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LivaNova is hiring a Medical Science Liaison LATAM to join our Brazil Office. The ideal person will work on establishing and maintaining peer-to-peer relationships with health care providers, medical and scientific experts, and key opinion leaders (KOLs) in Latin America ensuring that they have access and understanding of the latest and most important data on VNS Therapy and Drug Resistant Epilepsy (DRE).
Why LivaNova?
LivaNova is a global healthcare technology company built on nearly five decades of experience and a relentless commitment to improving the lives of patients around the world through meaningful innovation. Our advanced technologies and breakthrough treatments provide meaningful solutions for the benefit of patients, healthcare professionals, and healthcare systems. The company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol " LIVN." LivaNova is headquartered in London (UK) with a presence in over 100 countries and a team of more than 3,000 employees worldwide.
We empower people to grow by solving challenging problems together and this is just the beginning! Join us in our mission to make an extraordinary impact on patients' lives!
What's in it for you?
- Great company culture: Employee Recognition Program, Service Awards, Employee Assistance Program for the employee and their dependents, developmental opportunities and a diverse work environment
- Excellent benefits: Health insurance, Dental insurance, Life insurance, Meal and Supermarket Voucher, Gympass and more!
- Additional benefits for the future: Private Pension Fund (Previdência Privada), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Corporate University and more!
- This role will additionally have: Anual Bonus according with the company policies
Role purpose and key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations and relationships with key stakeholders in the medical and scientific communities.
- Ensure that HCPs implanting, dosing or prescribing LivaNova Neuromodulation products have undergone the necessary medical education and have the necessary support to provide the highest level of safety and efficacy.
- Develop an understanding of the regional landscape including specialties involved in care of patients.
- Generate and execute tactical regional plans to provide needs based, value-added support of the medical and scientific community in line with company goals.
- Support clinical development initiatives including investigator-initiated research (IIR) and LivaNova-sponsored clinical studies and registries (e.g., site identification, trial recruitment, and presentation of final approved data).
- Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders on Medical Affairs-led initiatives including publications, advisory boards, medical education (e.g., CME) opportunities, training, and speaker development.
- Identify, profile, prioritize and map thought leaders in line with strategic initiatives and goals.
- Support external stakeholders with up-to-date medical information, robust disease expertise, and product information, including providing fair and balanced responses to requests for scientific information.
- Serve as scientific peer-to-peer resource to external disease experts and internal stakeholders.
- Train internal stakeholders on key scientific and medical topics in relevant therapeutic area.
- Maintain effective and appropriate communication among internal stakeholders while maintaining full compliance with relevant requirements.
- Maintain accurate reporting and documentation of MSL action plans and key performance metrics in SFDC.
Requirements and qualifications you will need to be successful
- MD or PhD in the specialty of Neurology, Pediatric Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry Neuroscience or Biomedical Engineering
- Languages proficiency:
- English: Excellent verbal and written communication skill
- Portuguese: Excellent verbal and written communication skill
- Spanish: Excellent verbal communication skill
- Experience (3 years) in clinical affairs, medical affairs and/or clinical strategy in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry
- Clinical or research experience in target Therapeutic Area(s) highly desirable
- Demonstrated ability to establish networks and active relationships with Key Opinion Leaders
- Understanding and demonstrated ability to work compliantly in a field-based role, within the medical affairs organization, in collaboration with the commercial organization
- Demonstrated ability to embrace responsibilities and to achieve goals
- Strong initiative and desire to work as part of a cross-functional team
- Excellent time management
- Demonstrated ability to work independently
- Pro-active team player, flexible, and ability to work in ambiguous situations
Location
São Paulo, Brazil. Up to 50% travel within region. Required travel to customer meetings, local and international congresses, team meetings, and