Medical Science Liaison, RHeumatology

**Job Function**:
Medical Affairs Group
**Job Sub Function**:
Medical Science Liaison
**Job Category**:
Scientific/Technology
**All Job Posting Locations**:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

**About Innovative Medicine**:
Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

**We are searching for the best talent for a Medical Science Liaison, Rheumatology. This position is field base role to be in Vancouver, Calgary or Edmonton, Canada.**

**Purpose**:
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is the field-based advocate of JJIM Medical Sciences and are accountable for the execution of the Medical Sciences Plan. They are the scientific point of contact for key individuals (KIs) in a given territory and help address medical, scientific and research needs.

**You will be responsible for**:

- Maintaining up-to-date scientific expertise with regular attendance at key scientific/clinical/economic conferences, training sessions and preceptorships to translate data into applicable knowledge and communication platform.
- Disseminating, reviewing and presenting clinical and scientific data in a balanced, unbiased manner, to key opinion leaders and other HCPs, in group and one-on-one settings.
- Building strong relationships with HCPs based on scientific credibility.
- Developing scientific communication materials (slide presentations) for dissemination to HCPs through contacts and meetings and provide congress support.
- Ensuring a regional scientific leadership strategy via credible and informed scientific dialogue with KIs.
- Leading/participating in medical and scientific forums (e.g., ad boards and medical education events) where KIs are involved.
- Supporting phase IIIB/IV local and global clinical development program
- Being a critical contributor to site identification, patient enrollment, and follow-up visits.
- Assisting in the interpretation of results, post-hoc analyses, and research collaboration with investigators
- Supporting investigator-initiated studies by fielding and assessing research requests, aligning investigator interests with JJIM’s research needs, and engaging investigators to ensure the successful execution and satisfactory completion of studies.
- Analyzing data - new and post hoc - to develop insights and contribute to publications as appropriate.
- Providing expert clinical consultation and support to business partners (e.g. Access, Medical Education, Sales and Marketing etc. as appropriate).
- Partnering and collaborate with in-house business partners to facilitate ongoing exchange of clinical information.
- Providing regional medical perspective to influence the integrated Medical Affairs plan which complements the ILCP (Integrated Lifecycle) plans.
- Supporting the Medical Science publication plan.

**Qualifications / Requirements**:
**Education**:

- A minimum of a University degree in science or health-related field at a minimum with significant therapeutic-area experience is required
- MD and/or PhD, PharmD preferred

**Required**:

- Have a proven ability to learn quickly, assimilate and distill large amounts of information and build and maintain relationships
- Strategic thinking and positive track record of flawless execution
- Proven ability to effectively communicate information to KIs, as well as non-experts
- Ability to put data into perspective and communicate it concisely
- Demonstrated critical thinking, strong project management skills and ability to impact decision making with relevant stakeholders
- Business acumen, including prioritization skills and big picture orientation
- Scientific knowledge, curiosity, familiarity and interest to keep abreast of scientific trends within the therapeutic area
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, prioritize tasks, and follow through in a field-based role
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and other relevant software programs
- Ability to travel nationally as well as internationally
- Ability to travel up to 70% of the time (customer-facing position)
- Overnight travel may be required as much as 1-2 times per week on average, depending upon region covered

**Preferred**:

- Minimum of 3 years business experience in the pharmaceutical industry, which can be balanced against a strong clinical and/or scientific background in a relevant therapy area - proven track record of contribution to commercial, medical and/or clinical development strategies
- Knowledge of the therapeutic area of interest is an asset, should have the ability to acquire expertise in other therapeutic areas and products, depending on pipeline and/or changing business priorities
- Demonstrated experience