferred.
• Excellence in scientific acumen ability to understand and communicate complex science to many different audiences.
• Flexibility in adapting/reacting to changing market dynamics and competitive challenges.
•  Tolerance for ambiguity and the ability to be flexible within the work environment.
• High sense of urgency and commitment to excellence in the successful achievement of objectives.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills to support leadership and initiative.
• Teamwork is a mandatory requirement as it involves internal/external networking and compliant cross functional collaboration across departments and companies (Company and EVERSANA).
• Excellent analytical conceptual and administrative skills.
• Advanced communication skills both oral written and presentation.
• Excellent problem solving and analytic capability in concert with strong negotiation skills.
• Competent to use standard computer technologies including integrated business software (word processing spreadsheet) and other common applications.
• Demonstrated exceptional business acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities. Must be able to identify and analyze the needs of the business and translate problems into business opportunities.
• Knowledge of personnel management including recruitment hiring progressive discipline process coaching and motivation.
• Knowledge of PHARMA OIG and FDA regulations regarding non promotional activities.

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Must have excellent leadership management and communication skills
• A confident selfstarter able to lead the development of field strategy and execute/manage the execution of tactical plans.
• As an external representative of the company and EVERSANA must always act in a professional manner.
• Must have the ability to build and support positive relationships with management peers and subordinates.
• Must display superior organizational management and problemsolving skills.
• This role will require extensive overnight travel (>50%).

Additional Information :

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