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Regional Medical Scientist

ViroPharma Incorporated

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Location: Field, MD Posted Date: 4/12/2013 Position Type: Full time Job Code: RMS Required Education: Doctorate/PhD Areas of Expertise Desired: Clinical Research
Medical Affairs

Description

This position will be responsible for DC/MD/WV/VA/TN/DE/NC.

ViroPharma Incorporated is an international biotechnology company headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania committed to developing and commercializing innovative products that address unmet medical needs.

We are comprised of a community of People united by their commitment to improve the health of patients suffering from serious diseases.  Over the past 18 years ViroPharma has built a value-based culture of excellence.

We are currently seeking People with the following expertise:

Principal Objective(s):
The Regional Medical Scientist (RMS) is a field-based medical expert who will strategically develop, maintain and advance scientifically-based relationships with national and regional opinion leaders (OLs), both established and emerging, in therapeutic areas of interest to ViroPharma.   This position will be responsible for DC/MD/WV/VA/TN/DE/NC.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:
• Goals will be accomplished by the development and execution of a strategic plan supportive of Medical Affairs and ViroPharma goals, and by working in collaboration with internal partners.    
• Responsible for developing creative and innovative approaches to meet the educational, scientific and research needs of OLs.  
• Maintain state of the art current awareness of clinical practice, therapeutic and scientific knowledge, and business intelligence related to ViroPharma areas of interest through interactions with OLs, attendance of medical meetings, and literature reading.
• Support company research programs including ViroPharma Phase I-IV studies and Investigator-Initiated Studies.  
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with Opinion Leaders and academic centers in therapeutic areas of interest or potential interest to ViroPharma.  
• Develop tactics for communicating complex scientific information to the healthcare community.
 o RMS tactics include educational, research, and publication with an emphasis on providing appropriate scientific and technical support
• Disseminate and convey complex medical/scientific information to professional and internal audiences.
• Identify and support research opportunities with appropriate health care professionals as they relate to clinical and non-clinical studies via investigator-initiated protocols.  
• Seek/uncover data that may have potential for publication &/or abstract presentation.
• Support Clinical Operations in conduct of ViroPharma clinical development studies.
• Provide necessary clinical/scientific support for products in third-party payer environment.  
• Present scientific evidence in support of guideline development, treatment protocols and drug utilization.
• Attend medical conferences to learn, interact with OLs, staff Medical Affairs booth, and generate meeting reports of interest to internal colleagues.
• Ethically provide business intelligence.
• Participate in internal projects to support the department.
• Assist with educational content, medical content review and professional communication materials.
• Provide support for answering unsolicited medical questions, adverse event follow through and other clinically related medical information issues.
• Populate and maintain an opinion leader database management system.
• Perform administrative duties and project tasks in a timely manner as assigned.
• Alert to key market changes by listening to health professionals, competitors and government regulators.
• Successfully manage projects by meeting assigned benchmarks.  

This position description is intended to provide a summary of the major duties, tasks, and responsibilities of this position and shall not be considered an exhaustive listing of all work requirements.

Requirements

Requirements and Qualifications
Experience:
Minimum of three ( 3) years pharmaceutical  industry experience with at least two (2) years as an RMS equivalent; or minimum five (5) years clinical experience, preferred

Skills:
• Adaptability:  Ability to adjust easily to new or changing circumstances as demonstrated by the ability to shift easily among competing tasks to meet deadlines.  Demonstrated ability to modify own behavior in response to needs of others and adjust readily to various groups or work situations.
• Communication: Speaks effectively in individual or group situations; is an effective listener; writes clearly and convincingly; taking responsibility for facilitating information exchange among subordinates, peers and managers.
• Confidentiality: Demonstrates unwavering commitment to confidentiality
• Customer Oriented: Attentive to customer needs as demonstrated by responsiveness to customer requests, initiation of informal meetings and build relationship and listening to/anticipating customer needs.
• Detail Oriented: Attention to detail, as demonstrated by regularly verifying all work thoroughly to ensure accuracy and ability to recall specific facts quality and efficiently.
• Ethical:  Ability to act with integrity as demonstrated by regularly representing information accurately and honestly, dealing with others fairly and maintaining high standards of conduct despite pressure.
• Initiative: Demonstrates ability to take action independently, to plan work and identify strategies to accomplishing individual, department and/or company objectives.
• Innovation: Exhibits originality, ingenuity, and creativity in the development of new or improves methods or approaches.  Anticipates important changes affecting the job and capitalizes on them.
• Judgment: Demonstrates effective problem-solving and decision making sills; seeks solutions through appropriate resources, evaluates alternatives and recommends viable solutions.
• Knowledge: Demonstrates sound knowledge of methods, techniques and skills relating to the job function, successfully applies this knowledge.
• Leadership: The ability to control work assignments through planning and organization and the capacity for influencing other people towards the attainment of specific goals.
• Persistent:  Perseveres in spite of opposition or difficultly as demonstrated by coming up with a variety of approaches to reach a goal.
• Quality of Work: Maintains high personal work standards and avoids short-cuts that may adversely impact quality.
• Relationships: Negotiates and cooperates with others to accomplish optimal utilization of resources. Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills in relationships with all customers, colleagues and management,   Demonstrates composure in difficult situations. Exhibits cooperation and serves as an effective “team player”.  
• Time Management: Uses time efficiently and effectively when prioritizing both day to day activities and projects.

Technology:
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Capability to learn new software in a timely manner

Education:
• PharmD., Ph.D., or MD preferred

Other
• Ability to work irregular hours, travel and attend weekend professional programs.
• Domestic & International Travel
• Valid Driver’s License

Portfolio of Benefits
In addition to a rewarding casual work environment emphasizing teamwork, commitment and communication, ViroPharma provides competitive salaries, medical/dental benefits, medical & dependent care spending account, ST/LT disability, education assistance, a 401(k) plan, long term incentive awards, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, tuition reimbursements plus a unique opportunity for professional growth.

Equal Opportunity Employer
ViroPharma is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce.

This position will be responsible for DC/MD/WV/VA/TN/DE/NC.
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