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About the Role
The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) serves as the primary field-based scientific expert for Jazz Pharmaceuticals' products, establishing and maintaining scientific and clinical relationships with medical professionals, researchers, and the scientific community in Sleep Medicine/Neuroscience. This role involves mentoring, managing projects, and ensuring compliant scientific communication and education.
Responsibilities
- Provide field-based scientific exchange and communication of FDA approved and pipeline products.
- Work within the Medical Science Liaison team’s objectives in support of FDA approved products.
- Identify, establish, and maintain scientific relationships with opinion leaders regarding disease-state and product-specific information.
- Facilitate scientific development of pipeline compounds at research centers.
- Secure the company’s presence in designated therapeutic areas.
- Support the clinical operations organization as needed in Jazz Pharmaceuticals sponsored research.
- Serve as primary liaison with investigators interested in developing and performing investigator initiated research.
- Align closely with Medical Affairs, Commercial, and Clinical Development groups.
- Document and forward reports of adverse events according to Jazz’s policy.
- Attend and provide scientific support of Medical Affairs activities and scientific sessions at regional and national congress meetings.
- Develop and prioritize solutions to problems.
- Understand the relationship between actions and results.
- Understand and appreciate customer needs.
- Proactively seek out and demonstrate successful peer coaching of other team members.
- Successfully manage at least two large cross-functional projects with demonstrated leadership and collaboration skills while maintaining geographical responsibilities.
Requirements
- Ability to effectively communicate scientific data to both internal and external customers, including opinion leaders and managed care organizations.
- Knowledge of geography and key opinion leaders preferred.
- Thorough understanding of applicable federal and state regulatory requirements for field-based scientific personnel.
- Demonstrated ability to develop trust and relationships with opinion leaders in disease states of interest.
- Collaborative, team-based approach; ability to network and partner with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends.
- Ability and willingness to travel 60% of work days.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Live within 60 miles of a major airport.
Skills
- Scientific communication
- Clinical relationships
- Project management
- Scientific development
- Clinical operations support
- Investigator liaison
- Cross-functional alignment
- Adverse event reporting
- Scientific support
- Problem-solving
- Customer needs assessment
- Peer coaching
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Networking
- Partnership
Location
- California
- Hawaii
Work Type
- Field-based
- Remote
Experience Level
- 0-2 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or clinical/research experience (MSL experience preferred)
Education Level
- Advanced doctorate degree (PharmD, MD, DO, PhD or equivalent)
Salary/Compensations
- $160,000.00 - $240,000.00
Benefits
- Discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation
- Discretionary equity grants
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan
- Flexible paid vacation
About the Company
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases, often with limited or no therapeutic options.
- The company has a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments.
- Jazz's patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across its pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience.
- Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide.
Equal Opportunity
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.