Medical Science Liaison (Great Lakes incl MN, WI, IO, IL, MI, IN, OH, WV, KY, TN)

Company Description

Sirtex Medical is a global healthcare business with offices in Boston, Sydney, Germany, and Singapore, working to improve outcomes in people with cancer. Our current lead product is a targeted radiation therapy for liver cancer called SIR-Spheres® Y-90 resin microspheres. More than 100,000 doses have been supplied to treat patients with liver cancer at more than 1,300 medical centers in over 50 countries. We’re a fast-growing dynamic organization and we seek an experienced Medical Science Liaison (Great Lakes incl MN, WI, IO, IL, MI, IN, OH, WV, KY, TN) to help us with our growth. 

At Sirtex, we’re transforming our industry through our leadership with interventional oncology and being a values-led company. To do this, we empower our people to realize their potential through life-changing work. We offer stimulating careers and development, encourage innovation, and strive for excellence in everything we do. We will always foster a diverse and inclusive workplace, in which our global teams are united by an unwavering commitment to improve the quality and longevity of patients’ lives by providing innovative interventional oncology solutions.

Here, you will be a vital contributor to our inspiring and bold mission.

Job Description

Medical Affairs (MA) is a key discipline at Sirtex.  Our US vision comes from Dr. Catherine Parham- our Chief Medical Officer.  She's focused on understanding and meeting the needs within the field of oncology as well as those patients, providers, and internal stakeholders, with the goal of improving patient care.  Her team oversees the generation and dissemination of research and clinical information regarding the safe and appropriate use of Sirtex therapies.  Dr. Parham and the MA team are committed, alongside their Clinical Affairs teammates, to achieving this vision through accurate, credible, and balanced data generation.  And in communicating and educating about scientific information.  We accomplish this in collaboration with, and in response to, the medical scientific, and patient communities.

What You’ll Do

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based Medical Affairs colleague and medical/scientific expert. The MSL focuses on supporting research collaboration and engagement with healthcare providers, providing fair and balanced (non-promotional) education, and scientific exchange. You’ll communicate new and important medical content related to the safe and appropriate use of SIR-Spheres® Y-90 resin microspheres on- and off-label to health care professionals (HCP) in local, regional, and national capacities. This means providing fair and balanced scientific information in response to unsolicited medical requests from HCPs in a manner that’s compliant. You’ll also provide therapeutic and product expertise for your region and other Medical Affairs and clinical development needs. Contributing customer insights to the development of brand medical strategies and facilitating both sponsored and investigator-initiated research (IIR) activities too. 

Accountabilities would include many components, much of which are captured below.  You will:

• Provide credible scientific expertise within Sirtex and share scientific insights that will impact company strategies.
• Identify, profile, and provide scientific exchange with external experts.
• Support evidence-generation activities by aiding and maintaining awareness of clinical trial activity, support company-sponsored trials by helping to identify appropriate sites and investigators, engaging investigators, sharing trial updates, identifying challenges related to the trial, and communicating relevant information to internal stakeholders.
• Respond to unsolicited requests for medical information associated with our products.
• Respond to unsolicited requests regarding interest in investigator-initiated trials (IIT).
• Provide non-promotional scientific support activities at major scientific congresses; and collect, summarize insights, and share relevant scientific information presented at congresses within your Medical Affairs team.
• Collect, summarize, and communicate actionable scientific insights across the Medical Affairs team to further drive the Medical Affairs strategy.
• Formulate and update your specific regional scientific engagement plans consistent with our field Medical Affairs strategy and other medical function priorities.
• Support colleagues by engaging in peer coaching and teamwork across the organization.
• Contribute to the creation of training material for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support speaker training to ensure continued scientific support in the field.
• Organize educational meetings (i.e., local scientific advisory boards) as requested.

Qualifications

We care about liver cancer patients and that