Senior Medical Science Liaison

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Cytokinetics is a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company, building on its over 25 years of pioneering scientific innovations in muscle biology, and advancing a pipeline of potential new medicines for patients suffering from diseases of cardiac muscle dysfunction. At Cytokinetics, each team member plays an integral part in advancing our mission to improve the lives of patients. We are seeking tenacious, compassionate, and collaborative individuals who are driven to make a positive impact. Reporting to the Senior Medical Director for the UK, Ireland and Nordics the Senior Medical Science Liaison (Snr MSL) is a scientific professional who serves as a key field-based scientific resource for healthcare providers, patients, industry partners and internal colleagues. This role will come with high visibility in our company including critical cross-functional relationships across Medical Affairs, Clinical Development / Operations, and Commercial. This role will focus on key opinion leaders and other HCP's in the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy therapeutic area, but also support pipeline products in development. Our passion is anchored in rigorous and diligent scientific and clinical approaches to the discovery and development of novel mechanism therapeutics. With gratitude for the commitments and convictions of our employees who are inspired by the courage of patients we aim to serve, we believe Cytokinetics will continue to be a pioneering, values-driven, sustainable, fully integrated biopharmaceutical company. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Identify national, regional, and local Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) involved in the provision of cardiovascular care within institutional care centres and engage them in proactive and reactive scientific exchange Maintain and broaden professional relationships with HCPs (Physicians, Specialist Nurses, Echocardiologists, Genetic Counsellors, Pharmacists (and other relevant members of the multi-disciplinary team) in institutional care centers, to expand research, advisory, and educational partnership opportunities; identify areas of unmet medical need; and assure thoughtful exchange of current medical information related to products in development and therapeutic areas of importance Serve as a scientific expert at key medical and scientific conferences, advisory boards, clinical investigator meetings, internal meetings, and patient advocacy group meetings Maintain a high-level of scientific knowledge and understanding about disease state, underlying science, treatment guidelines, available treatment agents and options, as well as other relevant therapies under development Maintain a superior understanding of current trends in clinical research, competitive developments, patient care, and their impact on Cytokinetics' medical strategies Work with Medical Affairs and other internal colleagues on initiatives including medical information, publications, medical education, grants, speaker training, and other educational programs Provide support to our clinical development programs by serving as a key point of contact for company-sponsored trial investigators, investigator-initiated research, and registries consistent with company objectives and regulations Generate Field Medical Affairs plans to identify collaborative opportunities with KOL's and institutions, review scientific program of relevant conferences, attend sessions, support exhibit booth operations, and contribute to a timely written conference report summarizing key information, activities, and competitive intelligence to colleagues Accurate and timely documentation of activities within applicable company databases and platforms Mentor, train and support other Medical Scientists Provide scientific training on key relevant data to Key Account Managers and other business colleagues as required Provide strategic input and execute region-specific plans to achieve KOL engagement goals and Medical Affairs departmental goals Pursue projects independently with a high degree of quality and timely execution Contribute to / lead Congress Planning activities Maintain a complete awareness of and understanding about current "real world" clinical practices, HEOR drivers, and emerging trends in treatments/medicine Establish relationships with key executive leadership colleagues across Cytokinetics and connect external parties with appropriate leadership team members Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required: Advanced clinical or scientific degree (BSc, MSc, BPharm, MPharm, PhD, BM BS or equivalent) preferred Minimum of 5 years of MSL experience for Snr. MSL. Cardiovascular therapy area experience is strongly preferred, with direct experience in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy considered a significant advantage. Experience in heart failure is beneficial. The ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities across field, internal, and congress activities is essential Must communicate with clarity and precision; able to distil c