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Medical Science Liaison – Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Business Unit: Medical Affairs
Reports to: Field Manager, Amplity
Location: Brazil
Territory: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile
Individual or Manager: Individual
Purpose of Role
Reporting to the VP, Medical Affairs, the Medical Science Liaison is a therapeutic/disease expert responsible for scientific engagement with Thought Leaders and study investigators in achieving improved health outcomes for patients. This individual will provide strategic medical leadership within the Medical Affairs organization, ensuring scientific integrity, regulatory compliance, and effective communication between healthcare professionals, research teams, and business stakeholders. This role supports product development, clinical research, and medical education while driving evidence-based strategies to enhance patient care. This individual will be responsible for other field-based workstreams including local and national medical conference planning, investigator meeting support, advocacy organization engagement and advisory board participation.
Key Accountabilities:
Opinion Leader Engagement
- Support research initiatives across development; provide support to clinical site investigators as needed.
- Foster collaboration, trust and efficiency ensuring timely recruitment, high quality data and protocol adherence while supporting investigators and site staff.
- Recommend study sites and identify potential investigators to participate in Clinical Development programs.
- Identify and engage Thought Leaders, active and potential study investigators, providers at academic and non-academic institutions and professional organizations within assigned geography.
- Effectively articulate relevant scientific and clinical information related to therapeutic area and the biotech product life cycle to Thought Leaders and researchers.
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulatory and ethical guidelines in medical communications and interactions with Thought Leaders, researchers, clinical trial sites, investigators, site staff, and other members of the healthcare/research community.
- Develop and oversee medical education programs and advisory boards.
- Stay up to date with industry trends, clinical advancements, and competitive intelligence to provide strategic insights.
- Represent the organization at conferences, medical symposia, and external meetings to facilitate exchange of scientific information with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify issues related to patient enrollment and retention efforts in planned or ongoing company-sponsored clinical studies and communicate insights to Clinical Development team.
- Other duties as assigned.
Scientific Expertise
- Deeply understand the unique IBD treatment paradigm, key stakeholders, and healthcare landscape in your territory.
- Develop and execute territory plans in alignment with medical strategy.
Clinical Trial Support
- Gather careful insights from KOLs and report back to company to help develop clinical, as well as commercial strategy.
- Act as primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing investigator sponsored trials.
Cross Functional Support
- Assist as needed to local tactical activities (coverage of presentations at select scientific congresses, knowledge of contracting local consultants, etc.)
- Assist in the reconnaissance of Market landscape determination and competitive intelligence including therapeutic trends and unmet needs within the appropriate disease states and marketplace and provide timely feedback/information on emerging clinical/scientific information to internal stakeholders.
- Respond to external inquiries and deliver appropriate clinical and scientific information.
- Develop and deliver scientific trainings.
Compliance
- Operate in a highly ethical manner and comply with all laws, regulations and policies.
- Complete mandatory training in assigned timelines upon hire as well as when new policies, SOP’s, guidance are issued.
- Adhere to internal standard processes and comply with regulatory and compliance requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- An advanced doctoral degree (MD, PHD, Pharm D)
- 5+ years of previous industry medical affairs experience required, preferably in MSL and/or headquartered based medical affairs role.
- Rheumatology and/or Immunology experience required. IBD Experience is preferred.
- Strong understanding of drug development processes, regulatory requirements, compliance and healthcare trends.
- Demonstrated expertise in building relationships and participating in credible scientific exchange with multiple audiences. Networking skills and confidence to interact with senior experts on a peer to peer level.
- Experience with clinical trial design, conduct and evaluation.
- Thorough knowledge of local (several countries or territory) legal, regulatory, and compliance regulations and guidelines relevant to industry interaction with health care professions.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to present medical/scientific information in a clear and concise manner.
- Ability to function well, both independently and within a team setting, in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Team orientated and ability to work collaboratively towards common objectives.
- Biotech experience is a plus.
- Fluent in English and fluency in the language of a local country is required.
- This is a field-based position which requires frequent travel with some overnight stay. Ability to travel internationally, up to ~70% of time is required.
- Ability to drive within the assigned geographic territory by automobile and to travel by airplane or train.
About Amplity
Amplity is the true partner of global healthcare companies who builds transformational solutions by challenging the boundaries of commercialization strategies to improve the lives of patients.
We do this through:
- Clinical & Medical Outsourced Solutions – Building end to end external engagement solutions and capabilities across clinical and medical affairs globally
- Commercialization – Amplity has the expertise, people and infrastructure to meet a wide range of commercialization challenges
- Consulting – Building end to end external engagement solutions and capabilities across clinical and medical affairs globally
- Remote Engagement – Alternative channels across the medical and commercial continuum to engage with HCPs and patients
- Field Outsourced Solutions – Tailored field team programs to meet a wide range of objectives and client needs
Values
These are our company values that we expect all candidates and potential employees to embody as these values strongly underpin our culture:
- Excellence
- Passion
- Integrity
- Innovation
- Collaboration
Amplity is an equal opportunities employer - if you require any questions about your application please contact Recruiter Laura Franco on laura.franco@amplity,com
OUR DIVERSITY POLICY
We encourage and support equal employment opportunities for all associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, colour, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or veteran status. Employment decisions are evaluated on the basis of an individual's skills, knowledge, abilities, job performance and other qualifications. In addition, Amplity maintains policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which Amplity has facilities.
About Us
Amplity powers biopharma innovation through expert-led teams that deliver. Whether you knew us in the 80’s as Physician Detailing Inc., or in the 00’s as part of Publicis Health , the companies that came together in 2019 to form Amplity have delivered contract medical, commercial + communications excellence for 40+ years.
Our people-driven, tech-enabled DNA fuels everything we do. Our professionals understand the pharmaceutical industry from the inside out. With a deep grasp on product lifecycles, marketing hurdles, operational nuances + the complex needs of providers and patients, we help our clients launch products + operate smoothly with precision — across all business shapes, sizes + specialties.
We are on a mission to improve patient outcomes through executional excellence — enabling our partners in pharma to thrive in turn. At Amplit