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Medical Science Liaison Job Description

Octave Bioscience combines deep data with profound empathy to supercharge our comprehensive approach to improving outcomes in neurodegenerative diseases. Our team of data scientists, biologists, clinicians, and technologists are bringing their A-game to creating the next generation of clinical care solutions.

Using human-tech services, we partner with people with neurological diseases to understand and act upon the complexities and subtleties they deal with every day. Our platform of apps, sensors and wearables, cutting-edge imaging technologies, and novel biomarkers provide the data that feed into structured analytical models aimed at improving care management decisions to create better patient outcomes at lower costs.

We are looking for a highly motivated Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) with a proven track record of successfully engaging neurology healthcare professionals, key opinion leaders (KOLs), and organizations. The MSL is responsible for cultivating current and future thought leaders in neurology in private practices and community and academic settings. The MSLs’ clinical practice insights and science knowledge will be utilized to deliver non-promotional scientific, educational, and research data and education activities. The Parkinson’s disease (PD) MSL will, in addition, leverage demonstrated scientific leadership in neurodegenerative diseases, to serve as a key architect of the Octave Evidence and Medical Affairs Strategy.

The position carries out field activities associated with bringing new Octave Bioscience products to the market and expanding the market for future offering. The MSL is responsible for developing creative and innovative strategies for addressing the specific needs of key customers and KOLs.

Responsibilities

● Identify and develop relationships with KOLs, and build advocacy, based on balanced scientific exchange.

● Form strategic partnerships with key academic medical centers to advance development efforts in PD.

● With Medical Affairs and Scientific teams, develop and author publications and abstracts; coordinate efforts with external collaborators.

● Provide scientific support for the commercial functions of the organization, including providing scientific support to health care practitioners and training for speakers and sales force members as needed.

● Build a strong network of pertinent and relevant experts to obtain relevant advice, expert opinions, and collaborations.

● Manage, develop, and grow Medical Affairs activities and initiatives to achieve key medical objectives.

● Attend regional and national medical conferences to enhance company and product awareness.

● Represent Medical Affairs at scientific/medical symposia, congresses, industry councils, and internal meetings as requested.

● Deliver clear, concise, and relevant clinical/scientific presentations in a variety of settings, including but not limited to internal meetings, advisory boards, investigator meetings, payer discussions, academic/group practice/individual discussions, and other venues.

● Identify clinical insights and knowledge gaps and be able to articulate the impact and magnitude of Octave’s products.

● Proactively ensure collaboration and alignment with cross-functional teams, such as global market access and marketing departments, in order to optimize the medical component during strategic and tactical planning and execution.

● Execute on medical plans communicating technical and clinical data supporting new products or and/or new indications. Create a plan to identify early users that will provide meaningful clinical insights.

● Organize and run KOLs Advisory Board and engage KOLs in activities.

● Support development and management of conference presentations and other data dissemination activities as necessary.

● Support activities and initiatives related to outcomes research, disease registries, patient-reported outcome, and burden of illness studies.

● Document field activities to ensure integration with the overall strategies and goals in an appropriate and timely manner.

 

Desired Skills & Qualifications

● Advanced degree in medical science (MD, PharmD, PhD, NP or PA)

● Neurology experience required

● HIGHLY DESIRED: Extensive current relationships in Movement Disorders community and KOL peer status.

● Vision and initiative: Able to envision, catalyze, and build new business processes and infrastructure from the ground up.

● Ability to formulate and execute on medical plans communicating technical and clinical data supporting new products and/or new indications.

● Ability to create plans to identify early users that will provide meaningful clinical insights.

● Ability to create an environment that encourages innovative thinking and novel ideas to meet the needs of patients.

● Entrepreneurial: Thrives in a fast-paced, emerging company setting.

● Results-driven: Passionate about achieving and exceeding goals.

● Communication: Communicates effectively across all levels of the organization and provides updates to the executive team on a regular basis.

● Flexibility: Can adapt to changing direction as our market knowledge expands.

● Must uphold the highest standards of integrity and ethics and conduct all activities in compliance with legal/regulatory requirements and policies.

● Strong orientation toward the patient, customer service, and teamwork. Commitment and passion for improving patients’ lives.

● Proven ability to efficiently manage time and priorities and large volumes of work with minimal supervision.

● Proven ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with KOLs and to establish trust through the consistent demonstration of scientific expertise and satisfactory follow-through to requests from KOLs.

● Strong leadership skills and the ability to compile and disseminate information to others in a cohesive fashion to assure a clear understanding of project status and direction.

● Strong interpersonal skills and outstanding collaborative skills. Proven track record and success in building relationships and having scientific discourse with medical and scientific experts.

● Experience working with cross-functional internal teams, as well as patients, researchers, clinicians and other stakeholders.

● History of success in organizing and running Advisory Board meetings.

● Demonstrated success with project management.

● Attention to detail.

● Outstanding oral presentation skills.

● Highly developed written skills with the ability to produce internal and external documents for presentations, technical briefs, and scientific publications.

● Ability to elicit and answer clinical questions in groups ranging from individuals to larger didactic round tables and meetings.

● Ability to travel 50% of the time, both internationally and domestically, with overnight stays in a large territory as part of a small team.

About Us

Octave offers a balanced and flexible working environment. Our offices are located in Menlo Park, surrounded by life science innovators (e.g. Grail) and tech innovators (e.g Facebook). Our space is newly built to our specifications: open, with an old factory vibe, and is well-appointed, with free drinks and snacks. We offer a choice of health, dental, and vision plans. World class gym 100 feet away with a pool. Close to many commute options, including a free shuttle service with many convenient routes. We also offer lunch once a week at the office that you can pre-select from a large menu.

At Octave, we believe in providing exceptional compensation packages for exceptional work. We are intentional about benchmarking our compensation against current market rates, and providing continued opportunity for advancement within the organization.

The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Octave, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $170,000 to $220,000.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. Please note that the compensation details listed in posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

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About the job

Octave Bioscience is developing a suite of novel measurement tools that feed into structured analytical data models aimed at improving care management decisions to create better patient outcomes at lower costs. We are focusing our efforts on neurodegenerative disease, starting with multiple sclerosis (MS), to bring direct, positive impact to people’s lives. We are delighted to be expanding our work to Parkinson’s Disease (PD) as the next neurodegenerative disease to tackle.

As a team, we constantly learn together and seek new solutions, operating in areas that are unknown. We share a common mission and build our flywheel from the diverse backgrounds of our collaborators.

To develop our quantitative capabilities, we are seeking a data scientist to help deliver solutions across very diverse data sets. We are seeking a candidate with strong expertise in bioinformatics, data analytics, and machine learning/artificial intelligence capabilities. The data scientist will be primarily responsible for providing recommendations and delivering actionable insights in our proteomic biomarker program. The ideal candidate should have a strong statistical and machine learning background (with experience in applications to biology), as well as good collaboration, documentation and communication skills. Our mission requires constant iteration of the company’s approach to both biology and data science as well as passion to work in a regulated healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

● Accountable for the development of data analytics tools, predictive models, and emergent insight capabilities that make use of complementary and complex data sets.
● Use software tools to build algorithms and models, and draw actionable insights from large data sets.
● Build predictive models across multiple areas of interest with a strong emphasis on biology of neurodegenerative diseases.
Technical Skills

 

Minimum:
● Experience with analysis of large scale proteomic and/or genomic data sets
● Experience with supervised and unsupervised machine learning approaches, including but not limited to classification, regression, clustering, and other forms of anomaly detection/pattern recognition
● Direct experience with coding in Python or R
● Comfortable dealing with dimensionality reduction, cross validation, and augmentation of small datasets under uncertainty
● Experience in using warehousing, data lake and big data tools (e. g., S3, Apache Spark, BigQuery, Hadoop)
● Experience interpreting biological statistics and translating them to clear relationships of clinical outcomes for clinical and business stakeholders
● Self-driven and intellectually curious to solve challenging problems
● Collaborate with multiple teams (internally and externally)
● Strong team player willing to learn new platforms and tools

 Preferred:
● Experience with Databricks
● Experience in modeling biochemical networks, especially at the cellular and protein level
● Preparation and presentation of journal manuscripts, research papers, posters, at scientific and academic conferences

● Familiarity with brain neurophysiology and modeling mammalian cells like neurons
● Familiarity with neurodegenerative disease pathophysiology
● Experience in artificial neural networks (including convolutional) methodologies and technologies (Spark, TensorFlow, Keras, etc)
● Experience in visualization tools (e.g., Candela, Periscope, Spark, D3, Google Chart, ggplot, Tableau)

Qualifications

Minimum:
● Master of Science in Computer Science, Biology or in a related science, technology, engineering, or pure/applied math discipline
● Experience and passion to work in a fast-paced agile engineering environment and start-up
● Dedication and perseverance to find insights and data-driven predictive solutions

Preferred:
● A background in computational and/or systems biology
● Experience working in the life science industry – therapeutic development, diagnostics, companion diagnostics
● PhD in Computer Science or in STEM Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
● Direct experience with compliance to ISO 13485, 62304, 27000, GDPR, HIPAA, CLIA, FDA 510K, SaaMD, 21 CFR part 11, or other industry related regulations/standards.

About Us

Octave offers a balanced and flexible working environment. Our offices are located in Menlo Park, surrounded by life science innovators (e.g. Grail) and tech innovators (e.g Meta). Our space is newly built to our specifications: open, with an old factory vibe, and is well-appointed, with free drinks and snacks. We offer a choice of health, dental, and vision plans. World class gym 100 feet away with a pool. Close to many commute options, including a free shuttle service with many convenient routes. We also offer lunch once a week at the office that you can pre-select from a large menu.

At Octave, we believe in providing exceptional compensation packages for exceptional work. We are intentional about benchmarking our compensation against current market rates, and providing continued opportunity for advancement within the organization.

The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Octave, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $150,000 to $200,000 per year.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. Please note that the compensation details listed in posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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Summary:

Octave combines deep data with profound empathy to supercharge our comprehensive approach to improving outcomes in neurodegenerative diseases, starting with Multiple Sclerosis. Our team of data scientists, biologists, clinicians and technologists are bringing their A-game to creating the next generation of clinical care solutions.

Using human-tech services we partner with people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) and those who care for them to understand and act upon the complexities and subtleties they deal with every day. Our platform of apps, sensors and wearables, cutting edge imaging technologies, and novel biomarkers provide the data that feed into structured analytical data models aimed at improving care management decisions to create better patient outcomes at lower costs.

We are looking for the best and brightest talent to join our team. If you’re looking to be part of a company with an unwavering commitment to improving patients’ lives and a great place to work, we hope you’ll explore our career opening and get to know Octave.

Position Profile

As a Neuroscience Account Executive, you will actively develop and grow the business within the focused market of neurology and ‘Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence.’ Account Executive is to meet established sales goals by delivering real value to our customers. The Account Executive will need very high functional skills, as well as proven leadership skills. The Account Executive will need to be a highly engaged, positive team player and show a high degree of customer focus.

Essential Functions

The Neuroscience Account Executive will report to the Area Business Manager and perform the following job duties in this field-based role:

● Identify, develop, and manage commercial relationships with key opinion leaders in neurology and specifically those who manage Multiple Sclerosis, particularly those clinicians at Centers of Excellence as well as other key healthcare professionals

● Identify and capitalize on commercial opportunities for growth within a specific geography – including the traditional out-patient practices, institutions, physician groups, local MS chapters, etc.

● Manage full lifecycle of the product sales process, including new business development and lead generation via programs and other initiatives

● Collaborate with the marketing, medical, product and customer success teams on the sales cycle progression, key learnings, and innovative ideas that surface

● Develop and implement account strategies and sales plans to achieve and/or exceed quota targets.

● Anticipate and mitigate prospect/client challenges through proactive engagement methodologies.

● Attend local trade shows, industry conferences and networking events

● Stay current on industry and marketplace trends in the areas of neurology, multiple sclerosis, and care management platforms

Characteristics and Qualifications Preferred

● You are a passionate and self-driven individual who projects trust and credibility and can perform strategically as well as navigate a fast-paced and unexplored startup environment
● Bachelor’s degree required
● 5+ years of neurology / diagnostic sales / specialty pharmaceuticals / imaging sales experience. A breadth of experience across these disciplines is highly desirable
● Neurology and/or MS experience strongly preferred
● Proven track record of success as demonstrated by consistent high ranking over 3+ years, achievement awards, etc.
● Ability to understand and present technical and/or scientific concepts and material clearly and effectively
● Demonstrated experience in developing and managing commercial relationships with physicians, physician practices, patient advocacy groups and key opinion leaders
● Good sense of workflow issues, particularly those impacting physicians
● Salesforce.com or similar CRM experience required
● Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with all levels/layers, internally and externally
● Strong presentation skills
● An excellent listener
● Good sense of humor
● Excellent time management, scheduling, and organizational skills
● Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and work effectively under tight timelines and schedules
● Team oriented with a low ego or no ego
● Strong work ethic with a drive to get things done
● Resourceful, hands on, fearless and results oriented
● Mission driven, passionate about the patient
● Demonstrated flexibility, innovation, and self-motivation
● Product launch experience preferred
● Valid Driver’s License
● Ability to travel within a large territory as needed based on business demands requiring a reasonable percentage of travel time

Successful candidates may be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

About Us

We are doing great things that allow us to bring everything we know and all our experience to the mission. We are smart, fun, and thrive on bringing out the best in each other. We have a balanced and flexible working environment. The Octave office is located in Menlo Park surrounded by life science innovators (e.g. Grail) and tech innovators (e.g Meta). Our space is newly built to our specifications, open, with a vintage factory vibe, and well-appointed, with free drinks and snacks. World class gym 100 feet away with a pool. We offer a choice of health, dental, and vision plans as well as a 401k plan.

At Octave, we believe in providing exceptional compensation packages for exceptional work. We are intentional about benchmarking our compensation against current market rates, and providing continued opportunity for advancement within the organization.

The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Octave, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $130,000-$140,000 per year base with a commission structure on top of that. Please note that the compensation details listed in posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

 

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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