Medical Science Liaison, CNS

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Contribute a clinical and scientific viewpoint to the local execution strategy addressing customer challenges, issues, and opportunities.

• Coordinate the implementation of field activities.

• Establish, nurture, and utilize relationships with key scientific and medical customers and organizations within the designated territory.

• Engage with key influencers, local practice leaders, decision-makers, healthcare providers, and patient advocacy stakeholders.

• Develop and sustain a comprehensive understanding of the ecosystem while aligning with Otsuka's patient-centric strategy.

• Deliver evidence-based clinical, economic, and humanistic information regarding Otsuka and its products.

• Collaborate with providers and stakeholders to implement practical, real-world solutions that enhance patient outcomes.

• Foster internal working relationships across the matrix team and execute local medical strategies.

• Share disease-state and healthcare-landscape information with customers.

• Provide clinical and data-oriented training for promotional and disease-state speakers.

• Participate in Otsuka's speaker bureau as required.

• Gather and submit medical insights that support decision-making and evidence-generation priorities.

• Assist with clinical trials, including registrational, post-marketing, investigator-sponsored trials, and health economic outcomes research.

• Offer clinical expertise and feedback on clinical-trial operations, site selection, and performance.

• Mentor colleagues and new hires.

• Support Safety & Pharmacovigilance investigations, Sales Training medical education, and the Field Medical Center of Excellence.

⛳️ Requirements

• MD/DO, PharmD, or PhD in life sciences, or a Master's degree with equivalent psychiatry or CNS clinical experience.

• A minimum of 2 years in pharmaceutical medical affairs or relevant work experience.

• Understanding of the interconnectedness of health systems and the overall delivery of patient care.

• Experience collaborating with healthcare professionals and other decision-makers.

• Strong business acumen and knowledge of the industry, including Otsuka's business model and value proposition, key competitors, and marketplace dynamics.

• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

• Professional maturity, confidence, and competence.

• Strong conflict resolution skills.

• Capability to lead others and project teams strategically.

• Ability to summarize and convey complex information and business objectives clearly and effectively.

• Strong understanding of the industry’s legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape.

• Ability to operate in an ambiguous environment undergoing transformation.

• Demonstrated behaviors that align with the Otsuka Corporate Brand: Perseverance, Unconventional Thinking, and Humility.

• Willingness to travel by air or car up to 70% of the time, based on territory size.

• Preferred residence is in a major city within the territory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Company-provided basic life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability insurance.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Student loan assistance.

• Generous 401(k) matching.

• Flexible time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Paid leave programs.

• Other company-provided benefits.

• Incentive opportunity.