Clinical Scientific Director
Description
Position Summary:
The Clinical Scientific Director (CSD) is a scientific resource capable of conducting high level scientific and strategic interactions across multiple product and disease states with external thought leaders as well as internal Cubist customers. CSDs are responsible for supporting medical education, clinical research, health economics and outcomes research for both marketed products and products in development. The CSD ensures appropriate scientific exchange, develops peer relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) and provides scientific support to healthcare professionals on behalf of Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc and Cubist Medical Affairs in their geographic region. The CSD has a deep understanding of the scientific trends within the acute care environment and routinely synthesizes their scientific field insights and communicates to the appropriate headquarters based colleagues (Medical Affairs Senior Management, Clinical Development Product Teams, Business Development, Strategy Leads, etc).
Key duties and responsibilities:
  • Leads thought leader development for the organization by fostering mutually productive relationships with KOLs & key decision makers across different types of healthcare organizations including: healthcare systems, integrated delivery networks (IDN), payers, and group purchasing organizations in the areas of medical ,education, clinical research, and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR)
  • Develops rapport and sustaining relationships with clinicians to deliver value
  • Conducts strategic discussions regarding research to support investigator- initiated studies for medical and clinical research and HEOR
  • Leads efforts across Medical Affairs to keep abreast of latest scientific, disease state, and healthcare landscape information and uses this information to provide value to both external and internal stakeholders
  • Leads development or communication of scientific data to diverse audiences including physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other key stakeholders in hospitals, managed care organizations, group purchasing organizations and integrated delivery networks
  • Executes scientific support for commercial functions of the organization including scientific support to health care practitioners and training for speakers and sales force as needed
  • Effectively communicates by expressing ideas and information clearly and accurately
  • Maintains cross-functional collaboration with internal & field teams to provide scientific expertise and functions as a scientific advisor with Clinical Research, Clinical Operations, MA Product Teams, Global MA Strategy & Research, Commercial, etc.
  • Attends & participate in medical/scientific meetings & conferences for the purpose of maintaining clinical/scientific expertise & providing strategic insights into emerging scientific data & healthcare trends
  • Supports clinical, medical affairs, and health economics and outcomes research through numerous activities including:
  • Site identification, site feasibility and physician/nurse education for both marketed products and the pipeline products for company sponsored research
  • Protocol development and study management in collaboration with clinical operations, collaborative outcomes research and clinical research teams for medical affairs sponsored studies
  • Uses technical expertise to support team and departmental projects
  • Takes responsibility for delivering on team goals
Minimum Basic Qualifications:
  • Advanced, doctoral level degree: PharmD, MD, or PhD
  • Minimum 2 years of pharmaceutical/biotech industry experience in related areas (Medical Affairs, Research & Development, Pharmacology, Medical Scientific Liaison) and/or clinical/academic experience in infectious diseases, gastrointestinal diseases or other acute care setting (patient care focused)
  • Basic skills and experience with scientific data/literature review
  • Experience using computer programs including Microsoft office programs (PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
  • Fellowship or Residency in infectious diseases or acute care (critical care medicine, gastroenterology)
  • Experience leading projects and interacting with cross-functional teams
  • Experience presenting/publishing scientific data
  • Experience in health economics and outcomes research with customers
  • Experience working with large healthcare systems and payers
Competencies
  • Uses direct persuasion and multiple factual arguments throughout a discussion or presentation
  • Respects the thoughts, feelings, and opinions of others, even when in disagreement with them
  • Acts professionally and remains positive, calm and focused on task
  • Understands how role interacts with other’s roles to effectively advance an initiative/project
  • Balances the amount information gathered with acting quickly enough to capitalize on opportunity or to mitigate problem
Work Environment:
Requires 60% travel or more

The seven positions are for the following general territories:

Atlantic ( DC,DE,MD,NC,VA)

Central (MN, IL, MO)

Great Lakes (MI, OH, IN, KY)

Northeast (MA, CT, PA, NY, NJ)

Southeast (TN, FL, GA)

Southwest (TX, CO, AZ)

West (WA, OR, CA)