Medical Science Liaison​/TN

Overview

Make your mark for patients

UCB is looking for a clinically experienced, science-driven, patient-focused Medical Science Liaison (
MSL
) to work with the Myasthenia Gravis Team for the Rare Disease Organization (RDO). To strengthen our Rare Disease neurological missions' team in the Central Region
, which currently includes St. Louis, Lexington, Tennessee, Georgia, Northern Mississippi, Alabama (excluding the coast), however this is subject to change.

The MSL provides peer-level scientific exchange with clinicians and researchers working in neuromuscular diseases. They build relationships of trust and mutual support based on shared interests in fostering deep, science-driven understanding of complex diseases, advancing potential new therapies, and mapping strategies for patient value creation in the rare disease community.

• Rare Disease Medical Science Liaison organization
• Internal & External Knowledge Thought Leaders
• Patient Advocacy Groups
• Clinical trial sites
• Investigators
• Centers of Excellence
• Academic Institutions
• UCB Commercial & Medical Affairs teams

• Manage and execute stakeholder engagement within a region based on training, expertise, and individualized approaches to identifying local needs and opportunities.
• Engage regularly with clinical trial sites, investigators, key opinion leaders, and patient advocacy organizations to seek to improve the lives of patients with neuromuscular diseases.
• Provide training and expertise to internal colleagues as a subject matter expert within neuromuscular disease.
• Be proactive and identify new ways to bring value to internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop evidence-generation projects with Centers of Excellence to differentiate UCB and its solutions.
• Support and drive patient identification programs.
• Foster appropriate discussion of UCB research objectives and findings through thought leader engagement and educational activities.
• Represent UCB at local, regional, and national professional and academic conferences where issues related to the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases are addressed.
• Map existing care pathways within a defined region to identify unique or evolving unmet patient needs.
• Identify and cultivate potential clinical trial partners and work with existing trial sites to ensure recruitment, participation, and reporting objectives are met and are compliant with UCB standards of practice.
• Support identification of patients (diagnosed & undiagnosed) who might be eligible for clinical trial enrollment.
• Develop relationships with leading academic researchers and thought leaders to align on key research and clinical objectives.
• Serve as the local expert in UCB's focus on its rare pipeline.
• Identify and cultivate potential new investigators as well as respond to medical-level inquiries from regional patient advocacy groups.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctoral level degree, Pharm
  
  D, Ph.D., DNP, and/or MD;
  Nurse Practitioners with research or clinical expertise in a related field and advanced training/education will be considered
• Less than 1 year of experience as a Medical Science Liaison
• Ability to clearly articulate and present complex scientific concepts in 1:1 and group settings
• Live within the territory
• Ability to travel 50-60% or more

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in neurology, neuromuscular, and/or rare diseases. Nurse Practitioners with 3+ years of neurology clinical experience, research experience (e.g., co-PI or study coordinator), presentation and conference leadership, KOL status, etc.
• Experience in partnership with Global and local therapy area experts and external organizations
• Experience with clinical trials
• Ability to work independently and manage a large territory with multiple stakeholders

Salary information:
This position has a reasonably anticipated base salary range of $-$ annually. The actual salary offered will take into account related knowledge, skills, experience and location among other factors and may fall outside the expected range.

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