Ophthalmology Medical Science Liaison (Contract) – Southern California

San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
May 12, 2025
Application deadline closed.

Job Description

Bestmsls

Ophthalmology Medical Science Liaison (Contract) – Southern California

US-CA-San Diego

Job ID: 2025-1887
# of Openings: 1
Category: Medical Science Liaison
BESTMSLs

Overview

The 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.

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