Medical Science Liaison - Obgyn/Pcp - Texas & South

General Scope and Summary

Sage Therapeutics is searching for a creative, resourceful, integrative thinker for a highly visible role that serves as the primary Sage external medical expert in a defined region, providing advanced subject matter expertise in disease and product education as well as facilitating external collaboration opportunities aligning with Sage's mission.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Promptly respond to personal or electronic inquiries with any available information, which may include reprints or posters, medical letters, literature citations, access to internal and external experts, slides, and other related material.
• Consistently collect, report, and represent clinical insights and unanswered questions received from external contacts to the appropriate channels internally.
• Partner with internal Advocacy function to determine engagement needs and educational opportunities for patient advocacy groups, which may help advance disease understanding.
• Establish oneself as a reliable, trusted resource of accurate, up-to-date medical and scientific knowledge requested and desired by healthcare providers.
• Develop scientific collaboration and exchange with external physicians, nurses, scientific experts, hospital teams, educators, and investigators within a defined geography.
• Interact with hospital pharmacy director, Medical Directors, and payer thought leaders to provide requested disease state, epidemiology, diagnosis, and relevant RSE treatment education. Work in conjunction with members of the Commercial team (i.e., Key Account Managers, DMs, and Reimbursement Managers) to objectively and accurately communicate the science and clinical trial results.
• Effectively manage administrative activities.
• Engage in continuous learning within the therapeutic area they represent.
• Facilitate access to educational grant request process and alignment of incoming ISS's (Investigator-Sponsored Studies) with internal areas of scientific interest.
• Assist in Medical Affairs projects with a local/regional scope by sharing responsibility including alignment on goals with internal colleagues, exhibiting a problem-solving approach, assessing and coordinating resources, managing timelines, budgets, and vendors, conducting debriefing, and recommending process improvements.
• Provide prompt intake and responses for medical information and requests for Medical Affairs support.
• Demonstrate not only scientific and customer expertise, but also the ability to understand and effectively utilize approved resources to fulfill administrative, procedural, and legal requirements in order to address the customer needs. These activities may include proficiency in computer skills and database entry, continual compliance of all procedural requirements of the role (i.e., good documentation practices, standards, and procedures), and appropriate utilization and best practice sharing of available resources.
• Provide ongoing disease and product training to internal and field personnel.
• Support ongoing clinical trial execution at study sites as directed by internal Clinical Development Medical Directors.
• Serve as the primary Sage external medical representative for all key stakeholders, providing deep and advanced disease state and product information as well as facilitating the collaboration aligning with Sage's mission.

• Understand and effectively communicate current scientific knowledge.

  • Build and maintain technical and clinical expertise within women’s health/psychiatry/neurology and related areas to engage in deep scientific discussions.

  • Engage in continuous learning within the therapeutic area they represent.

  • Attend appropriate scientific meetings, conduct routine literature searches, and communicate regularly with each other to assure that the entire group benefits from individual learning whenever it is relevant.

  • Establish oneself as a reliable, trusted resource of accurate, up-to-date medical and scientific knowledge requested and desired by healthcare providers.

  • Promptly respond to personal or electronic inquiries with any available information, which may include reprints or posters, medical letters, literature citations, access to internal and external experts, slides, and other related material.

• Attend appropriate scientific meetings, conduct routine literature searches, and communicate regularly with each other to assure that the entire group benefits from individual learning whenever it is relevant.
• Build and maintain technical and clinical expertise within women’s health/psychiatry/neurology and related areas to engage in deep scientific discussions.

Experience, Education and Specialized Knowledge and Skills

Must thrive working in a fast -paced, innovative environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient. Must have excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to develop important relationships with key stakeholders, good conflict management and negotiation skills, and the ability to analyze complex issues to develop relevant and realistic plans, programs, and recommendations. Must have a demonstrated ability to translate strategy into action, excellent analytical skills, and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way and to orchestrate plans to resolve issues and mitigate risks.

This role is a field-based position and the ideal candidate must be able to travel at least 60% of the time, including the ability to travel overnight and occasionally on weekends for congresses/ meetings.

Basic Qualifications

• PharmD, PA, RN, or equivalent terminal clinical degree.
• 1+ years of relevant experience in women’s health/psychiatry/neurology with relevant clinical, scientific, and/or industry medical affairs experience in women’s health/psychiatry/neurology.

Preferred Qualifications

• Embrace our core values: Put People First, Improve Lives, Cultivate Curiosity, Do Right, and Forge New Pathways.
• Clinical experience in relevant field preferred.
• Highly motivated and capable of comprehending large amounts of scientific content which is then communicated in a clear, concise fashion.
• Excitement about the vision and mission of Sage.
• Significant experience and demonstrated track record of success in working independently, self-managing priorities, and multi-tasking projects.
• Advanced presentation and computer skills with expertise in literature identification and evaluation.
• Significant experience in professional networking with positive mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with the academic community and the medical research and medical education process highly valued.
• Strong teamwork/interpersonal skills.
• Intellectual curiosity and intelligence about the field of science/medicine for which they are responsible.

Benefits and Compensation

The base salary hiring range for this position is $133,824 - $184,008.*

• To support your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits and wellness package, which includes medical, dental, and vision coverage upon hire. More information can be found in our Benefits Guide.
• The actual salary offered within the range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, education, skills, and performance.
• This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan; the bonus varies based on performance and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program.

• Base salary ranges are periodically reviewed and subject to change. #LI-Remote