Senior Medical Science Liaison - Metabolism

Job Description Summary:

***Based on candidate location we are seeking territory coverage for North East, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions***

The Senior Medical Science Liaison (Sr MSL) is a field-based position of Medical Affairs that supports and represents PTC and its products with, and to, key opinion leaders (KOLs), clinicians, academic institutions, and professional organizations. The incumbent addresses the specific needs of these clients by responding to unsolicited requests for information about PTC-marketed and developing products.

As the clinical and medical expert on the company’s products and therapeutic areas, he/she builds long-term relationships and establishes rapport with clinicians in hospitals, clinics, and academic centers through highly scientific product and disease state discussions that support or expand current therapeutic concepts and ensures safe and effective utilization of products. The incumbent is also a resource to company management regarding market dynamics, business development, and client feedback.

The incumbent works cross-functionally with internal departments and external resources on Medical Affairs related issues.

The Senior Medical Science Liaison supports adherence to relevant regulatory requirements and company Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as appropriate.

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Establishes, manages, and maintains successful relations with relevant health authorities, including but not limited to: KOLs, HCPs, academic institutions, payors, medical societies, and patient organizations, etc.
• Delivers, and may develop/design, fair-balanced and objective clinical and scientific presentations to healthcare professionals (HCPs), payors, and patient organizations in response to unsolicited requests for information on the use of company products.
• Attend national and regional medical meetings and symposia as a representative of PTC and engage in discussions with attendees as appropriate; attend scientific sessions and poster presentations, gathers information, and summarizes findings; as possible, and when appropriate, cultivates professional relationships from these contacts.
• Identifies and trains speakers for advisory boards, symposia, and educational programs with regulatory-approved materials, slide sets, abstracts, posters, etc.
• Identifies, organizes, and executes regional medical initiatives, e.g advisory boards, as needed.
• Provides input to management regarding competitive therapies, business development opportunities/risks, and market insights.
• Facilitates the accurate and timely submission of applications for unrestricted educational grants or research initiatives and requests for support of studies, per company policy.
• Maintains competitor information relevant to the company’s therapeutic areas, goals/objectives, project activities and /or product team priorities and stays current on therapeutic advances and competing therapies or products; analyzes and applies relevant intelligence findings and communicates and presents insightful data/impact in an efficient format to appropriate internal stakeholders.
• Maintains a thorough awareness of medical/clinical, regulatory, compliance, and quality issues and processes as they apply to the PTC therapeutic areas and adheres to, and supports, the standards established by the company.
• Acts as a mentor to junior team members.

Qualifications:

Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, DNP, MSN, MS, Registered Dietician, or Genetic Counselor) with 3+ years of experience as Medical Science liaison.

• Experience supporting an orphan product and/or previous clinical experience in Inborn Errors of Metabolism, genetics, and/or rare diseases. Experience in Phenylketonuria is preferred.
• Experience supporting an orphan product and/or previous clinical experience in Inborn Errors of Metabolism, genetics, and/or rare diseases. Experience in Phenylketonuria is preferred.
• Experience supporting high-cost products that are distributed through a specialty pharmacy and requires extensive coordination with patient access services.
• In-depth, hands-on experience working with KOLs, clinicians, HCPs, and payers, while striving to build strategic, long-term partnerships and developing tailored engagement plans that align with business and medical objectives.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including scientific/technical writing and presentations, with the ability to communicate complex technical information clearly.
• Demonstrated success in interpreting scientific data and presenting research information to scientists and HCPs.
• Skilled in delivering high-impact presentations to b