Medical Science Liaison - Mid-Atlantic

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LivaNova is a global medical technology company built on nearly five decades of experience and a relentless commitment to improving the lives of patients around the world. Our advanced technologies and breakthrough treatments provide meaningful solutions for the benefit of patients, healthcare professionals, and healthcare systems. The company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol " LIVN ." LivaNova is headquartered in London (UK) with a presence in over 100 countries and a team of more than 3,000 employees worldwide.

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) establishes and maintains peer-to-peer relationships with health care providers, medical and scientific experts, and key opinion leaders (KOLs), and provides insights from these external stakeholders to internal colleagues for product and market development and life cycle management.

Major Accountabilities:

• Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations and relationships with key stakeholders in the medical and scientific communities.

• Develop an understanding of the regional landscape including specialties involved in care of patients.

• Generate and execute tactical regional plans to provide needs based, value-added support of the medical and scientific community in line with company goals.

• Support clinical development initiatives including investigator-initiated research (IIR) and LivaNova-sponsored clinical studies and registries (e.g., site identification, trial recruitment, and presentation of final approved data).

• Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders on Medical Affairs-led initiatives including publications, advisory boards, medical education (e.g., CME) opportunities, training, and speaker development.

• Identify, profile, prioritize and map thought leaders in line with strategic initiatives and goals.

• Support external stakeholders with up-to-date medical information, robust disease expertise, and product information, including providing fair and balanced responses to requests for scientific information.

• Communicate clinical insights on new data to inform clinical and market development strategy for the therapeutic area.

• Serve as scientific peer-to-peer resource to external disease experts and internal stakeholders.

• Train internal stakeholders on key scientific and medical topics in relevant therapeutic area.

• Maintain effective and appropriate communication among internal stakeholders while maintaining full compliance with relevant requirements.

• Maintain accurate reporting and documentation of MSL action plans and key performance metrics.

Key performance indicators/ Measures of success:

• Develops and maintains action plans and key performance indicators that facilitate and measure progress toward achieving regional, functional, and corporate goals

• Standardization and continuous improvement of medical affairs strategy and procedures across Therapeutic Area(s)

• Zero discordance of medical affairs activities with strategic plan objectives

Location

• Office is home based. Preferred candidates should reside within the territory - Maryland, DC, Northern Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio.

Travel

• Up to 50% within region. Required travel to medical meetings, team meetings, and other group meetings (will require some weekends)

Education

• Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, pharmacy, or other medical-related discipline.

• Advanced degree or relevant certification preferred, e.g., M.D., Ph.D. PharmD

Professional Experience

• Experience (3 years) in clinical affairs, medical affairs and/or clinical strategy in the medical device industry

• Clinical or research experience in epilepsy and neuromodulation is highly desirable

• Demonstrated ability to establish networks and active relationships with Key Opinion Leaders

• Understanding and demonstrated ability to work compliantly in a field-based role, within the medical affairs organization, in collaboration with the commercial organization

• Demonstrated ability to embrace responsibilities and to achieve goals

• Strong initiative and desire to work as part of a cross-functional team

• Excellent time management

• Demonstrated ability to work independently

• Pro-active team player, flexible, and ability to work in ambiguous situations

Pay Transparency

• A reasonable estimate of the annual base salary for this position is $100,000 - $150,000 + discretionary annual bonus. Pay ranges may vary by location.

Employee benefits include:

• Health benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Personal and Vacation Time

• Retirement & Savings Plan (401K)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Training & Education Assistance

• Bonus Referral Program

• Service Awards

• Employee Recognition Program

• Flexible Work Schedules

Valuing different backgrounds:

LivaNova values equality and diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from unlawful discrimination. Our selection process is driven by the key demands/requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate's sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.

Notice to third party agencies:

Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Services Agreement, we will not consider, or agree to, payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event that a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

Beware of Job Scams:

Please beware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons posing as LivaNova recruiters or employees. The scammers may attempt to solicit confidential, personal information, such as a social security number, or your financial information. LivaNova will never ask for fees prior/during/after the application process, nor will we ask for banking details or personal financial information in return for the assurance of employment. If you are concerned that an offer of employment might be a scam or that the recruiter is not legitimate, please verify by searching for "See Open Jobs" on https://www.livanova.com/en-us/careers, and check that all recruitment emails come from an @livanova.com email address.