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Chiesi USA, Inc.
Head of Field Medical, AIR, US
The role leads the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team to drive excellence in scientific engagement, foster strategic partnerships, and ensure accurate reporting aligned with the medical plan across product lifecycles. It involves recruiting, onboarding, and developing MSLs while providing empathetic leadership and fostering cross-functional collaboration to align medical strategy and product plans.
Key Responsibilities
- • MSL recruiting, onboarding, and development activities.
- • Supervise the development of KOL engagement plans aligned with overall goals and medical strategy.
- • Regularly spend time directly observing and evaluating MSL field activities, offering feedback to support and ensure improvement of skills and expertise impacting performance, engagement excellence, compliance with policies and regulations, and professional development.
- • Monitor and focus MSL's operational efficiencies to ensure correct balance towards external-facing activities.
- • Ensure all MSLs complete US, global and corporate training requirements on time and demonstrate compliance with applicable internal and external policies and regulations.
- • Provide for on-going education of MSLs for assigned therapeutic area through oversight of development of new materials as well as updating of existing materials.
- • Develop strategic engagement plan and other MSL activities aligned to the overall customer/medical plan for the assigned therapeutic area goals and objectives.
- • Accountability to communicate with medical affairs leadership and share best practices/key learnings across the organization.
- • Identify opportunities for innovative field excellence initiatives to enhance Chiesi Medical Affairs ability to achieve and exceed department objectives.
- • Partner with key personnel within Chiesi USA and Chiesi Corporate, national sales director, regional sales managers, corporate account managers, marketing, market access and regulatory team for advancement of medical/strategic objectives.
- • Monthly/quarterly reports of MSL activity (inclusive of insights gathered).
- • Lead/facilitate scientific meetings/congress planning; serve as a representative of Chiesi USA for internal planning.
- • Manage budget appropriately and ensure financial resources are used responsibly by direct reports.
Required
- • Graduate level degree (PharmD, MD, DO, PhD, DNP, MS) or appropriate healthcare professional degree
- • At least 10 years pharmaceutical industry experience or clinical experience
- • Experience in pharmaceutical industry as an MSL for at least 5 years
- • Medical affairs leadership experience for at least 3 years (required)
- • Respiratory experience required
- • Demonstrated ability to create a trusting and inspiring culture while managing and leading a high performing team of professionals
- • Knowledge and experience working in a highly regulated environment regarding product promotion, scientific exchange, and health care practitioner guidelines
- • Demonstrated proficiency in written, verbal, and face-to-face communications to effectively present information to and influence/support decision-making of managers, working partners, and governmental agencies
- • Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and multifunctional resources concurrently while maintaining high attention to detail when responding to changing priorities, ambiguity, and sometimes aggressive deadlines
- • Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), Adobe, etc.
Benefits & Perks
- • Comprehensive healthcare programs
- • Work-life balance initiatives
- • Robust relocation support
- • Competitive salary package comprising basic salary, performance bonuses, and benefits benchmarked against the external market
- • Flexible working arrangements
- • Remote work options
- • Tax assistance services for foreign colleagues
Company Overview
Industry: Healthcare Technology
Company Size: 500-1,000 employees
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
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About the Company
Leading healthcare technology company focused on improving patient outcomes through innovative digital solutions. We're transforming the way healthcare is delivered with cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights. Our platform serves over 10,000 healthcare professionals and has processed millions of patient interactions.
Recent News & Updates
Series B
Raised $50M Series B funding - Jan 2024
Award
Named "Best Healthcare Startup" by TechCrunch - Dec 2023
Growth
Expanded to 5 new states - Nov 2023
Chiesi USA
Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group with 90 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries. More than 8,000 employees across the group are united by a singular purpose: promoting a healthier world for our people, patients, and the planet. This is what drives us as we research, develop, and market innovative drugs across our main therapeutic areas. Discover more here.
At Chiesi we are thinking generations ahead, driving sustainable innovation with purpose. This fosters a culture of reliability, transparency, and ethical behaviour at every level. As a Benefit Corporation and a certified B Corp, we have embedded sustainability in our bylaws and continuously measure our impact.
Diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity are at the heart of who we are. We believe our differences make us stronger. We are a vibrant ecosystem of passionate, talented individuals united by strong values, each bringing unique perspectives that help us to continuously challenge the status quo for the better.
Who We Are Looking For
This is what you will do
Remote position, must be willing to travel up to 75% travel as necessary to meet job requirements; includes overnights and occasional weekend travel.
Compensation
The annual base pay for this position ranges from $250,000 to $285,000. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If hired, the employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
What we offer
No matter where your path starts at Chiesi, it leads to inspiring possibilities. Your future is our focus, and we are committed to nurturing your development in our dynamic, friendly environment with access to resources and training every step of the way.
We provide top-class benefits, including comprehensive healthcare programs, work-life balance initiatives, and robust relocation support. Our salary package is competitive, comprising a basic salary, performance bonuses, and benefits benchmarked against the external market. Additionally, we offer flexible working arrangements, remote work options, and tax assistance services for foreign colleagues, all designed to help you thrive.
Chiesi USA is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse work force at all levels of our business. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.
Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused biopharmaceutical group with 90 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries. More than 8,000 employees across the group are united by a singular purpose: promoting a healthier world for our people, patients, and the planet. This is what drives us as we research, develop, and market innovative drugs across our main therapeutic areas. Discover more here.
At Chiesi we are thinking generations ahead, driving sustainable innovation with purpose. This fosters a culture of reliability, transparency, and ethical behaviour at every level. As a Benefit Corporation and a certified B Corp, we have embedded sustainability in our bylaws and continuously measure our impact.
Diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity are at the heart of who we are. We believe our differences make us stronger. We are a vibrant ecosystem of passionate, talented individuals united by strong values, each bringing unique perspectives that help us to continuously challenge the status quo for the better.
Who We Are Looking For
This is what you will do
- As a Head of/Director of the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) team, your primary purpose is to serve as the organizational conduit between US Medical Affairs management and field-based teams in order to drive excellence in scientific engagement, foster strategic partnerships, and ensure accurate reporting of the customer voice all aligned to the overall medical plan across the lifecycle of our products and pipeline assets in the USA.
- The Head of/Director will recruit, onboard, and support the ongoing development of competent and diverse MSLs.
- Provide authentic, selfless, empathetic leadership for the field-based Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs) in order to set clear expectations and provide constructive feedback in an encouraging and inspiring manner to build team and organizational resilience and trust.
- Foster cross-functional collaboration between the MSL team and key company’s departments to assure alignment during the development, implementation and execution of the medical strategy and product specific medical plans.
- MSL Team Management & Oversight
- MSL recruiting, onboarding, and development activities.
- Supervise the development of KOL engagement plans aligned with overall goals and medical strategy.
- Regularly spend time directly observing and evaluating MSL field activities, offering feedback to support and ensure; improvement of skills and expertise impacting performance, engagement excellence, compliance with policies and regulations, and professional development.
- Monitor and focus MSL's operational efficiencies to ensure correct balance towards external-facing activities.
- Ensure all MSLs complete US, global and corporate training requirements on time and demonstrate compliance with applicable internal and external policies and regulations.
- Provide for on-going education of MSLs for assigned therapeutic area through oversight of development of new materials as well as updating of existing materials.
- MSL Program Strategy
- Develop strategic engagement plan and other MSL activities aligned to the overall customer/medical plan for the assigned therapeutic area goals and objectives.
- Accountability to communicate with medical affairs leadership and share best practices/key learnings across the organization
- Identify opportunities for innovative field excellence initiatives to enhance Chiesi Medical Affairs ability to achieve and exceed department objectives.
- Partner with key personnel within Chiesi USA and Chiesi Corporate, national sales director, regional sales managers, corporate account managers, marketing, market access and regulatory team for advancement of medical/strategic objectives.
- Monthly/quarterly reports of MSL activity (inclusive of insights gathered).
- Lead/facilitate scientific meetings/congress planning; serve as a representative of Chiesi USA for internal planning.
- Manage budget appropriately and ensure financial resources are used responsibly by direct reports.
- Graduate level degree (PharmD, MD, DO, PhD, DNP, MS) or appropriate healthcare professional degree
- At least 10 years pharmaceutical industry experience or clinical experience
- Experience in pharmaceutical industry as an MSL for at least 5 years
- Medical affairs leadership experience for at least 3 years (required)
- Respiratory experience required
- Demonstrated ability to create a trusting and inspiring culture while managing and leading a high performing team of professionals
- Knowledge and experience working in a highly regulated environment regarding product promotion, scientific exchange, and health care practitioner guidelines
- Demonstrated proficiency in written, verbal, and face-to-face communications to effectively present information to and influence/support decision-making of managers, working partners, and governmental agencies
- Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks and multifunctional resources concurrently while maintaining high attention to detail when responding to changing priorities, ambiguity, and sometimes aggressive deadlines
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), Adobe, etc.
Remote position, must be willing to travel up to 75% travel as necessary to meet job requirements; includes overnights and occasional weekend travel.
Compensation
The annual base pay for this position ranges from $250,000 to $285,000. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If hired, the employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
What we offer
No matter where your path starts at Chiesi, it leads to inspiring possibilities. Your future is our focus, and we are committed to nurturing your development in our dynamic, friendly environment with access to resources and training every step of the way.
We provide top-class benefits, including comprehensive healthcare programs, work-life balance initiatives, and robust relocation support. Our salary package is competitive, comprising a basic salary, performance bonuses, and benefits benchmarked against the external market. Additionally, we offer flexible working arrangements, remote work options, and tax assistance services for foreign colleagues, all designed to help you thrive.
Chiesi USA is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse work force at all levels of our business. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one’s employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits and termination.
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