MSD Senior Medical Science Liaison 

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City 

880899662

Job Description

Role Summary

• The Senior Medical Scientific Liaison is a therapeutic and disease expert who engages in scientific exchange with leaders in the external medical and scientific community. The role provides scientific leaders (SLs) balanced, factual, scientific information about non-product areas of interest to the Company and replies to scientific questions from SLs, including questions about Company products. This work is aligned to these four core pillars: Scientific Exchange, Research, Scientific Congress Support, and Scientific Insights.
• The Sr. MSL liaises between the scientific community and the Company to enhance the comprehension of scientific foundations and goals for approved, in-development, and active Company-sponsored trials and/or investigator-sponsored research studies. The Sr. MSL serves as a role model for other field medical team members in ways that include on-boarding and/or sharing of therapeutic expertise.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

• Is product and disease state expert engaging in non-promotional scientific exchange with SLs or key decision makers (KDMs)
• Executes Field Medical Engagement Plans within the scope of local and global policies, local rules, and regulations and aligned with the Field Medical standard operating procedure (SOP)
• Is fully versed in the therapeutic area and updated on: all major studies, both ongoing and completed; product information on company and other companies’ relevant therapies; clinical data and relevant pipeline data to provide the most accurate data to SLs, KDMS, and the healthcare community, in a balanced way, to improve patient care
• Engages in non-promotional peer-to-peer communication with medical/scientific information to SLs and KDMs on their roster, based on scientific exchange and services oriented toward the stakeholder’s professional interests and needs
• May have the chance to cover multiple countries based on company franchise strategies by: (1) Defining and maintaining a roster of SLs and KDMs in their therapeutic area; (2) Interacting with identified SLs and KDMs by exchanging balanced medical/scientific information and by appropriately communicating these exchanges with internal colleagues; (3) Utilizing scientific and medical expertise to communicate scientific information in individual and group presentations
• Responds to unsolicited requests for medical, scientific, pipeline, organization product information from SLs or KDMs utilizing appropriate approved scientific materials and appropriately documenting the use of these resources
• Provides insights internally on scientific gaps, ideas, and other topics gathered from scientific exchange to inform areas of interest, clinical trial programs, development programs, and company TA strategy
• Alerts investigators to our company’s investigator-initiated study proposals (MISP) and to the process for submitting investigator-designed proposals for review and approval; encourages and facilitates research publication of MISP studies supported by our company, in strict compliance with global/local guidance regarding MISPs
• Works with GMSA/Global Clinical Trial Operations to identify potential investigators for Phase I, II, and III clinical trials
• Ensures that various engagement metrics (both quantitative and qualitative) are achieved
• Provides on-label medical insights and training to internal colleagues, including the organization and competitor products and disease state with their therapeutic knowledge
• Attends/participates in scientific congresses/meetings in local country and internationally to understand the role of emerging data on patient treatment within the TA covered, when requested, allowing for more balanced scientific exchange
• Supports the preparation of non-promotional medical education programs
• Performs all company business in accordance with company policies and procedures and country regulations

Cost Centre Management

• Obtains manager approval for all travel and extraneous expenditures
• Manages cost of local/international travel within the company travel policy

Minimum

• PhD in health or life sciences, PharmD, DNP, MD, or a pharmacy degree
• 2+ years of pharmaceutical industry experience, an in-field customer facing role
• Clear and concise communication skills (verbal, written, presentations) and interpersonal skills with the ability to work in cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated analytical skills and a solid understanding of research methodology
• Ability to learn and convey medical/scientific information to healthcare professionals and decision makers
• Knowledge of local pharmaceutical industry guidelines/code, regulatory/reimbursement framework, and clinical research guidelines International Conference on Harmonization – Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP), Declaration of Helsinki)
• Ability to travel extensively (up to 70% of the working week)

Current Contingent Workers apply

Not Applicable

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