Ophthalmology Medical Science Liaison (Contract) - Southern California

Company: BESTMSLs
Location: San Diego
Posted on: May 7, 2025

Job Description:

Ophthalmology Medical Science Liaison (Contract) - Southern CaliforniaUS-CA-San DiegoJob ID: 2025-1887# of Openings: 1Category: Medical Science LiaisonBESTMSLsOverviewThe Medical Science Liaison (MSL) reports to our National Director of Field Medical. MSLs are field-based healthcare professionals to our customers. They will engage in compliant scientific exchange and provide whole practice education on disease state and respond to inquiries related to our products. **This is a 5-month contract position**Responsibilities

• Manage key opinion leader (KOL) optometrists and ophthalmologists in a designated region, ensuring compliant conduct per PhRMA guidelines.
• Be the primary medical affairs KOL point of contact for day to day needs and peer-based scientific exchange, adhering to our scientific platform; engagements may include both virtual and live interactions.
• Collect actionable insights from field scientific exchange, prioritize and collate these insights to shape medical strategy.
• Provide whole practice education to optometric and ophthalmic centers.
• Provide resources to facilitate disease state education in Optometry schools and Ophthalmology residency programs.
• Instruct customers (upon request) on investigator initiated trial and medical information procedures.
• Compliantly identify and recommend KOLs for a variety of projects (including advisory boards, medical education initiatives, training, publications, special projects, clinical trials, business development evaluations) based on expertise, interests, and competencies.
• Plan KOL engagements and schedule and attend scientific sessions at local, regional and national medical meetings as needed.
• Liaise with local and regional optometric and ophthalmic medical societies.
• Present scientific evidence to the payer community.
• Provide leadership and expertise on medical affairs projects and initiatives.
• Participate in continual optimization of training, insights gathering and field medical processes
• Participate in compliant and collaborative engagements with cross-functional team members including training and KOL meetings.
• Provide clinical trial support as needed and determined by the clinical development team.
• Manage territory budget, metrics, KOL mapping and CRM entries.Qualifications
  • Doctorate of Optometry, or MD, PharmD, PhD with eye care expertise required.
  • 2+ years of experience as a medical science liaison in eye care is preferred; or 3+ years of clinical experience in eyecare with at least one year of industry experience or 7+ years of clinical practice in eyecare.
  • Strong emotional intelligence and presentation skills.
  • Ability to plan, organize, manage, and prioritize workload proactively in a fast-paced environment.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office and customer relationship management software.
  • Ability to work independently, be self-motivated, and navigate complex systems and processes.
  • Ability to collect actionable insights and critically analyze data.
  • Strong collaboration and influencing skills.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey technical and clinical information.
    • Territory Includes: Southern California -
    • Ideal Candidate Locations: Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; Santa Barbara, CA
    • Travel: 60-80%
    • Candidates must live in their assigned territory; preference given to those within 45 minutes of a major airport or metropolitan area.PI35d26a39824f-37820-37380843

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