Sr Medical Science Liaison (Remote)

Overview

About Us:

When you join the team at Cordis, you become part of an inspiring mission to save lives, impacting millions of people and broadening access to life-saving cardiovascular and endovascular technology. As a global leader for over 60 years, we are dedicated to being the heart of innovation to transform cardiovascular care.

At Cordis, we’re teammates, not just employees. We embrace an empowered and one-team culture where teammates are inspired to unleash their full potential. With diverse teams on a global scale, we believe the richness of our experiences and backgrounds enhances the careers of our teammates, the service to our customers, and ultimately, the lives of our patients.

If you love a challenge and are ready to have a direct, transformative and positive impact on the lives of millions, then Cordis is just the place for you. We are the people behind the people who keep saving lives.

In this role you will be considered a scientifically and/or medically credentialed therapeutic and disease expert who engages in bi-directional exchange of scientific/medical information with external parties, including physicians and other health-care providers (HCPs). You will provide key insights to internal company stakeholders (e.g., Clinical Development, Commercial) based on their communications with the scientific and health care payor communities. In addition, you may contribute to the providing information on research developments, and new concepts in medical treatment, giving perspective to field activities associated with growing existing products, and successfully bringing new products to market .

Please note, at this time Cordis is not sponsoring applicants for any type of work visas. It is a condition of employment that an applicant is authorized to work in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Serve as a strategic medical and scientific resource

• Responsible for developing scientific communications and other materials supporting product information. Identify clinical insights and knowledge gaps and be able to articulate the impact and magnitude of the findings.
• Develops and maintains strong scientific knowledge of the current competitive landscape and competitive messaging.
• Upon request, presents clinical data to healthcare professionals (scientific peer to peer) including physicians, academic institutions, researchers, and other health care professionals.
• Provide approved information to customers to ensure access to current medical and scientific information as necessary.
• Upon request, assist or lead speaker bureau or online training programs in support of scientific information and products and services.
• Supports advisory events to ensure accuracy of and clinician access to up-to-date scientific and clinical data.
  
  
  

Serve as a key scientific lead and support product launches

• Assist or lead in development of scientific materials in collaboration with key stakeholders to support the dissemination of key messages
• Present at internal meetings any relevant clinical trial data and facilitate the understanding of trial outcomes
• Support commercial team with case support and /or enable delivery fo scientific data to help with launch
  
  
  

Support effective Podium and Publication strategies

• Work with Sr.team to proactively plan, develop, and implement a podium and publication strategy in alignment with key product messaging.
• Develop and/ or assist in manuscript writing in accordance with ICJME guidelines for writing and authorship.
• Prepare KOL’s for podium presentations by assisting with scientific material preparation in accordance with on label use of Cordis products.
• As assigned- Oversee and manage externally sponsored research studies in full compliance with internal procedures. Support the transformation of the publications into commercial documents and literature.
• Support the analysis internally and externally generated, collaborative study data to create abstracts, posters, manuscripts and other scientific communications.
• Determine the most appropriate and relevant outputs for data, including which conferences to present at/journals to submit to.
  
  
  

Establish and maintain credible peer-to-peer scientific relationships with national/regional key opinion leaders (KOLs) and customers.

• Attend assigned scientific and medical congresses to gather information relevant to the organization’s scientific platforms and report this information to internal team members during debrief meetings.
• Investigate and gather field medical intelligence/insights that might affect therapy safety/efficacy, Clinical/R&D strategies and competitive activities.
• Support peer-to-peer education programs through speaker identification and support
• Assist in facilitating KOL involvement in national, regional, and local educational forums including advisory boards, investigator meetings, educational symposia, and sponsored promotional programs.
• Build key relationships with scientific societies to enable successful implementation of evidence dissemination strategies.
  
  
  

As assigned may be responsible for oversight and execution of educational and Research grant process

Effectively lead and or support the process to handle unsolicited information request about off-label products or indications.

May support departmental SOP development and or budget activities

Qualifications

• Advanced Clinical/Science degree or professional credentials strongly recommended (NP, MD, PhD, PharmD, and/or scientific background/experience)
• 3-5 years of field based MSL experience and/or 3-5 years of work experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry required
• Knowledge of the US Healthcare System /medical device industry, including relevant regulations (FDA), and ethical standards (ACCME, ICJME) which apply to interactions with HCPs, payers, and industry representatives.
• Working knowledge of EU regulations
  
  
  

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Clinical knowledge of peripheral arterial and Coronary Arterial disease required
• Ability to interpret complicated clinical and pre-clinical data.
• Ability to think creatively and conceptually and Ability to develop and execute key strategies
• Strong analytical skills and presentation skills
• Strong problem resolution skills
• Proven ability to develop relationships with physicians and other Healthcare Professionals
• Experience publishing and giving scientific presentations to a medical or scientific audience strongly preferred.
• Experience leading sophisticated projects in a matrix organization.
• Utilization of effective communication to adjust for communication styles.
• Knowledge of clinical trial design and process.
• Demonstrates ability to develop trust and integrity with peers, and others within the US and Worldwide Medical Affairs and Commercial organizations.
  
  
  

Travel: Ability to support 70% travel schedule (domestic and international)