Boston Scientific Senior Scientific Affairs Specialist 

United States, Minnesota 

195317902

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain clinical and technical expertise with key CRM products and therapies inclusive of understanding clinical practice landscape (medical society guidelines, scientific publications, key clinical trials) to support appropriate evidence considerations.
• Identify and develop strong, credible scientific partnerships with strategically targeted KOLs focusing on CRM technologies to generate strategic evidence initiatives.
• Solicit and incorporate KOL feedback on scientific content to collaboratively build the scientific story around BSC CRM technologies/therapies.
• Provide KOLs with content development support for scientific and educational forums supporting BSC technologies.
• Create and support podium opportunities to disseminate key scientific evidence in support of BSC’s CRM products with an understanding where similar non-BSC devices and alternative therapies fit in the current clinical practice landscape.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional partners to select symposium venues, program scope, and faculty with strategic scientific content highlighting clinical state of the art.
• Partner with faculty to identify and develop scientific symposium objectives, content, and key educational messages.
• Develop scientific speaker resource materials that can be leveraged by physician speakers.
• Establish strong collaborative relations with internal cross-functional partners (clinical, marketing, R&D and HEMA) to reinforce and align the clinical and commercial messages through scientific affairs. Build and maintain a clinically strategic understanding of data assets (bench, preclinical, clinical, post-market) in partnership with internal functional partners to generate scientifically and clinically relevant evidence sets.
• Convey KOL input to influence internal strategy relative to evidence gaps, clinical trial design, competitive device features.
• Develop and execute BSC’s evidence generation strategy through the ISR program in partnership with the ISR Chair/Committee, Clinical, HEMA and the Franchise.
• Train and educate the commercial organization on key data releases in partnership with Sales and Marketing.
• Attend scientific conferences and programs in relevant therapeutic areas to maintain current knowledge.

Required qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required in Life Sience area or related experience
• Minimum 3 years of medical education/clinical/pre-clinical/product development/marketing/field clinical/engineering experience (cardiovascular preferred)
• Minimum 3 years of experience in the medical industry (clinical, scientific communications, medical affairs, medical education, product management, product development, R&D, medical sales, or field clinical engineer) preferably in FDA-regulated environment.
• Proven ability to build rapport with key physicians and medical leadership;
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable cross-function and cross-franchise success
• Proven ability to translate voice of customer and market dynamics into the organization

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced degree - MD or MS / PhD preferred in a related field
• Experience in Cardiac Rhythm Management medical devices.
• Experience in academic research and scientific symposia as a participant or organizer.
• Experience leading projects/teams and managing timelines using project management methodologies
  

Maximum Salary: $ 156900

Compensation fornon-exempt (hourly), non-sales rolesmay also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation forexempt, non-sales rolesmay also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

For MA positions: It is unlawful to require or administer a lie detector test for employment. Violators are subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Please be advised that certain US based positions, including without limitation field sales and service positions that call on hospitals and/or health care centers, require acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination status. Candidates will be notified during the interview and selection process if the role(s) for which they have applied require proof of vaccination as a condition of employment. Boston Scientific continues to evaluate its policies and protocols regarding the COVID-19 vaccine and will comply with all applicable state and federal law and healthcare credentialing requirements. As employees of the Company, you will be expected to meet the ongoing requirements for your roles, including any new requirements, should the Company’s policies or protocols change with regard to COVID-19 vaccination.

Among other requirements, Boston Scientific maintains specific prohibited substance test requirements for safety-sensitive positions. This role is deemed safety-sensitive and, as such, candidates will be subject to a prohibited substance test as a requirement. The goal of the prohibited substance testing is to increase workplace safety in compliance with the applicable law.