MSL/Sr. MSL - California Central

ABOUT DOMPÉ 

Ciao! At  Dompé , our success is rooted in our team and our history. We are a private, rapidly growing global biopharmaceutical company.  Founded in Milan, Italy, we have a 165-year legacy of medical innovation. Dompé’s rich history has greatly influenced its priorities today: to innovate for the benefit of patients facing both everyday wellness needs and rare conditions. Dompé operates in two strategic areas in select markets around the world: Primary Care, which includes prescription and over-the-counter products; and Biotechnology and Rare Disease, which recently expanded into the United States. 

Today Dompé has 900 employees worldwide and we are excited to be rapidly scaling in the United States. Our R&D hub is currently based in Boston, and the commercial organization is housed in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

Under the guidance of the Field Medical Director, West, the Medical Science Liaison (MSL)/Sr. Medical Science Liaison (MSL) helps execute the Country medical affairs plans related primarily to KOL engagement and data dissemination. In a compliant manner, the MSL partners and collaborates with KOLs, investigators and other stakeholders in patient care, establishes strong professional relationships, provides credible scientific expertise and serves as a field-based extension of the country Therapeutic Area team. Effectively managers requests from HCPs and KOLs in a timely manner, while executing on all proactive activities. Maintains personal expertise in relevant disease areas and MSL best practices that can be applied externally and internally.   

MAJOR DUTIES OF THE POSITION 

• KOL Engagement- Building Advocacy and Partnerships: 

• Through compliant scientific exchange, builds and maintains professional relationships with external stakeholders to expand company advocacy, research, educational partnership opportunities 

• Ensure high standard of professionalism to develop and maintain “peer-to-peer” scientific relationships with key thought leaders in healthcare, academia, payer, and government organizations per strategic territory plans and as requested by KOLs, including the management of strategic scientific partnerships and scientific exchange 

• Provide scientific liaison support to Investigators currently involved in the sponsored interventional or observational studies and investigator initiated research 

• Serve as a liaison between healthcare practitioners (HCPs) and other functions  

• Facilitate 1:1 and group scientific interactions with healthcare professionals 

• Create annual KOL engagement plan and maintain list of KOLs and HCPs on a monthly basis  

• Create and maintain KOL plans and update medical customer relationship management system in a timely, accurate, and compliant manner 

• Execute field medical affairs tactics and meet all metrics, while also responding to reactive medical requests as needed and supporting PIs for company sponsored trials 

• Solicits key strategic research ideas from top research KOLs and HCPs to create IIRs and engage for company sponsored trials in assigned territory 

• Educational Presentations and Data Dissemination: 

• Contribute to effective and compliant data dissemination according to country medical affairs plan 

• Ensure appropriate scientific exchange with HCPs by fostering scientific communications 

• Presentation on clinical and disease state information to a variety of audiences (KOLs, HCPs, hospital/decision making teams, etc.) upon requests and/or according to country medical plans 

Field Planning and Congress Leadership: 

• Call planning before each meeting to ensure effective communication of key scientific initiatives  

• Create regional congress plans for your assigned territories to attend and execute activities at regional conferences  

• Support execution of national congress strategy and coordinating meetings with speakers and KOLs at conferences 1:1 

• Respond within defined timelines and quality standards, to unsolicited inquiries from HCPs and other 

• Conduct therapeutic training as requested for cross functional partners  

• Create territory plan to effectively communicate key medical insights from KOLs/HCPs to inform refinement of medical strategies or tactics 

• Lead IIR interactions with key research KOLs, liaise all IIR information to physicians and internal team 

• Responsible for keeping investigators on track per the study deadlines for all IIRs and company sponsored trials in the US. And ensuring continuous collaboration with the PI/KOL.  

• Provide field-based medical support to clinical research programs, registries, and facilitation of the investigator-initiated research process 

• Participates on internal project teams as directed by Manager 

Knowledge, expertise and insights management  

• Maintain awareness of and access to internal and external information sources available to support high-quality scientific exchange with HCP 

• Develop/increase knowledge of medical literature and critical appraisal of scientific publications  

• Maintain knowledge base and scientific expertise on all assigned disease areas and products 

• Maintaining personal expertise in MSL best practices 

• Develop and update knowledge of applicable pharmaceutical guidelines and regulations. Code of Ethical Practices and company policies 

• Gain customer insights, opinions and feedback and share internally 

• Provide scientific input and participate in local medical and cross-functional initiatives 

YOU COULD BE THE PERFECT FIT IF YOU HAVE: 

• A terminal degree in life sciences (MD, OD, PharmD, PhD or equivalent)  

• 1-2 years MSL experience or 2+ years as a Senior MSL 

• 2-3 years of relevant in practice or research experience 

• Has an established track record of giving scientific presentations to substantial audiences  

• Established relationships and list of contacts in assigned therapeutic area 

• 2+ years of demonstrative therapeutic experience/research or substantive patient care experience 

• Medical, clinical or research experience in the assigned disease area is preferred 

SKILLS YOU’LL NEED FOR SUCCESS 

• Experience in rapidly growing environments 

• Prior work with rare or orphan disease products 

• Ophthalmology experience and relationships in anterior segment therapeutic area, in both private clinic and hospital/academic setting 

• Exceptional clinical acumen with the proven ability to excel in a scientifically complex and stimulating environment 

• Proven track record of exceeding goals 

• Self-motivated and assertive with the ability to act with urgency 

• Understands strategic priorities developed by leadership team 

• Is open to and actively solicits feedback on performance and skill development needs 

CORE COMPETENCIES  

• Achieving Results 

• Technical Expertise & Business Acumen 

• Teamwork 

• Communication 

• Decision Making 

• Developing Self and Others 

• Location and Travel: Frequent travel is an expectation of the MSL role. Typical travel is 3-4 times a week and includes conferences and meetings on weekends.  

• International travel may be required 

• Clean and valid driver’s license 

BENEFITS OF JOINING OUR TEAM 

• Comprehensive medical benefits: we value access to healthcare for our patients as well as our employees 

• Generous vacation / holiday time off: we care about our employees and encourage a balanced lifestyle 

• Competitive 401(K) matching 

• A super cool team who’s excited to transform lives through  innovative therapies 

Base Salary: $165,000 - $185,000 a year 

At Dompe, we offer an attractive compensation package to our team members. Any offer would include a competitive base salary (estimate shared above), incentive bonus, and benefits package customary to the position. Actual individual pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.