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HIV Medical Science Liaison - South Florida - REMOTE

MSD
USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd), United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 May 2025
💰 $294,400/yr($187,000/yr$294,400/yr)

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Job Description

Job Description:

The Regional Medical Scientific Director (RMSD), Virology is a credentialed (i.e., MD, PhD, PharmD, or DNP) therapeutic and disease area expert, who engages in both scientific exchange and research support, when requested, with external scientific leaders and investigators in the medical and scientific community.  Virology RMSDs provide Scientific Leaders (SLs) balanced, factual, scientific information about non-product areas of interest to our Company related to Virology (HIV) and responds to scientific questions from SLs, including questions about our Company's products and data.  RMSDs are responsible for facilitating and developing peer-level relationships with scientific leaders in the external medical/scientific community including those investigators who have potential interest in participating in our Company's research studies.  RMSDs provide support for data generation activities including our Company's sponsored trials and our Company's Independent Investigator Study Programs as prioritized and requested by our Research & Development Division leadership.

Location:

This is a REMOTE position, but the person must reside in the indicated territory (South Florida - Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Miami). Up to 50% travel required with some overnight.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • A credentialed (i.e., MD, PhD, PharmD, or DNP) therapeutic and disease area expert who engages in both scientific exchange and research support, when requested, with external scientific leaders and investigators in the medical and scientific community.

  • Provides Scientific Leaders (SLs) balanced, factual, scientific information about non-product areas of interest to our Company.  Responds to scientific questions from SLs, including questions about our Company’s products and data.

  • Responsible for facilitating and developing peer-level relationships with scientific leaders in the external medical/scientific community including those investigators who have potential interest in participating in our Company’s research studies.

  • Provides support for data generation activities including our Company’s sponsored trials and our Company’s Independent Investigator Study Programs as prioritized and requested by our Research & Development Division’s leadership.

  • Reports to the Regional Medical Scientific Director (RMSD) Team Leader- within United States (U.S.) Medical Affairs, Global Clinical Development, Research & Development Division.

  • Identify, establish and manage collaborative professional relationships with national, regional and clinical practice scientific leaders (SLs) and investigators to identify and address scientific needs and to ensure access to medical and scientific information on areas of therapeutic interest and our Company’s data or products.

  • Conduct peer-level scientific discussions and maintain a reliable presence to ensure SLs have a Research & Development Division/Medical Affairs contact within our Company.

  • Engage in proactive non-product discussions regarding scientific issues (e.g., disease states, diagnosis, epidemiology, unmet medical need, and population health, etc.) that are intended to enhance scientific discussions or inform/guide our Research & Development Division/Global Medical Affairs (GMA) and Human Health (HH) strategy or our Research & Development Division’s research programs.

  • Facilitate appropriate scientific exchange of information with SLs, including integration of scientific knowledge with actionable insights to inform our Research & Development Division and our HH strategies.

  • Communicate external stakeholder opinions, insights and feedback on new data, clinical trends and the evolving Therapeutic Areas (TA) landscape to Medical Affairs headquarter teams to enhance scientific understanding and inform internal Research & Development Division’s strategies.

  • Represent our Research & Development Divisions at scientific meetings and congresses and contribute to debriefs, insight discussions and post-congress reports.

  • Develop and execute territory plans in alignment with global therapeutic area strategy.

  • Support data generation activities when requested by our Research & Development Division’s leadership, including our Company’s Investigator Study Program (ISP), by acting as the primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing investigator-initiated research.

  • When requested by our Research & Development Division’s leadership, work to identify potential investigators for consideration of participation in phase II-IV clinical

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