Medical Science Liaison

Heron Therapeutics, Inc. develops cutting-edge medicine to meet unmet patient needs and solve big problems by applying our innovative science and technologies with well-known pharmacology.  With therapeutic areas in Oncology and Acute Care, our goal is to offer alternatives so patients can be opioid-free post-surgery. With additional products and indications on their way, we are excited to be growing and adding to our amazing team.

Our entrepreneurial culture gives everyone the chance to be heard with easy access to decision-makers like other smaller companies, along with some of the sophistication and benefits of larger organizations. We developed the Heron Ways of Working to implement training and practices that breathe life into our values and embed them into our daily experience such as open collaboration across teams, self-responsibility & accountability, communication strategies & techniques, and the mindset of always assuming positive intent.

Position: Medical Science Liaison (MSL) / Senior MSL / Principal MSL

Acute Care, Acute Pain, Perioperative Services

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is responsible for the conduct of scientific exchange with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), education of health care providers (HCPs) on Heron Therapeutics (“Heron”) products and disease states of interest, and for developing relationships with formulary decision makers, pharmacy directors, medical directors, their advisors and similar entities with the goal of optimizing patient outcomes through proper understanding of the disease state and knowledge around appropriate use of Heron’s marketed or investigational products.  All Heron Medical Science Liaisons are responsible for upholding strict adherence to company policies and procedures as well as ensuring compliance in all aspects of the performance of their job duties.

MSL - Northeast

• Preferred Lived-In City: New York City
  • Secondary Preference: Boston or Philadelphia

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop, maintain, and manage collaborations with regional and national KOLs, HCPs, researchers/investigators, and other healthcare professionals.

• Responsible for initiating, building, and fostering relationships with recognized clinicians, HCPs, clinician researchers, managed market providers and defined academic health care systems.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of products, therapeutic alternative products, treatment guidelines, clinical treatment trends, clinical trials, and scientific activities within areas of interest to Heron, e.g. Acute Pain and postoperative analgesia, opioid stewardship, postoperative nausea and vomiting, or chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
• Identify and develop meaningful and robust relationships with community and academic KOLs/HCPs in areas of interest to Heron. Provide meaningful scientific exchange to ensure that they understand the science and the clinical data associated with Heron products.
• Extract and document insights gained through conduct of scientific exchange related to how the KOLs/HCPs view both Heron and competitor products, scientific data gaps, or other areas of interest defined by Heron.
• Provide compliant support for academic and government researchers and healthcare providers interested in doing research with Heron products, including but not limited to the investigator-initiated trial (IIT) program.
• Create awareness of Heron product attributes, therapeutic data, and appropriate use.
• Develop and execute regional strategic KOL plans in response to overarching medical affairs objectives.
• Disseminate relevant medical and scientific information and literature, within corporate guidelines, to support KOL/HCP education in response to unsolicited requests.
• Provide real-time, field-based medical and scientific support to answer unsolicited requests about Heron products and related therapeutic areas.
• Collaborate compliantly with commercial counterparts.
• Participate in, and successfully complete, all assigned education / training on the Company’s SOPs, policies, product information, compliance, and regulatory education relevant to performing job function.
• Responsible for appropriate documentation of all business activities, including timely reporting of interactions, insights, and expense reports.

Serve as a local medical and scientific resource for the medical community in therapeutic areas of interest to Heron Therapeutics.

• Develop and demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of Heron, its products, current medical and scientific research, and publications in therapeutic areas of interest to Heron.
• Work closely with the academic and community research organizations, patient care organizations, guideline committees, and medical personnel within various specialties and professional organizations, to ensure effective communication of the science and clinical data behind Heron products and disease areas of interest.
• Respond in an appropriate and expeditious fashion to unsolicited requests from KOLs/HCPs.
• Identify and prepare KOLs/HCPs in a compliant manner for scientific programs, advisory boards, and speaker programs, as appropriate.
• Provide medical and scientific support for medical education initiatives (e.g., speaker training).
• Deliver high quality educational presentations in a variety of settings (e.g., formulary committees, medical meetings, and allied healthcare professionals’ meetings).
• Professionally represent Heron at assigned medical conferences, congresses, meetings, and programs.

  Serve as a local medical and scientific resource for internal stakeholders.

• Provide medical and scientific training support to internal colleagues upon request.
• Participate in internal therapeutic advisory groups and project teams.
• Provide local medical support for consultant and advisory meetings as needed.
• Complete accurate and timely administrative reports, projects, and other required documentation.
• Provide medical and scientific support to market access and payor customers upon request.
• Provide support in the inception, creation, review, and approval process of medical and scientific resources as needed and upon request.

Serve as liaison between clinical investigators and internal stakeholders in support of research.

• Maintain active and compliant involvement in raising awareness of all Heron sponsored trials.
• Be responsible for first-line review of IITs originating from territory, and, in collaboration with medical leadership, facilitate the submission and review processes for IITs in a compliant manner.
• Act as liaison between external clinical investigators and Heron internal colleagues to assure timely follow-up of all communications, from proposal to publication, where appropriate.
• Provide support for corporate sponsored studies upon request.
• Work closely with the Research & Clinical Development organizations to identify appropriate thought leaders/KOLs and sites for pre-clinical work and clinical trials as requested.
• Work closely with HCPs and sites involved in clinical development work to assure a conduit for meaningful scientific exchange with Heron.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Advanced scientific degree (PharmD, PhD, DNP, MD or DO) required, PharmD preferred.
• No prior industry experience required for entry-level MSL role, but must have recent and relevant post-graduate training and/or clinical experience within therapeutic area of interest to Heron: Perioperative services and/or Acute Pain
• 5+ years of recent MSL experience within therapeutic areas of interest to Heron required for Sr. MSL role; 10+ years of recent MSL experience within therapeutic area of interest to Heron required for Principal MSL role.
• An established track record of effective and influential oral presentations and discussion to HCPs.
• Strong scientific baseline knowledge in pharmacology, disease state, competitive landscape, clinical trial methods, implementation, and interpretation; possesses sound scientific and clinical judgment.
• Strong compliance knowledge and adherence to corporate compliance in all aspects of job performance including those related to clinical trials, scientific presentations, and responses to unsolicited requests for information.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong customer-facing skills; listening skills; probing skills; and flexibility.
• Excellent collaboration skills across multiple disciplines.
• Must live within assigned region, within one hour of a major airport, and be able to travel overnight up to 70% as business requires.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and in good standing.

MSL Salary Range: $170,000-195,000/annually + bonus + equity

The above description is intended to describe the general nature of the job and may include other duties as assumed or assigned; it is not intended to be all inclusive or limit the duties of the position.

Heron is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veterans/Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.