Department:107200 Medical Affairs
Location:Illinois - Remote, Indiana - Remote, Michigan - Remote
Be a part of a global team that is inspired to make a difference in the lives of people living with rare disease.
At Travere Therapeutics, we recognize that our exceptional employees are vital to our success. We are a dedicated team focused on meeting the unique needs of rare patients.Our work is rewarding - both professionally and personally - because we are making a difference. We are passionate about what we do.
We are seeking talented individuals who will thrive in our collaborative, diverse, fast-paced environment and share in our mission - to identify, develop and deliver life-changing therapies to people living with rare disease. We stick by our values centered on patients, courage, community, and collaboration to pursue our vision of becoming a leading biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the delivery of innovation and hope to patients in the global rare disease community.
At Travere Therapeutics, we are in rare for life. We continue to courageously forge new paths as we move toward a common goal of elevating science and service for rare patients.
Position Summary:
The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to create, develop and sustain on going professional relationships with national/regional healthcare practitioners and facilitate education regarding current and upcoming therapies developed and commercialized by Travere. Ensures access to current medical and scientific information on Travere products and areas of therapeutic interest to targeted key opinion leaders (KOLs), healthcare professionals (HCPs), Managed Market and Long-Term Care (LTC) stakeholders and decision makers consistent with company and the Medical Affairs Department.
Responsibilities:
Demonstrate deep scientific expertise about assigned molecules/products and overall therapeutic areas to exchange relevant information and insights with top tier thought leaders and healthcare decision makers within specific regions.
Identify and develop relationships with national and regional medical and scientific thought leaders, patient advocacy groups and centers of excellence consistent with Company strategy and objectives.
Actively contribute to launch activities for sparsentan in FSGS and IgA Nephropathy.
Foster mutually productive partnerships with KOLs in the areas of medical education and clinical/scientific research and the ability to build, cultivate, and leverage relationships with key external scientific and medical customers and organizations in their regions to ensure strong understanding of evolving healthcare trends and identifying practice change opportunities across the relevant therapeutic area landscape.
Engage in continuous learning within the therapeutic area represented and actively attend and participate in upskilling programs related to assigned molecules, products, disease states and relevant business topics.
Build and cultivate effective working relationships across internal matrix partners to ensure an enterprise approach when working with internal and external customers.
Serve as a scientific expert at key medical and scientific conferences, advisory boards, roundtables, clinical investigator meetings, and internal meetings.
Drive the development and execution of medical education strategies that build KOL alignment with scientific objectives and strengthen advocacy.
Contribute to publication planning, development of medical education materials and internal training.
Maintain cross-functional collaboration with internal teams including Clinical Operations, Clinical Development, Medical Information, Medical Communications and Commercial/Field Sales.
Assist with sponsored research (site identification, recruitment, etc.) and investigator-initiated research (conduit, protocol champion, status updates, etc.).
Deliver medical presentations to diverse audiences effectively, including physicians, pharmacists and nurses with the ability to summarize and communicate complex information in an effective manner.
Assist internal stakeholders as the scientific/medical expert during managed market/payer engagement to ensure that payers and insurance companies understand the value proposition, clinical differentiators, safety and efficacy of sparsentan by presenting relevant formulary information, pharmacoeconomic and clinical data.
Assist Patient Advocacy in creating and/or delivering scientific/medical information to ensure the patient population and Patient Advocacy Groups understand the mechanism of disease for IgA Nephropathy and FSGS.
Adhere to corporate compliance in all activities, including those related to clinical trials, scientific interactions with internal and external groups, and responses to unsolicited requests for medical/scientific information.
Education/Experience Requirements:
Advanced degree strongly preferred (i.e. Pharm D, MD/DO, PhD, PA or NP) in a relevant scientific discipline. Equivalent combination of education and applicable job experience may be considered.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in biopharmaceutical industry as a Medical Science Liaison; consideration will be made with comparable experience in research and/or pharmaceutical experience.
Nephrology experience and established KOL contacts in nephrology/renal pathologists and rare disease is a plus, other relevant therapeutic disciplines may be considered.
New product launch experience a plus.
Additional Skills/Experience:
Effective communicator with the ability to prepare and give presentations and effectively answer questions about clinical research, compliance, healthcare costs and product value proposition.
Outstanding organizational and time management skills with proven abilities to manage multiple, often... For full info follow application link.
Travere Therapeutics, Inc. is an EEO/AA/Veteran/Disability Employer
