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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in Medical Science Liaison activities, including building relationships with healthcare professionals and providing scientific education. Proficient in compliance with industry regulations and frameworks while effectively communicating complex scientific information.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Medical Affairs ExperienceMSL ExperienceAlzheimer's Disease ExperienceStrong Communication SkillsLife Science Background
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Scientific EducationData Generation ActivitiesCRM Database ManagementMedical Literature ReviewClinical Trial ExecutionStrategic Relationship BuildingMedical Engagement PlansSpeaker BriefingsCompliance TrainingNeuroscience Experience
Soft Skills
Collaboration SkillsInterpersonal SkillsCustomer FocusTeam PlayerCommunication Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
Master's Degree in Life Science
Industry Keywords
Pharmaceutical IndustryHealthcare ProfessionalsMedical Science LiaisonSpecialty Care Therapeutic AreaComplianceSOPsBiogen FrameworksInvestigatorsAdvisory BoardsClinical Study Findings
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Serve as a field-based, customer-facing Medical Science Liaison focused on key medical experts and maximizing medical one-on-one interactions with healthcare professionals
- Conduct more than 70% of activities in the field through face-to-face and virtual interactions
- Act as a scientific expert on Biogen products, disease states, and competitors
- Establish and maintain scientific and strategic relationships with physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, medical societies, and academic centers
- Provide relevant scientific information to key medical experts and organizations
- Facilitate key medical expert participation in educational forums and advisory boards
- Identify key medical experts and collaborate with commercial counterparts on medical engagement
- Develop and implement key medical expert engagement plans and plan visits
- Record healthcare professional interactions and MSL activity in the CRM database
- Provide balanced scientific education and presentations to healthcare professionals
- Source and brief speakers for national and state meetings
- Liaise between investigators and Biogen and gather clinician-driven ideas for data generation activities
- Provide regional medical insights, trends, competitor intelligence, and medical updates to internal teams
- Contribute to medical training for Account Executives and serve as a medical resource for Sales
- Support advisory boards, steering committees, speaker briefings, and clinical trial execution
- Collaborate with medical and commercial teams on strategy and communication of complex scientific information
- Review medical literature, literature alerts, scientific publications, and clinical study findings
- Attend requested national and international conferences and provide summaries to internal stakeholders
- Ensure speaker briefings, contracts, slide reviews, training, and stakeholder interactions comply with SOPs and applicable frameworks
Requirements
What you’ll need- Life science background
- Master's degree in life science required
- Sufficient command of English to perform the job
- 3 years of working experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred
- Medical affairs experience preferred; MSL experience best
- Alzheimer's disease experience preferred
- Specialty care therapeutic area experience preferred; neuroscience experience best
- Strong functional and technical skills
- Strong communication skills, including communicating complex data to different audiences
- Strong team-player and collaboration skills
- Internal and external customer focus
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain compliance with Japan and Biogen frameworks and codes of conduct
- Ability to maintain 100% training compliance on allocated courses and internal SOPs
- Understanding of industry rules and legal guidance
- Willingness and ability to follow a compliance and ethical pathway
Benefits
Comp & perks- Learning, growth, and opportunities to expand skills
- Inclusive and belonging-focused workplace culture
- Opportunities to make a significant impact
- Stability and resources of a well-established biotechnology company