Dir. Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Women's Health

About the position

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is responsible for identifying and supporting clinical franchise/disease and diagnostic insight related medical needs. The MSL provides critical support to Quest Medical Affairs (MA) partners, Clinical Franchise leaders and Medical Directors, and other stakeholders in their therapeutic area, to further advance MA tactics in alignment with business strategies. The Women's and Reproductive Health MSL will focus on clinical areas that include Genital Tract Infections, Cervical Cancer, and Pre/post-natal Care.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with Thought Leaders (TLs), payers, and healthcare providers to discuss the safe and appropriate use of approved diagnostic testing.
• Collaborating with therapeutic area medical director to support medical tactics that drive clinical franchise priorities.
• Responding to inquiries on current medical and scientific issues, healthcare advances, treatment trends, and health outcomes measures.
• Providing support to research collaborations, including study start, support, publication, and execution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including researchers, clinicians, and subject matter experts, to gather data for manuscript development.
• Draft, edit, and revise high-quality scientific and clinical manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Conduct literature reviews and provide context to internal stakeholders for future research and development.
• Deliver impactful presentations to healthcare decision-makers using compliant and approved materials.
• Identify and train internal teams and contracted speakers in alignment with strategic medical plans.
• Participate in key scientific and medical conferences to serve as medical liaison for Quest Diagnostics at scientific booth (when appropriate), present relevant scientific research, collaborate with Public Relations team on data dissemination, and meet with key TL to identify collaborative opportunities.
• Support company-initiated trials or other clinical collaborations by interacting with primary investigators, assisting in protocol design, study sight selection, start-up, and monitoring, identification and screenings, and the delivery of disease education using approved resources.
• Assist in identifying potential investigators for research collaborations and facilitate study proposal submissions.
• Facilitate the submission process of investigators' proposals for research studies, in accordance with Company Policies, and applicable laws, regulations and ethical standards.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (MD, PharmD, PhD, or RN/NP)
• Deep knowledge of Women's and Reproductive Health diagnostics and therapeutics.
• Clinical experience in Women's and Reproductive Health or related fields.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in clinical, scientific, diagnostic, device, pharmaceutical, or academic environments (excluding post-doctoral fellowships).
• Understanding of clinical research principles and applications.
• Strong understanding of clinical research principles and the US healthcare system.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills with a proven record of scientific publications.
• Ability to deliver high quality work in a resource constrained, time sensitive manner.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams within a complex matrix organization.
• Ability to work independently, with experience working across a complex matrix organization and commercial teams.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to contribute to the overall functioning and well-being of both the commercial and clinical teams within the Quest Organization.
• Highly organized and able to multi-task in a fast-moving environment.

Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer: Race/Color/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Vets