Associate Director, Medical Science Liaison - West

Job Description:

Overview

The Associate Director Medical Science Liaison will develop and maintain professional relationships with external healthcare practitioners to provide comprehensive medical and scientific support for the therapeutic area of PAH/PH-ILD. This position will cover LA, Phoenix, San Diego.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Engages appropriately in scientific exchanges around product information, disease education, and research ideas/activities with physicians and ancillary healthcare professionals regarding current and future therapies in development or commercialized by Insmed
• Works closely with Insmed personnel to ensure adequate training, access to educational resources and alignment between Insmed’s medical affairs plans and the unmet needs of the patients and healthcare professionals
• Work cross-functionally with Commercial colleagues (Key Account Directors and Sales) to coordinate proper response to customer's scientific and medical needs
• Is responsible for maintaining annual expenses within assigned budget parameters
• Is accountable for the accurate and timely documentation of all activities
• Identify Medical Experts, consultants, investigators, and healthcare professionals (HCP) in assigned therapeutic areas. Ensures timely, effective, and appropriate communication of current and emerging medical and scientific information on Insmed therapeutic disease areas and/or product support of appropriate prescribing, improved patient outcomes.
• Present data on Insmed products to HCPs including physicians, academic institutions, researchers, and allied health care professionals, consistent with all Insmed policies and procedures.
• Implement Advisory Board and other scientific forums to bring back critical customer insights and feedback.
• Conduct scientific exchanges related to Insmed’s products at Centers of Excellence and Academic Medical Centers. Ensure that healthcare organizations have the latest information on Insmed disease state and/or products resulting in appropriate prescribing and improved patient outcomes.
• Field therapeutic area expert demonstrating high scientific knowledge and competency of Insmed therapeutic disease states, products, and competitor data. Serve as a local medical and scientific resource to Insmed for product planning, clinical insights, and intelligence. Bring together, synthesize and deliver HCP derived scientific insights to Insmed.
• Support research and development programs as requested by R&D, Clinical Operations, and Medical Affairs Departments. This may include trial site identification, ongoing recruitment motivation, and issue/problem solving.
• Provide medical and scientific support to payers, commercial managed markets, and related health care organizations to facilitate access to Insmed’s medications for appropriate patients. Demonstrate strong competency in medical and scientific exchange to healthcare organizations.
• Deliver and implement effective product and disease-state training and mentoring to internal Insmed colleagues.
• Identify, develop, and maintain credible relationships with key medical, pharmacy, and health outcomes influencers within the territory for assigned National and Regional accounts.
• Provide timely, fair balanced, objective, scientific and evidence-based medical information, and education to health care customers within managed markets/healthcare/payor systems, in addition to other unique healthcare influencers.
• Full support and execution of Medical Affairs plans, Clinical Development projects, programs, and initiatives.

Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in the life sciences field (PharmD, PhD, MD, and NP/PA) or relevant field medical experience.
• PAH/PH-ILD experience strongly preferred!
• A minimum of 5 years of experience as MSL required, unless candidate has strong related experience.
• Other Pharmaceutical experience – Medical Information, Medical Strategy, Clinical management/trial experience and 2 years clinical or research experience (non-pharma) is preferred.
• An excellent command of the English language. Effective presentation skills and advanced proficiency in interpersonal skills (listening, probing, persuasiveness, negotiation) are essential for engaging successfully and productively with HCPs, external customers, field colleagues, and internal partners
• Skilled in conflict resolution and problem solving.
• Knowledge of the PhRMA code of conduct, the Sunshine Act, HIPAA regulations, Promotional Regulations, and all laws and regulations that are applicable to the role.
• Steadfast ethical standard and conduct.
• Is able to quickly understand and dialogue on subjects that are at the interface between medicine and policy which are relevant to Insmed’s areas of interest (disease condition, patient reported outcomes, competitive pipelines and lifecycle plans, medical and pharmacy benefits, quality programs, etc.).
• Committed to self-improvement.

Travel Requirements

• Up to 80% domestic travel; some of which will be overnight in nature

Salary Range

$200,000 - $239,600 a year

Compensation & Benefits

At Insmed, we’re committed to investing in every team member’s total well-being, now and in the future. Our benefit programs vary by country but we offer the following to all Insmed team members, regardless of geographic location:

• Flexible approach to how we work
• Health benefits and time-off plans
• Competitive compensation package, including bonus
• Equity Awards (Long-Term Incentives)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)