Sr. Medical Affairs Specialist

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Builds relationship and demonstrates the clinical outcome and benefits of company products to thought leaders, medical groups, government agencies, key opinion leaders and health systems with drug formularies and consumer ready medical products.
• Educates and demonstrates the benefits of key products to clinical professors, teachinghospital faculty, residents, and students.
• Provides medical information to internal/external health sources such as the sales force, outside health professions, public, and government.
• Explores and identifies sites for clinical trial in all stages of development.
• Coordinates continuing education workshops, seminars, and programs for graduate physicians, pharmacists, and scientists.
• Responds to unsolicited inquiries to establish and/or further the knowledge and understanding of marketed products and related topics.

Differentiating Factors:

1. Autonomy: 

• Seasoned individual contributor.
• Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions.
• Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.

2. Organizational Impact: 

• May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area.
• Contributes to the completion of work group objectives, through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.

3. Innovation and Complexity:

• Problems and issues faced are difficult, and may require understanding of multiple issues, job areas or specialties.
• Makes improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of the job area.
• Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.

4. Communication and Influence: 

• Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors.
• Exchange information of facts, statuses, ideas and issues to achieve objective, and influence decision-making.

5. Leadership and Talent Management: 

• May provide guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area.
• May manage projects, requiring delegation of work and review of others’ work product.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors Degree + 4 years experience, or Advanced Degree + 2 years experience.
• Requires a University Degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Experience in medical affairs, medical education and evidence strategy development

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
• May have practical knowledge of project management.
• Ability to act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in atrial fibrillation and cardiac ablation.
• Strong project manager that can operate strongly in a matrix organizational environment.