Medical Science Liaison, Rare Disease, UK and Ireland

Medical Science Liaison, Rare Disease, UK and Ireland

Join Amplity, the full-service go-to partner of biopharma companies that delivers flexible + specialized medical + commercial services. No matter where a drug is in its lifecycle, we scale with ease to maximize resources + improve impact for all our clients. Through strategic partnerships + deep therapeutic expertise, Amplity transforms how breakthrough treatments reach the people who need them.

Business Unit: Medical AffairsReports to: Program Director, AmplityLocation: Home based, UK and IrelandTerritory: UK and Ireland, 50-70% travelIndividual Contributor or Manager: Individual

Who We Are

Amplity Health is a pure-play pharmaceutical commercialization company helping clients navigate the road from product to patient. We strive to ensure patients gain access to and benefit from the best medicines for the right reasons, using our EPIIC values (excellence, passion, integrity, innovation and collaboration). We’re looking for a talented expert to help us ensure success for our clients, so if you share our values and are interested in joining us, then please read on and we would love to hear from you!

What We Offer

• Benefits relevant to your country of residence. Usually this includes, at minimum, a car allowance, an annual performance-related bonus of up to 15%, and either medical coverage or a contribution towards this
• An opportunity to make an impact from day one in a team with huge aspirations and who are at the forefront of breakthrough medicine and science
• Hands-on learning, tailored to your needs and expertise, with the opportunity to grow and develop your career at your pace
• Remote working with flexible working hours (we’re outputs focused rather than hours focused), to enable you to ensure a great work life balance
• The opportunity to be part of something bigger with the advantage of our global presence
• A diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where every voice is heard. Our IDEA motto is “be true, be you” and we strive to ensure everyone feels a sense of belonging and can bring their true, authentic and best self to work
• An environment that empowers and supports colleagues to manage all aspects of their wellbeing by focusing on a holistic approach

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role you will support activities across both Medical Affairs & Clinical Development objectives for the portfolio of pipeline products in rare disease (rare proteinuric kidney disorder, rare metabolic disorder).

You will serve as a key interface with clinical trial sites across all development programs, working closely with Clinical Development and Clinical Operations. Additionally, you will collaborate with Medical Affairs to identify and engage key opinion leaders within the medical community to communicate non-promotional scientific, and medical information regarding disease state and/or pipeline products.

What Your Day-to-day Responsibilities Will Be

• Building and developing enduring relationships with HCPs, patient advocacy groups, professional societies, and institutions, creating constructive cross-functional partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Serving as a primary interface between our client and clinical trial sites across all development programs, working closely with Clinical Development & Clinical Operations
• Advising and participating in the planning and set-up of clinical studies
• Representing our client at select scientific congresses and professional society meetings
• Sharing important clinical and scientific insights that you have gathered from fieldwork to cross-functional teams
• Acting as an internal and external scientific expert
• Adhering to compliance requirements
• Supporting investigator-initiated studies

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• An advanced doctoral degree (MD, PhD, Pharm D) or MSc is preferred
• Relevant therapeutic area knowledge in the field of rare disease is preferred. Established KOL contacts in metabolic/genetic disorders is a plus
• Post graduate therapeutic area experience is preferred
• Fluency in English and local language
• 3+ years of previous industry medical affairs experience required, preferably in MSL and/or headquartered based medical affairs role and clinical trial background
• Demonstrable experience in building and maintaining relationships with KOLs
• Ability to effectively communicate and assimilate scientific and clinical data to the relevant audience
• Biotech experience is a plus!
• Willing and able to travel internationally, up to ~ 70% of time

About Amplity

Amplity powers biopharma innovation through expert-led teams that deliver. Whether you knew us in the 80’s as Physician Detailing Inc., or in the 00’s as part of Publicis Health, the companies that came together in 2019 to form Amplity have delivered contract medical, commercial + communications excellence for 40+ years.

Our people-driven, tech-enabled DNA fuels everything we do. Our professionals understand the pharmaceutical industry from the inside out. With a deep grasp on product lifecycles, marketing hurdles, operational nuances + the complex needs of providers and patients, we help our clients launch products + operate smoothly with precision — across all business shapes, sizes + specialties.

We are on a mission to improve patient outcomes through executional excellence — enabling our partners in pharma to thrive in turn. At Amplity, we are allies in excellence. And we do it quicker, better, nicer than anyone else.

Key skills/competency

• Medical Affairs
• Rare Disease
• Clinical Development
• KOL Engagement
• Scientific Communication
• Clinical Trials
• Patient Advocacy
• Scientific Congresses
• Data Assimilation
• Compliance
• Biotech Experience