Medical Science Liaison

Position:              Medical Science Liaison (MSL)

Location:             Field-based, Ireland

Therapy area:    Cardiology

Our client is currently recruiting for an experienced Medical Science Liaison (MSL) to join a highly reputable medical affairs team, focusing on delivering excellence into the healthcare market and enhancing their image as an advocate of medical advancement within Cardiology.

The MSL shall act as a scientific expert between the client and the medical community through the dissemination and education of scientific data and material relating to assets in their cardiorenal portfolio. The MSL establishes long-term scientific/strategic relationships with key, influential physicians/scientists/stakeholders and with related major medical associations and academic centers of excellence. These relationships will ensure that Thought Leaders (TLs) and organizations have access to relevant scientific information and that pertinent information is shared with the medical community. The MSL uses his/her experience and knowledge interacting with key external medical and pharmacy professionals through the process of education via one-on-one interaction; small group discussion and symposia lecture presentations including interactions associated with sponsored medical education programs and research protocols. The MSL facilitates TL involvement in national, regional and local educational forums including advisory boards, symposia and other forms of CME. The MSL also serves as an important partner to internal stakeholders by communicating relevant information from TLs to key cross-functional partners

Key tasks & responsibilities:

• Strategic contribution
  • Responsible for driving medical strategy by translating the local medical plan into implementable TL engagement strategies with cross-functional teams and identify synergies with the interests of client and the general medical community

• Data collection, analysis and interpretation
  • Responsible for reviewing and interpreting interaction analytics related to TL engagement and take appropriate actions
  • Responsible and accountable for keeping abreast with latest scientific research on therapeutic area and competitors
  • Responsible and accountable f or developing strategic perspective and strong understanding of client’s commercial, go to market strategies and healthcare landscape (includes healthcare systems, competition, healthcare technology, regulations etc) so as to anticipate business and customer/stakeholder needs and shape plans accordingly

• Managing external relationships
  • Responsible for fostering strong partnerships across MSL territories and play the role of ‘trusted advisor’ and ‘conductor’ to shape and synergize to reach w in-w in outcomes
  • Responsible and Accountable for identifying the right TLs to engage and maintain a current list with up to-date segmentations as per global definitions
  • Responsible and Accountable for generating TL insights on unmet medical needs, document and communicate them to cross-functional teams to inform tactics and strategy
  • Responsible and Accountable for implementing TL engagement strategies by building an understanding of Thought Leaders, fostering TL relationships and disseminating customer / patient-centric insights and data, whilst leveraging on various digital and physical channels to engage TLs with focused content

• Internal support
  • Responsible for providing scientific contributions to development and implementation of client-organised national, regional and local medical educational programs and gather competitive intelligence, build networks and build new material to engage TLs with
  • Responsible for facilitating evidence generation aligned with medical and brand strategy; including facilitating investigator-initiated research
  • Responsible for supporting clinical trial team on subjects related to interventional clinical trials. Support with data collection, feasibility & initiation visits

• Medical Queries
  • Responsible for documenting and process medical Information queries in alignment with MI handling
  • procedures

To apply you will need experience in the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in natural sciences, pharmacology or medicine. Advanced degree in science-related field eg. MD, PharmD, PhD preferred.
• Minimum two year’s prior MSL experience, preferably within Cardiology.
• Deep understanding of the local health system with demonstrable credibility with KOL’s and other key clinicians/health experts
• Strong scientific / clinical understanding
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Full and valid driving license
• First hand research experience in the life sciences is strongly preferred, such as a post-doctoral position, ideally with training/mentoring experience of junior colleagues
• High quality academic/scientific writing experience is essential e.g. publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Able to demonstrate experience of delivering presentations of technical/scientific material to high standards e.g. at international conferences
• Fully conversant with the requirements of the IPHA code

Benefits:

• Supportive team
• Training and development with career progression opportunities

• Excellent Salary, Company Car
• Life Assurance, Pension & Private Health Insurance
• Generous annual holiday; bank holidays inclusive
• Mobile phone, tablet device and laptop

This an exciting time to join IQVIA! And our message is simple: There is no limit to what you can achieve here.  Working alongside smart and driven colleagues, you can make a lasting impact on our customers, the industry and patient health around the world and your career.

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 70,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.