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About the job Scientific Affairs Liaison
Job Title: Scientific Affairs Liaison
Job Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Job Location Type: Remote
Job Contract Type: Full-time
Job Seniority Level: Entry level
Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry? Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.
Tempus AI is expanding our high-performing Scientific Affairs Liaison (SAL) team to support the commercial customer focus and educational objectives of the company. This remote position will report to the Director, Scientific Affairs and will require <20% travel. We are considering candidates residing across the U.S.
Primary Responsibilities And Essential Duties - Function as an internal scientific/technical expert with respect to all Tempus oncology test offerings;
- Respond promptly and accurately to external medical information requests triaged by the customer success team;
- Ability to identify internal education gaps with respect to Tempus' new and existing oncology products, and facilitate closing those gaps via the development of educational presentations, live training modules, and utilization of other training tools including videos and podcasts;
- Continuously update internal stakeholders on relevant medical and scientific knowledge, as well as proactively develop market intelligence on existing competitor products and products in development;
- Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary groups to provide prompt, accurate and comprehensive responses to complex medical/scientific inquiries from internal and external customers;
- Comply with medical information standard work practices and procedures;
- Contribute to the development of scientifically/technically accurate and comprehensive marketing messages/collateral for external and internal stakeholders (healthcare professionals, internal commercial teams, etc.); maintaining current market intelligence on new and existing competitor products;
- Attend appropriate scientific meetings to keep abreast of medical knowledge and maintain awareness of research activities and latest developments in cancer genomic profiling and therapeutics including competitive intelligence; synthesize conference learnings for presentation to internal teams
Required Skills - Fundamental understanding of the field of molecular testing and/or oncology, including NCCN and ESMO guidelines;
- Exceptional interpersonal communication and writing skills;
- Public speaking skills and ability to effectively communicate relevant scientific topics and concepts to a broad range of audiences;
- Working knowledge of genomic laboratory-developed testing (LDT); familiarity with CLIA-88', CAP, Sunshine Act; FDA regulated diagnostic tests;
- Strong inter- and intradepartmental navigation skills in a fast-moving company environment;
Ability to travel (
- Self-starter with an ownership mindset able to work and deliver on tight timelines
Education And Experience - Advanced scientific or medical degree (e.g. PhD, PharmD, MD, BSN, MSN, NP, GC);
- Preferred: PhD, PharmD, GC;
- Experience with oncology diagnostics in biotech or pharmaceutical industries preferred;
- Experience in Medical Information preferred
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Additionally, for remote roles open to individuals in unincorporated Los Angeles - including remote roles- Tempus reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: engaging positively with customers and other employees; accessing confidential information, including intellectual property, trade secrets, and protected health information; and appropriately handling such information in accordance with legal and ethical standards. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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