Medical Science Liaison - Remote (Dallas, Fort Worth, Kansas City, Missouri, Memphis, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma) #4000

Job Description

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care. We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies. For more information, please visit grail.com . The primary responsibility of the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) supporting Galleri is to engage, educate, and support Galleri ordering providers and cancer diagnostic specialists, Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and Health Care System (HCS) influencers with the most current clinical and scientific materials supporting appropriate implementation and utilization of the Galleri Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) test. This will be completed through (1) Medical-Commercial partnership to identify appropriate external stakeholders, (2) providing necessary and appropriate medical education with slides, abstracts, and/or publications relevant to the Galleri product and related services, (3) responding to unsolicited questions, (4) participating in the development and creation of educational resources, and (5) training external speakers. This position will ensure that all interactions and activities in the territories adhere to corporate and healthcare compliance guidance, including those related to clinical trials, scientific interactions with internal and external groups, and responses to unsolicited requests for medical/scientific information.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and/or maintain strong educational and collaborative working relationships with key primary care providers, diagnostic specialists, KOLs, HCS decision makers, and national/regional professional societies to support understanding and adoption of the Galleri MCED Test.
• Maintain in-depth clinical, scientific, and technical expertise related to GRAIL’s products, cancer screening, and cancer diagnostic guidelines through continuous learning, participating in various internal and external clinical and scientific education programs, meetings, presentations, and other forums
• Engage in continuous learning, actively attend and participate in upskilling training programs, utilize appropriate resources, meetings, presentations and other forums that provide operational expertise.
• Support ordering providers and diagnostic specialists with appropriate and compliant educational materials for Galleri post-positive patient journey support
• Summarize and communicate complex medical messages to enable clear and concise understanding by both external audiences and partners within GRAIL
• Through external engagements, elicit, capture and document actionable insights relevant to GRAIL strategy
• Participate in local, regional, and national meetings in support of all scientific and medical objectives

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced scientific degree (PhD, PharmD, MD, NP, PA, CGC, or equivalent degree) with experience in oncology, genomics, diagnostics, cfDNA-based fields strongly preferred
• Minimum of 2-4 years of external-facing industry experience in a diagnostics or pharmaceutical Medical Affairs setting
• Advanced knowledge of the biotechnology, diagnostics, and/or pharmaceutical industry
• Ability to apply advanced knowledge of GRAIL’s product specifications
• Ability to work independently and remotely while maintaining a strong teamwork mentality
• Flexible to changes in a dynamic corporate environment
• Multi-dimensional in abilities to work on simultaneous tasks in a high-paced environment
• Strong problem-solving skills, good attention to detail, time management skills
• Learning mindset, open to training and becoming an expert across customer types
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; exhibits professional maturity, confidence, and competence
• Highly developed written skills, and the ability to produce documents for dissemination both inside and outside the organization for presentations, technical briefs
• Ability to elicit and answer clinical questions in groups ranging from individuals to larger didactic roundtables and podium presentations
• Ability to address high-level experts in the scientific field at company-sponsored events and scientific conferences
• Extensive travel required up to 3-4 days per week to meet with KOLs, attend physician education talks and conferences, including specialty society scientific meetings (will require some weekend work). Travel is estimated to be approximately 60%.

Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time. In addition, GRAIL offers a progressive benefit package, including flexible time-off, a 401k with a company match, and alongside our medical, dental, vision plans, carefully selected mindfulness offerings. GRAIL is an Equal Employment Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace. Apply for this job