Senior Director, Medical Science Liaisons (West Region)

Description :

DBV Technologies is a global clinical stage biopharmaceutical company on a mission to develop treatment options for food allergies and immunologic diseases with significant unmet medical need using our innovative epicutaneous immunotherapy technology platform, Viaskin Patch. DBV is currently focused on exploring the use of the Viaskin Patch to re-educate the immune System of pediatric patients with peanut allergy, a devastating condition that afflicts millions Of patients. As an important milestone in our journey, we hope to offer the first epicutaneous immunotherapy treatment for peanut allergy. Future research will continue to explore the broad applications of this potential new class of immunotherapy.

The West Region Senior Director of Medical Science Liaisons (MSLs), working collaboratively with a second Senior Director of MSLs (East Region), oversees a team of five MSLs to ensure effective Key Opinion Leader (KOL) & Health Care Professional (HCP) engagement and alignment with company/medical strategies. The Sr. Dir. MSLs are strategic partners in the establishment of the medical affairs infrastructure critical to supporting launch activities by collaboratively defining gaps, targets, governance, tools, and roles and responsibilities within and across teams.

This role will involve managing the West regional territory and the regional MSL activities, providing guidance and mentorship, and contributing to the development and execution of Medical Affairs' scientific and communications plan for epicutaneous immunotherapy and the Viaskin platform and ensuring alignment and inclusion of all MSL/Medical Affairs activities, to support the commercial and scientific objectives of the company.

Location : Remote/field based

Salary Range : $220-270k

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead and Manage a Team of MSLs: provide leadership, mentorship and training to West Region MSLs to ensure effective performance, enhance their professional development, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Support and guide the MSL's individual and team development (clinical, technical and leadership skills) appropriately prioritizing elements of improvement through customized training and career plans. Ensure all MSLs fulfill global and corporate training requirements and compliance towards applicable internal and external policies and regulations.

• Develop and Implement Strategic Plans for KOL/HCP Engagement: Support development and maintenance of DBV KOL and Stakeholder Strategy, including KOL identification, segmentation, engagement planning and tracking. Oversee the development and execution of KOL engagement strategies, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and compliance with DBV's guidance and policies. Maintain IT and data analytic solutions for appropriate tracking of MSL activities; partner with Medical Affairs leadership to ensure operational support for data generation, interpretation and communication activities.

• Communicate Scientific Data: Serve as scientific peer-to-peer resource on DBV clinical data to external disease experts and internal stakeholders. Ensure that MSLs provide accurate and up-to-date scientific information to KOLs/HCPs, tailoring content to their needs. Contribute to the development and training around high quality scientific resources for use by MSLs with internal and external customers, ensuring clarity and engagement.

• Gather Insights: Oversee the collection and analysis of insights from the medical community and communicate clinical insights from the field to internal stakeholders to develop and inform medical strategy; Lead the team in gathering and reporting competitive intelligence, providing strategic insights to the organization.

• Provide Input for Medical Contribute to the development of medical strategies and tactics, align scientific insights with business objectives, and provide critical medical/scientific input into lifecycle management strategies. Respond to Medical Information Requests (MIR): Ensure timely and accurate responses to MIRS, leveraging internal resources and databases.

• Support Company-Sponsored Research/Trials: Coordinate and support company-sponsored research and clinical trials, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and Company policies. Support clinical operations initiatives including site identification, trial recruitment and presentation of final approved data

• Ensure Effective Communication and Collaboration: Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between MSLs and internal teams, promoting cross-functional teamwork; Maintain effective and appropriate communication among internal stakeholders while maintaining full compliance with relevant requirements.

• Tools Development: Oversee the creation and refinement of training materials, slides, and Other educational tools, ensuring accuracy and relevance.

• Identify and Train Speakers: Identify potential speakers and provide training to ensure effective scientific communication, promoting consistent messaging.

• Support Advisory Boards: Participate in and support the organization of advisory boards, providing scientific expertise and facilitating discussions.

• HEOR Presentations or Research: Engage in health economics and outcomes research presentations or related activities, contributing to evidence generation.

• Managed Care Activities: Support managed care activities to enhance product access and reimbursement, collaborating with market access teams.
  

Qualifications :

• Doctorate degree (i.e., PharmD, MD/DO, PhD, etc.) in a scientific discipline.

• 5+ years of directly related pharmaceutical industry experience required, management experience preferred

• Research or pharmaceutical industry experience in the field of Allergy and Immunology preferred

• Successful track record in providing medical/scientific support to other departments within an organization.

• Deep understanding and knowledge of local regulations and codes of practice for pharmaceutical industry, FDA regulations and OIG guidelines are required, particularly as applied to the non-promotional activities of the role.

• Comfortable working in a small, fast-paced, very hands-on environment.

• Strong communications and relationship building capacity

• Strong strategic mindset, understanding of market needs and resource allocation Very strong familiarity with medical affairs activities such as Medical & KOL strategy and management, medical education, medical operations, medical congresses, investigator- initiated studies and professional society engagement.

• Sound computer skills, including applications for word processing, producing slide materials, and working with spreadsheets.

• Capable of engaging in frequent business travel (approximately 50-75% of time), to include air travel, ability to travel overnight and on weekends.

• Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.

Behavioral skills :

• Curiosity: Keep on exploring uncharted territories. Always ask “why?” and more importantly “why not?”,

• Courage: Take smart risks, mentor each other to always do better & be accountable for our choices, our opinions, and our actions,

• Collaboration: Teamwork and spirit. Support each other and be equally involved in the achievement of our common goals,

• Credibility: Be transparent, follow through and build trust. Educate ourselves about our unique technology.