(Sr) Medical Science Liaison-Northwest

About Aura:

At Aura, our mission is to develop a new class of oncology targeted therapies that deliver meaningful therapeutic benefit to a range of cancer indications with high unmet need in which we believe we can establish a new standard of care. We are driven by our passion and commitment to science and the patients battling cancer who are relying on us to pioneer these new therapies.

We are focusing the initial development of our VDC technology platform to treat tumors of high unmet need in ocular and urologic oncology. AU-011, our first VDC candidate, is being developed for the first line treatment of primary choroidal melanoma, a rare disease with no drugs approved. Beyond primary choroidal melanoma, we are developing AU-011 in additional ocular oncology indications, including choroidal metastases. Leveraging our VDCs’ broad tumor targeting capabilities, we also plan to initiate a clinical program in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, or NMIBC, our first non-ophthalmic solid tumor indication.

Position Summary:

The (Sr) Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based medical affairs role focused on developing and maintaining peer-to-peer relationships with medical experts and clinical trial investigators. The MSL will collaborate with physicians and other medical experts to support trial enrollment, provide related program and protocol training and ensure that health care professionals have the most up to date information as the clinical development programs mature. This role will be focused on the ocular oncology franchise.

Territory: Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska)

Preferred Location: Portland, OR or Seattle WA (must live in territory)

Key Responsibilities Include

• Develop and maintain peer-to-peer collaborations and relationships with key medical experts in the ocular oncology community
• Lead clinical development initiatives including site identification, trial recruitment, registry, and protocol and program training
• Serve as scientific peer-to-peer resource to external disease experts and internal stakeholders
• Communicate clinical insights internally to inform medical strategy
• Develop an understanding of the treatment landscape
• Collaborate with physicians on medical affairs initiatives including publications, advisory boards, medical education opportunities, training, and speaker development
• Maintain effective and appropriate communication among internal stakeholders while maintaining full compliance with relevant requirements
• Generate tactical regional plans to provide needs based, value-added support of the medical and scientific community in-line with company goals
• Uses systems to strategically map, identify, profile and prioritize thought leaders in line with the medical plan and goals
• Maintain accurate reporting and documentation of MSL activities

Education, Registration & Certification

• Advanced scientific or clinical degree (PharmD, PhD, MD, DO)

Experience

• 5 – 8 years of field-based MSL experience
• Robust and current clinical development experience supporting drugs to treat rare diseases; prior ophthalmology or oncology experience preferred
• Candidate must have an understanding of compliance considerations and demonstrate ability to work compliantly in a field-based role, within the medical organization

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Energetically embraces responsibilities, demonstrates ability to achieve goals
• Has strong initiative, and functions well as part of a cross-functional team
• Exhibits excellent time management
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience in a small biotech environment preferred
• Must be pro-active team player, flexible, and ability to work in ambiguous situations

Other

• Office is home based
• Travel up to 75%.
• Required travel to medical meetings, team meetings, and other group meetings (will require some weekends)

Salary & Benefit Information

Salary Range: $180,000/yr – $220,000/yr

(Placement within the listed range depends on many factors including, but not limited to: geographic location, degree, years of experience, and internal company equity.)

• Health insurance with FULL premium coverage
• 401K with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Competitive Paid time off (PTO)
• Company-paid short & long-term disability insurance and life insurance