Medical Science Liaison, Specialty Surgery

About CooperSurgical:

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and womens healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women babies and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. As a division of CooperCompanies were driven by a unified purpose to enable patients to experience lifes beautiful moments. Guided by our shared values dedicated innovative friendly partners and do the right thing our offerings support patients throughout their lifetimes from contraception to fertility and birth solutions to womens and family care and beyond. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to healthcare providers including testing and treatment options as well as an innovative suite of assisted reproductive technology and genomic testing solutions. Learn more at .

Position Summary

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a remote role and plays a pivotal role in advancing scientific and clinical understanding of CooperSurgical specialty surgical medical devices specifically supporting plastic surgery reconstructive surgery and colorectal MSL will serve as a subject matter expert in these surgical specialties providing scientific support fostering relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) leading research initiatives attending and supporting relevant conferences and delivering in-person and virtual educational support. This position requires a strong clinical background as a healthcare provider with direct experience in these surgical environments excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced collaborative setting.

Key Responsibilities

Medical Information/ Knowledge

• Serve as a scientific resource to external healthcare providers and internal stakeholders.

• Provide up-to-date medical information and product knowledge related to CooperSurgical specialty surgery portfolio.

• Maintain a deep expertise in all related disease states and surgical procedures related to plastic reconstructive and colorectal surgery.

• Serve as a credible and valued representative in a variety of interactions with key stakeholders internally and externally (i.e. collaborate with the commercial team regulatory legal R&D commercial operations etc.).

• Train internal stakeholders on key scientific and medical topics relevant to CooperSurgical specialty surgery portfolio.

• Provide fair balanced medical information for healthcare providers by addressing questions from healthcare providers based on available scientific data.

  • Respond to Medical Information Requests in a timely manner and work collaboratively as needed.

• Create multimedia scientific educational content for presentations in live and virtual formats for internal and external stakeholders.

• Conduct regular and extensive reviews of the literature develop presentations and assist with publications and medical communications.

• Keep abreast of medical and scientific developments in the assigned therapeutic area and proactively report competitive activities and events that can influence the use of company products.

• Adhere to corporate compliance in all activities including those related to scientific interactions with internal and external groups.

KOL Development

• Identify establish and maintain relationships with KOLs healthcare providers and researchers.

• Engage KOLs in scientific discussions share clinical data and insights and gather feedback on CooperSurgical specialty surgery portfolio.

• Establish and develop scientific and clinical relationships with thought leaders and academic centers to engage in scientific exchange and maintain a reliable presence with those scientific leaders to ensure they have a medical contact within the company.

• Actively participate in advisory boards speaker training events clinical investigator meetings and regional and national conferences when required.

• Collaborate with healthcare providers on medical affairs initiatives including publications conference presentations advisory boards medical education training speaker development and research.

• Communicate clinical insights and competitive intelligence to Medical Affairs team to inform medical strategy for the therapeutic area.

• Maintain up-to-date and accurate reporting and documentation of MSL activities.

Research

• Identify and evaluate scientific merit of Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS) and External Collaborative Research (ECR) study protocols related to CooperSurgical specialty surgery portfolio.

• Facilitation of the collaborative research process; to include assist in set-up implementation and execution of company-sponsored studies related to CooperSurgical specialty surgery portfolio.

• Prepare and present materials for investigator and team meetings related to CooperSurgical specialty surgery related studies.

• Serve as the primary liaison between the company and investigators from inception to publication for (IIS) and (ECR) projects related toCooperSurgical specialty surgery related studies.

• Provide scientific input and guidance on study design protocol development data interpretation and publication strategy.

Medical Education

• Provide in-person support for non-promotional educational grant programs at residency and advance practice provider education institutions community institutions professional organizations and hospitals.

• Provide scientific support and education to healthcare professionals through in-person interactions and educational events.

• Coordinate and conduct in-person training sessions for healthcare professionals.

• Provide hands-on guidance and instruction to healthcare professionals on proper use of CooperSurgical medical devices used in related specialty surgery procedures.

Subject Matter Expertise

• Maintain an expert level of knowledge regarding CooperSurgical specialty surgery portfolio clinical profile competitive landscape and relevant scientific literature.

• Serve as a trusted resource for internal teams including Medical Affairs Clinical Affairs Legal Marketing Sales and Regulatory Affairs.

• Be capable to collaborate closely with the Promotional Review Committee to ensure that all promotional materials including slide decks scientific presentations and educational resources comply with regulatory requirements and corporate standards.

• Work to answer all medical information requests

Medical Information Management

• Manage and disseminate accurate up-to-date medical information on CooperSurgical specialty surgery related portfolio to healthcare professionals researchers and internal stakeholders.

• Respond to inquiries from healthcare professionals and researchers regarding clinical data product information and scientific literature ensuring timely and comprehensive support.

• Implement a robust version control system and centralized repository for standard response letters (SRLs) to facilitate easy access and tracking of revisions.

• Monitor SRL usage and feedback mechanisms to identify any deviations from standard language or regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate between medical legal regulatory and marketing teams to ensure that SRLs reflect the most current scientific evidence and adhere to applicable regulations and corporate standards.

Travel: Willingness to travel ( 50-70% of the time) for meetings conferences and educational grant support.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g. PharmD MD PhD DNP PA APRN) required terminal degree preferred.

• 3-5 years of Medical Science Liaison or equivalent experience; with prior direct clinical background in plastic reconstructive (breast head and neck) or colorectal surgery.

• Relevant surgical experience or surgical assist expertise required.

• Strong communication and presentation skills; ability to engage diverse audiences.

• Expertise in clinical research evidence-based medicine and scientific data interpretation.

• Proven ability to build and maintain KOL relationships

• Self-motivated proactive and able to work independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

As an employee of CooperSurgical youll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. As we believe your compensation goes beyond your paycheck we offer a great compensation package medical coverage 401(k) parental leave fertility benefits paid time off for vacation personal sick and holidays and multiple other perks and benefits. Please visit us at to learn more about CooperSurgical and the benefits of becoming a member of our team.

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For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation the starting base pay for this role is between $147808 - $197077. The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.