Medical Advisor (Remote Role)

Role: Medical Advisor

Location: Lake Forest, IL - 60045 (remote role)

Duration: 3 Months on W2

Shift Timings: 8am to 5pm

Position Summary

• This individual will report to the Director, ID US Customer Marketing and work closely with internal stakeholders including: Senior Leadership, Client Government Affairs Team (Federal, State, Reimbursement Policy), Market Access, Commercial Leadership Team, Medical Education, Customer Marketing and Public Affairs. This person will also manage outside agencies to support advocacy efforts, market research and communications development. There are numerous outside stakeholders including key retail partners, newly formed coalitions and industry associations working to secure long term access for pharmacy to test and treat.
• The scope of this position includes leading the US ID Commercial pharmacy market initiative. Through the Public Health Emergency (PHE) pharmacies have been given authority to test and prescribe treatment for COVID-19 and other Influenza Like Illnesses (ILI) which include Influenza and RSV tests. The goal of the pharmacy initiative is to secure long term testing access post-PHE and provide a clear regulatory and reimbursement path for this decentralized setting.
• The Market Advocacy Pharmacy Lead will influence both internal and external stakeholder activities to positively secure legislative wins in 2023 at both the federal level and in 8 focus states, as well as drive client presence to educate on testing in pharmacy at pharmacist meetings and other educational outlets (webinars, mailers, etc.).

Core Responsibilities And Key Activities

• Work to address advocates (e.g. physicians) who will likely stand to challenge change at every stage and will erect obstacles in our path.
• Contribute to the broader ID organization as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the US Pharmacy Market.
• Incorporate insights from the market research (focus groups and polling data) and best practices from states currently delivering pharmacy testing into campaign messaging and materials including potential events.
• Direct development and deployment of pharmacy campaign assets for use by Government Affairs team, Coalitions, Medical Education and Customer Marketing, as appropriate.
• Drive Client Pharmacy initiative through collaborative efforts with both internal and external stakeholders. Key areas to address include both access to testing, pharmacist education on the value of testing and positive reimbursement for Pharmacy testing.
• Work with ID Retail team on current ID NOW pharmacy testing sites to help fuel early success and to help address obstacles that may arise.
• Engage with external customers, pharmacy associations and advocacy groups to drive narrative and to ensure alignment efforts.
• Develop pharmacy support materials to promote pharmacy testing in markets with favorable regulations but little uptick due to awareness or reimbursement hurdles.
• Actively manage external agencies in development of advocacy strategies, pharmacist education and communication tools.

Experience/Education

• Bachelor's degree required. MD, PhD, PharmD, MBA preferred.
• Ten (10) + years of relevant pharmacy industry experience. History in pharmacy clinical services, especially point-of-care (POC) diagnostics and molecular platforms preferred.
• Strong multi-tasking and project management skills needed.
• Strong marketing skills in the pharmacy clinical services space and/or marketing to pharmacists.
• Demonstrates understanding of the applicable industry regulations and quality management systems including product labeling and claims.
• Strong communication skills with demonstrated ability to create and deliver professional and impactful presentations to senior leaders.
• Demonstrated understanding of the varied payment models utilized at the sites of care for the ID testing portfolio.