Territory will include multiple countries in the EU.
Serving as a value-added resource and extension of the Company the Clinical Trial Liaison (CTL) will support the company's Ophthalmology pipeline. The CTL supports the execution of country medical plans related to clinical trial engagements. The CTL will work full time to educate, analyze, and resolve issues with clinical research sites and investigators.
This role involves compliant collaboration with KOLs, investigators, research staff members, advocacy groups to build strong professional partnerships, provide credible scientific expertise, and serve as a field-based extension to support the company's clinical trial programs.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Site and Investigator Partnerships
- Create investigator engagement plans to support site identification and selection
- Build and maintain partnerships with potential PIs for company clinical trials
- Conduct compliant scientific exchange to educate on company clinical trials
- Provide clinical trial liaison support to site investigators involved in sponsored studies including protocol support, screening barriers, and clinical trial recruitment and retention
- Collection of key medical insights from PIs to inform refinement of strategies
- Serve as a liaison to internal R&D functions to ensure the effective support of PIs
- Respond in a timely manner to unsolicited inquiries from external stakeholders and HCPs
Building Company & Pipeline Advocacy
- Through compliant scientific exchange, build and maintain professional relationships with external stakeholders to expand research, company advocacy, and educational partnerships
- Collect key strategic insights from top research KOLs and HCPs to support strategic initiatives
- Support execution of strategy through creation of national and regional congress plans for your assigned territories to attend and execute activities
Qualifications
- An advanced degree in life sciences (MD, PharmD or PhD or equivalent)
- Has established scientific relationships and the ability to deliver effective presentations to HCPs
- Experience in clinical trial operations, design, site support and scientific engagement with clinical trial sites required.
- General Ophthalmology or Anterior segment ophthalmology therapeutic area experience and/or Neurology
- At least 2 years of therapeutic, research or substantive patient care experience is required
- Frequent travel is required. Availability to travel up to 75% of time
- Availability to attend meetings on holidays and weekends
- Ability to travel internationally as needed with valid passport
- Clean and valid driver’s license