Regional Medical Scientific Director (RMSD) - Uro-Oncology (Great Lakes)

The Regional Medical Scientific Director (RMSD) is a credentialed (i.e., PhD, PharmD, DNP, MD) therapeutic and disease expert who engages in scientific exchange with leaders in the external medical and scientific community. RMSDs provide to Scientific Leaders (SLs) balanced, factual, scientific information about non-product areas of interest to the company. RMSDs reply to scientific questions from SLs, including questions about company products. The work of an RMSD is aligned to the core pillars: Scientific Exchange, Clinical Research, Scientific Congress Support, and Scientific Insights.

• →Liaison between the scientific community and company to enhance the comprehension of scientific foundations and goals for approved, in development and active Company-Sponsored Trials and/or our Company's Investigator-Sponsored Program (MISP) research studies.

• Enhance the comprehension of the scientific foundations and goals of our company Investigator Studies Program (MISP) research.
• Identify barriers to patient enrollment and retention efforts to achieve study milestones.
• Initiate discussions with SLs and/or potential investigators that include scientific/data exchange within our Areas of Interest (AOIs) to determine the alignment with our research strategies, study concepts, scientific merit, and qualifications for a specific compound or trial.

• Engage in scientific and medical meetings through pre-congress preparation, facilitate scientific and data exchange for both our Company and competitor data, collect meaningful insights, and staff congress exhibit booth as applicable.

• Serve as a role model for other field medical team members, including on-boarding and/or therapeutic training.

• PhD, PharmD, DNP, or MD.

• Clinical (patient care) or research experience in assigned therapeutic area(s) beyond that obtained in the terminal degree program.
• Field-based medical science liaison (MSL) experience.
• A minimum of 3 years of therapeutic area experience in Oncology or Urology.
• Capable of conducting doctoral level discussions with key external stakeholders.
• Dedication to scientific excellence with a strong focus on scientific education and dialogue.
• Business and market knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and networking skills.
• Must possess a thorough comprehension of FDA, OIG, HIPAA and other ethical guidelines, laws, and regulations relevant to the pharmaceutical industry and its customers.
• Must be able to organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Teams, MS Copilot).
• Consistently adhere to field and corporate policies, and Global Medical Scientific Affairs (GMSA) strategy, including field SOPs, GCP guidelines, and administrative/operational responsibilities.
• Requires up to 50% overnight travel.

• MSL field experience in the Urology practice setting.
• Therapeutic experience in Genitourinary (GU) cancers (bladder, renal, prostate).
• Established relationships with Urology SLs within geographic region.

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• This is a remote position that serves the territory of WI, IL, IN, MI, OH. This person must reside in the territory.

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This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.  Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

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