Sr. Medical Science Liaison - EU

This 12-month maternity cover for the role of Sr. Medical Science Liaison is a specialized position in Saluda Medical that reports through the medical affairs structure. The Sr. Medical Science Liaison will have diverse responsibilities and work collaboratively with multiple departments in order to further the scientific understanding of Saluda Medical therapies and effectively communicate this understanding internally and externally.

Main Positional Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Investigator Initiated Research
   1. Manage IIRs for EU
   2. Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) support, development and execution.
   3. Support and oversee Investigator Initiated research/study program by discovering and championing innovative ideas, facilitate study start up, provide ongoing consultation, and manage execution. 
   4. Provide input into new studies, design of FCE workflows, and support primarily early pilot and feasibility studies.
   5. Collaborate with the cross-functional team to develop workflows for collection and analysis of patient device use data and be responsible for ensuring these workflows are performed and relevant data is collected.
   6. Providing support and troubleshooting (both remote and, when required, in-person) to the sales and clinical organizations. This includes preparing field personnel for upcoming SCS patient programming visits by reviewing a patient’s status as needed, to drive successful outcomes.
   7. Perform data analysis of patient device use and neurophysiology for assigned IIR studies.

1. Medical Affairs

1. 1. Involved in the creation, physician collaboration, and review of Publications, Abstracts, Posters, White Papers, Plenary Sessions, health care providers educational and training materials.

Education and Experience

• PhD in a related discipline – ideally neuroscience or biomedical engineering with experience in neuromodulation.
• Over 5 years’ experience functioning in a medical scientific role that has frequent interactions with healthcare providers.
• Ability to apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts.  Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Track record of solving complex medical/scientific problems and provides solutions which are innovative.
• Proven to be a subject matter expert.
• Develops advanced medical/scientific/clinical ideas and guides their development into a final product.
• Track record for creating, managing, and completing medical/scientific related projects.
• Demonstrated scientific and medical acumen preferably with a publication record.
• Clinical acumen; preferably having clinical patient care experience, or healthcare experience working in a complex healthcare delivery system.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Outstanding interpersonal consultative skills
• Excellent presentation/platform skills
• Proficient in speaking and writing in German and English
  
• Self-motivated continuous scientific, technical, and medical learning
• Strong teaching acumen with focus on practical learning
• Ability to manage and prioritize workload, multi-task and manage a diverse mix of issues, responsibilities, and challenges
• Ability to creatively address problems in an organized systematic way
• Willingness and ability to work within and outside of traditional business hours
• Collaborative style, responsive, considerate, flexible, assertive, and personable
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Products and web-based customer and clinical support tools
• Ability to travel extensively within Europe. Some international travel may be required.