Medical Science Liaison - Rare Disease

Description

Medison offers hope to patients suffering from rare and severe diseases, by forming partnerships with emerging biotech companies to accelerate access to highly innovative therapies in international markets.

As the creator and leader of the global partnership category in the pharma industry, we strive to be Always Ahead, and work relentlessly to bring therapy to patients in need, no matter where they live.

Our values are at the core of every action we take, and we are committed to going above and beyond for the benefit of the patients we serve.

We are a dynamic, fast-paced company, operating in over 25 countries on 5 continents. We are looking for out-of-the-box thinkers, people who are passionate, caring, agile and adaptive, to join us on our mission. If you are looking to make a difference in people's lives, we invite you to join us!

This is an exciting opportunity for a medical professional to join our growing organization as a Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) in our Rare Disease Portfolio. As a key member of the country medical team and field-based expert in the disease areas under your responsibility, you will be enabling scientifically oriented interaction with external and internal stakeholders. In this role you will support the generation and communication of scientific information, and act as primary point of contact for and maintain professional relationships with key thought leaders and external stakeholders and be involved in implementation of the local medical strategy You will be working in a highly collaborative cross-functional environment, where excellence in communication is highly valued.

The MSL reports to the Medical Manager / Medical Director and will cover all Australian market.

Responsibilities

• Establish, build and maintain collaborative relationships with key external medical experts and thought leaders related to the relevant current and future disease or therapeutic area, and develop a deep understanding of the stakeholder needs.
• Contribute to the generation and communication of complex scientific information, and communicate scientific data related to current and future products under their responsibility to relevant stakeholders (including the delivery of scientific presentations to individuals or groups of health care professionals).
• Ensure timely and high-quality responses to unsolicited questions from HCPs and other stakeholders.
• Regularly communicate medical insights from KOL interactions to inform and refine medical strategy and tactics
• Monitor the external landscape and identify new and changing trends in therapeutic area. Capture competitive intelligence, and proactively communicate strategic insights to the cross functional team where appropriate. Build, maintain and ensure objectives of KOL engagement plans are met in a timely, accurate and compliant manner.
• Implement and deliver on the medical tactical plans, including for example external medical education initiatives; provide support for execution of local scientific meetings and programs such as symposia, round table meetings, preceptorships; advisory boards meetings.
• Support relevant Early Access/Local Compassionate Programs to address high unmet medical needs.
• Manages/provide support to Medison’s partner clinical research programs, registries and investigator sponsored research as required in accordance with company policy, local regulations and GCP requirements
• Proactively support internal medical knowledge development and conduct therapeutic area/product training to contribute to MSLs, sales and other functions and specialized vendors where relevant, and develop/update training materials as relevant
• Maintain in depth knowledge and scientific expertise for assigned products and related therapeutic areas
• Adhere to pharmacovigilance requirements, and support the implementation of additional risk minimization activities as required.
• Conduct all activities in compliance with local regulatory and legal requirements, local guidelines and accepted standards, Medicines Australia Code of Conduct, and Medison’s policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Advanced tertiary qualification in a scientific discipline (PharmD, MD, PhD is preferred)
• Previous experience in Medical Affairs within Australia/New Zealand, of which a minimum of 2 years experience in a medical scientific liaison (or equivalent) role. Experience in new product launches and execution of medical-scientific projects ideal.
• Experience working in multinational organizations.
• Deep knowledge of the Australian healthcare system, experience in Rare Diseases ideal.
• Strong understanding of the local regulatory requirements, accepted standards and guidelines.
• Medicines Australian Code of Conduct training completed, with a strong working knowledge and experience in the practical application of the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct.  
• Deep scientific expertise, with the ability to understand and effectively communicate scientific and medical information to both internal and a variety of external stakeholders
• Scientific curiosity and a continuous learning mindset
• Strong team player and collaborator
• Fluent in English with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to successfully build and maintain professional and trusting relationships
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Pro-active, with the ability to take initiative and work independently when needed
• Integrity and compliance mindset
• Comfortable taking initiatives and learning from them (both successes and failures)
• Excellent IT and digital capability skills to communicate effectively in a digital world
• Mobile, willing to travel interstate as needed and with valid driver’s license