Scientific Affairs Fellow

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About the role:

The Scientific Affairs Fellow strategically partners with Atrial Fibrillation Solutions (AFS) physician key opinion leaders (KOLs) to develop and disseminate the clinical and scientific evidence supporting key BSC Electrophysiology (EP) and Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) technologies. This incumbent will create and support strategic clinical and scientific initiatives in support of podium, investigator-led research, and scientific symposia to endorse BSC's high-growth adjacencies and key AFS products. Additionally, a successful individual will establish strong collaborative relations with internal cross-functional partners (clinical, marketing, and R&D) to reinforce commercialization through scientific affairs.

This is a hybrid position (in the office minimum of three days per week) with the flexibility to be located in Arden Hills, MN, or Marlborough, MA. You will have the opportunity to discuss your preferred working location with your Talent Acquisition Specialist.

Work Mode:
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week.

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

Visa Sponsorship:
Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain clinical and technical expertise with key AFS products and therapies inclusive of understanding the 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 AFS technologies to generate strategic evidence initiatives.

• Solicit and incorporate KOL feedback on scientific content to collaboratively build the scientific story around BSC AFS 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 high growth adjacencies and key AFS 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, and R&D) 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.

• Serve as scientific liaison between KOLs and internal teams by providing KOLs with key BSC scientific evidence. 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 Science area; MD or MS / PhD preferred in a related field

• Minimum 5 years of medical education/clinical/pre-clinical/product development/marketing/field clinical/engineering experience (cardiovascular, structural heart and/or EP preferred);

• Proven experience in the medical industry (clinical, scientific communications, medical affairs, medical education, product management, product development, R&D, medical sales, or field clinical engineering) and in an FDA-regulated environment preferred

• Overnight travel (15-25%) to scientific conferences and other meetings within and outside the United States

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years' experience in Scientific Affairs

• Prior experience in EP and/or LAAC medical devices

• Prior experience in academic research and scientific symposia as a participant or organizer

• Prior experience leading project teams and managing timelines using project management methodologies

Requisition ID:607584

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