Title: Medical Value Liaison / Senior Medical Value Liaison
Reports To: Director, Medical Affairs
Department: Medical Affairs
Location: Remote
Position Overview
The Medical Value Liaison (MVL) or Senior Medical Value Liaison (Sr. MVL) functions as a highly trained, field-based, scientific expert who engages health care professionals and external experts in the exchange of clinical, scientific, and research information on one or more of Medexus’ products. The MVL/Sr. MVL is responsible for establishing, cultivating, and maintaining professional relationships with key stakeholders, including healthcare professionals (HCPs), Medical Thought Leaders, Payors and Managed Care Organizations, Government Employees, etc. The MVL/Sr. MVL works closely with the Market Access team to engage payors and Key Decision Makers. These interactions will be conducted in a compliant manner and in accordance with all local, state, and national regulations and guidelines. The MVL/Sr. MVL functions as a part of the medical affairs team and cross-function collaborator to provide product and pipeline therapeutic area expertise to KOLs and payors. The MVL/Sr. MVL collects key insights and serves as a scientific partner and subject matter expert to internal colleagues and stakeholders.
Position Responsibilities
- Functions as the primary subject matter expert for Medexus Medical Affairs and Market Access Teams
- Contribute scientific and medical support for the Market Access team, in alignment with corporate objectives.
- Identify, establish, and develop relationships with key national and regional thought leaders and working closely with the Market Access team to engage payors and Key Decision Makers and while developing a strong understanding of territory specific healthcare systems and payor practices.
- Works closely with the Market Access team to serve as a scientific resource at payor accounts and integrated delivery networks when requested
- Collaborates across the organization – in a seamless and efficient and compliant manner
- Develop a tactical customer-centric medical engagement plan in alignment with management
- Functions as part of the Medical Affairs team to provide product and pipeline therapeutic area expertise to KOLs and payors, and as a scientific expert to internal stakeholders within Medical and Commercial groups
- The overarching objective of the MVL/Sr. MVL is to be in the field conducting scientific exchange with prioritized external customers including proactive/reactive exchange with KOLs, KDMs, Payors, Population Based Decision Makers (PBDMs) to support the medical objectives and strategic imperatives
- The principal effort of the MVL/Sr. MVL is focused on planning, preparing for, and conducting field-based interactions and scientific exchange in support of the Medical Objectives
- Provides timely clinical, economic, and scientific product updates proactively or in response to unsolicited requests per standard operating procedure (including Dossier) to formulary decision makers or similar entities
- Knowledgeable regarding role of value evidence as used by payor decision makers to inform adoption and diffusion decisions
- Collaborate within the Market Access and Medical Affairs Team on all aspects of planning, execution, sharing of best practices, and insight generation related discussion in order to understand the breadth of insights, potential impact, and to stimulate scientific exploration
- Provides insights from external customers to ensure strategies and tactics are robust in filling key evidence gaps from a payor perspective
- Communicate account and project activities and provide status updates routinely to key internal stakeholders
- Plays a critical role in development of scientific resources
- Covers select Congresses with the expectations of attending sessions, managing the medical information booth, hosting debriefs, and providing executive summary to the appropriate members of the leadership and cross-functional team
- Collaborate with Medical Affairs and other clinical functions, to provide scientific support to current and potential company activities, including, but not limited to, support at Congresses, as needed
- Execute and document customer interactions in the appropriate systems and tools (e.g., Veeva CRM) in accordance with compliance guidelines
- Ensure policies, procedures, and guidance are adhered to and Perform all Company business in accordance with all regulations (e.g. EEO FDA, OSHA, PDMA, EPA PhRMA, etc.)
- Incorporate compliance and ethical decision-making into all business practices and seek appropriate advice and counsel on new proposed activities
- Demonstrates high ethical standards and integrity, including demonstrated adherence to all corporate, compliance, and regulatory guidelines and procedures
- Challenges the status quo by asking appropriate questions and offering alternative solutions
- Ability to readily interpret scientific data, understand the potential impact of data on clinical approaches and research needs, and communicate scientific data to broad audiences
- Requires the knowledge and expertise to interpret expert insights and share this information with internal stakeholders across multiple functions
- Adhere to corporate SOPs and ensure vigilant compliance with relevant legal and regulatory guidelines governing scientific interactions with physicians and healthcare professionals across all activities, including those related to clinical trials, scientific interactions with internal and external groups, and responses to unsolicited requests for medical/scientific information
- Thorough understanding of Guidance on Payor Communication, as well as their implications for the development and dissemination of healthcare economic information to the payor Well versed in the recommendations from FDA’s 2018 Guidance for Communication of HCEI, “Drug and Device Manufacturer Communications with Payors, Formulary Committees, and Similar Entities
- Serve as a field medical resource and respond to medical inquiries in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with company policies, and applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.
- Other duties as assigned
Education, Experience & Skill Requirements
- Advanced degree in the scientific discipline required (MD, PhD, PharmD, MSN with direct payor experience, MSL experience with Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) experience, or a related field)
- Knowledge of regional-specific and national healthcare systems, HEOR, and payors.
- Deep understanding of US healthcare industry trends, and in-depth knowledge of the US healthcare delivery system, including payors and organized providers and ability to apply this understanding in support of field-based activities
- Ability to translate data-driven evidence into decisions, discussions, actions that align to customer needs
- Demonstrated ability to articulate pharmacoeconomic discussion with appropriate language and content
- Pharmaceutical industry experience required for Sr. MVL position
- Senior level influence and credibility – ability to engage senior executives both in internal and external organizations.
- Strong business acumen with proven ability to apply health outcomes programs or research findings to impact market access decisions
- Ability to master clinical and health economic evidence and able to effectively communicate complex material to a wide variety of audiences
- Deep understanding of scientific, clinical, market, and product information and the ability to discuss and communicate this information with top experts in their field.
- Experience in a small biotechnology or pharmaceutical environment is preferred.
- Highly flexible, results oriented, self-starter who enjoys working in a fast paced, challenging, matrix organization.
- In-depth clinical knowledge of therapeutic areas related to Medexus’ products.
- Strong understanding of pharmaceutical industry compliance regulations and guidelines pertinent to appropriate interactions with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders.
- Proficiency in interpreting clinical data and integrating clinical experience to communicate and discuss clinical findings in various meeting forums.
- Superior written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize and manage time efficiently.
- Demonstrates effective team building and teamwork skills at all functional levels.
- Pharmaceutical industry experience required for Sr. MVL position
Additional Information
Travel: up to 50%
Medexus Pharma is an equal employment opportunity employer. We adhere to a policy of making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We assure you that your opportunity for employment with Medexus Pharma depends solely on your qualifications. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our employees, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Job Identifier: #6410
