Purpose: The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is a field-based scientific expert responsible for cultivating strategic peer-to-peer partnerships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and leading specialists. The role acts as a scientific bridge between Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine and the external medical community, driving evidence-based clinical understanding, non-promotional scientific exchange, and the execution of country- or therapy-specific Medical Affairs strategies.

You will be responsible for:

• To keep abreast of medical and scientific knowledge.
  • Continuously update their knowledge of products, patient s treatment trends and clinical activities and studies conducted within the therapeutic area in their region.
• Development and maintenance of a contact network with Leading Specialists.
  • Understands their needs, key value drivers, practical treatment patterns and scientific activities within the therapeutic area
  • Communicates value of company products, incl. formulary discussions
  • Through scientific interactions, champions medical benefits of products and contribute to fostering innovative approaches
  • Represents the company within therapeutic area professional associations in cooperation with Medical Advisor/ Medical Lead/Medical Director
• Proactive and reactive communication of medical scientific data to Leading Specialists and broader external health-care-related audiences:
  • Communicates directly and proactively scientific information of our products within the approved label
  • Communicates non-promotional general information about our company, including description of research and development programs
  • Responds to unsolicited scientific queries of customers for approved products and products/indications in development, based on Medical Affairs and Medical Information documents
• Organization and participation in Medical Education activities:
  • Identify/support/educate speakers
  • Build Medical Education programs with scientific third parties
• Organization and participation in Advisory Boards in cooperation with Medical Advisor/Medical Lead/Medical Director
• Provision of scientific support to company Sales Representative
  • Provides medical and product training and scientific support to Sales Representatives in coordination with the Training Department as appropriate
  • Acts as a reference point to Sales Representatives for any scientific query, in collaboration with Medical Information as appropriate
• Support Medical Affairs study execution
  • Supports the set up and follow up of registries and other non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
  • Propose investigators and sites for interventional and non-interventional Medical Affairs studies
  • Participate in investigator meetings preparation, recruitment follow-up and study result presentation
  • Receives investigator proposals for IIS and to ensure they are discussed within the Medical Affairs department for decision
• Through scientific interactions, gain valuable insight into treatment patterns, and scientific activities in the therapeutic area and provide input to the company Medical Affairs Plan / business decision-making

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Doctorate in pharmacy or advanced healthcare sciences
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in a multinational pharmaceutical company is an advantage
• Experience in Oncology therapy area is an advantage
• Scientific acumen and communication skills in order to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer- to-peer relationship
• Highly customer focused with an awareness of the importance of business results
• Innovative with the ability to coordinate and drive a complex and changing environment

Desired Candidate Profile

• Doctorate in pharmacy or advanced healthcare sciences
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in a multinational pharmaceutical company is an advantage
• Experience in Oncology therapy area is an advantage
• Scientific acumen and communication skills in order to be accepted by Leading Specialists in peer- to-peer relationship
• Highly customer focused with an awareness of the importance of business results
• Innovative with the ability to coordinate and drive a complex and changing environment