Medical Science Liaison

Job Summary

The Medical Science Liaison will be accountable for the design, execution, and analysis of these clinical studies that support the development and commercialization of innovative healthcare technologies. You will contribute clinical expertise as you collaborate with cross-functional teams, including R&D, regulatory affairs, legal counsel, product management, customer success, clinical development and medical affairs. It will be your responsibility to ensure scientific rigor, data quality, compliance with global regulatory standards, and relevance of the project objectives and outcomes to organizational goals. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Clinical Research and Clinical Utility Expertise: Operate internally and externally as a subject matter expert in clinical imaging and technical workflow relevant to the specialty and modality of study - identifying barriers to success and owning proactive initiatives to improve the research progress. 

• Clinical Evidence Strategy: Develop, deliver, and disseminate strategies to support the generation of compelling clinical evidence, as well as provide feedback and input on the product roadmap to product management, informing leadership decisions toward long-term clinical strategies. 

• Partnership Development: Establish, manage, and steer partnerships with healthcare providers and affiliated research institutions and hospitals. Promote branding, messaging, and product innovations to strengthen and maintain these strong relationships. 

• Research Program Initiation: Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to conceptualize, evaluate feasibility, plan, initiate, and support successful research programs.  

• Manage and execute clinical studies including creating project plans, RACI charts, communication strategy, budget proposals, timelines, defining project deliverables, and contractual agreements, as well as developing essential documents such as study protocols, IRB submissions, subject materials, recruitment processes, data management and data analysis plans, as well as coordinating the engagement of multiple stakeholders. 

o   Ensuring adherence to Good Clinical Practice (GCP), ethical standards, and applicable regulations to protect the validity and integrity of the company’s sponsored collaborations.  

• Collaborate professionally with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, engineers, physicians, and researchers to integrate clinical insights into product design and refinement. 

• Work on-site with healthcare professionals and clinical collaborators to gather clinical feedback, identify unmet needs, and validate clinical use cases in Beta phase as well as support the evaluation, implementation, troubleshooting, and optimization of research products in real-world environments. 

• Serve as the primary point of contact for innovation partner sites, facilitating effective communication and coordination of multi-disciplinary research initiatives. 

• Provide clinical expertise in interactions with regulatory authorities and external partners. 

• Develop scientific presentations and publications to support Marketing activities and spotlight the credible clinical evidence that reinforces product claims and proof points. 

• Ensure the company’s offerings are accurately and consistently represented to healthcare providers .

• Analyze and interpret clinical data to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and performance of products .

• Nurture KOL relationships and grow the Advisory community .

PLEASE NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of the position described above.  Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Minimum Qualifications, Education and Experience

●        5+ years of experience in Healthcare, Medical Imaging/radiology preferred.

●        Advanced degree (Ph.D., MD, PharmD, or equivalent) preferred. Other degree (MS, BS, BSN, RN, NP, PA, RT, RDMS) acceptable with extensive relevant work experience in research and medical imaging.  

●        Strong background in medical device clinical trials, preferably imaging diagnostics or digital health. 

●        Clinical experience or expertise in a specific therapeutic area (e.g., radiology, oncology, cardiology). 

●        Core experience designing and managing clinical studies with a track record of delivering successful outcomes within the planned timeline and pre-defined budget. 

●        Comprehension of statistical analysis and clinical data interpretation methodology with proven experience collecting and working with clinical data and ability to apply this to clinical study design. 

●        Knowledge of regulatory standards (e.g., FDA, ISO 14155, ICH-GCP). 

●        Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the interpersonal acumen to earn the trust and respect of discerning and highly educated specialists, who may be difficult to impress. 

●        Strong project management skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 

●        Ability to exercise resilience and diplomacy when advocating for the company’s best interests, especially when negotiating agreements and enforcing contractual commitments 

●        Models resourceful and ambitious initiative, productive self-management, attention to detail, exceptional organization, creative problem solving, and proactive leadership.  

●        Solid Product Management experience in building and launching informatics solutions in healthcare .

●        Established knowledge of clinical and operational workflow.

●        Proven experience in product deployments and services in healthcare.

●        Product mindset, being able to balance technical knowledge and (medical/healthcare) business acumen.

●        Able to make and articulate trade-offs between features requests necessary for prioritization.

●        Customer first mindset.

●        Proactive, decisive, self-starter with excellent project management skills and ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.

●        Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment - great team player.

●        High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability.

●        Preference; Background in launching software or services in partnership with engineering teams and high degree of proficiency in prototyping, iterative development, understanding of Agile principles.

●        Work authorization.

Quality Standards

·       Communicates, cooperates, and consistently functions professionally and harmoniously with all levels of supervision, co-workers, patients, visitors, and vendors.

·       Demonstrates initiative, personal awareness, professionalism and integrity, and exercises confidentiality in all areas of performance. 

·       Follows all local, state and federal laws concerning employment to include but not limited to: I-9, Harassment, EEOC, Civil rights and ADA.

·       Follows OSHA regulations, RadNet and site protocols, policies and procedures.

·       Follows HIPAA, compliance, privacy, safety and confidentiality standards at all times.

·       Practices universal safety precautions.

·       Promotes good public relations on the phone and in person.

·       Adapts and is willing to learn new tasks, methods, and systems.

·       Reports to work regularly as scheduled; consistently punctual with respect to working hours, meal and rest breaks, and maintains satisfactory personal attendance in accordance with RadNet guidelines.

·       Consistently adheres to the time management policies and procedures.

·       Completes job responsibilities in a quality and timely manner.

Physical Demands

This position often requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, twisting, reaching with hands and arms, using hands and fingers, handling, or feeling, speaking, listening, and high-level cognitive thinking. Also, must be able to lift up to 10 pounds occasionally.

Working Environment

Remote. This position requires domestic / international travel up to 40-50%.

Note: We are unable to sponsor for an employment visa at this time.