Medical Science Liaison Immunology - Chicago IL

About the role

The MSL role embodies our medical mission to be recognized as the trusted partner for internal stakeholders and the healthcare community, driving scientific exchange to enhance medical education, data generation, insight generation and patients’ access to medicine.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with academic and community research thought leaders, appropriate HCPs, and access stakeholders, within a given geography to answer scientific, unsolicited product, and HEOR related questions.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using available scientific resources and presentations. Effectively present information to TL/HCPs and be able to respond to questions, ensuring medical accuracy and compliance with local procedures, ethical and legal guidelines and directives.
• Actively assess the medical landscape by meeting with TL/HCPs/Access Stakeholders to understand their needs and expertise. Continuously update own knowledge in treatment strategies, products, unmet medical needs, clinical trials, health economics outcomes research and scientific activities.
• Identify opportunities to partner with HCPs on disease state initiatives, collaborative research projects, and investigator sponsored research (ISR) of interest and in alignment with BMS strategic objectives.
• Attend medical congresses and local/regional meetings. Collect and provide meaningful medical insights and/or impact by communicating these back to the medical and commercial organizations to support strategy development and business decisions.
• Contribute to the Medical Plan Develop geography-specific Field Medical and TL Interaction plans based on therapeutic area objectives and TLs needs Adopt institution/account planning approach and contribute to cross-functional institution/account plans Contribute to development and delivery of scientifically meaningful medical programs/projects in line with the local Medical and Field Medical plan
• Provide Medical Support Establish a customer-centric, compliant collaboration with cross-matrix field teams within assigned geography As necessary and appropriate, support the initial and ongoing medical /scientific area and product specific training and provide key scientific updates to internal stakeholders (e.g. Commercial, Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, HEOR, Value Access & Payment)
• Provide scientific support at promotional meetings by presenting scientific and clinical data, by evaluating speakers and by giving support to BMS-contracted speakers (if applicable)
• Participate in assigned Congress activities Support Clinical Trial Activities Support Interventional and Non Interventional Research (NIR) studies (e.g. identification and assessment of potential study sites) to facilitate patient recruitment and/or discussions around the safe and effective use of BMS investigational products, as agreed with home office medical and Global Development Operations (GDO) and as defined by the study scope document
• Ensure that BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied by investigators of local studies, and alert appropriate BMS personnel to any identified Adverse Events
• Actively support CRO sponsored studies as agreed with home office medical and GDO and as defined by the study scope document

Requirements

• MD, PharmD, PhD, APP, PA, NP with experience in a specific Disease Area or with a broad medical background and relevant pharmaceutical experience
• Disease area knowledge and an understanding of scientific publications
• Knowledge of a scientific or clinical area, competitive landscape and patient treatment trends
• Knowledge of clinical trial design and process
• Knowledge of the national healthcare and access environment
• Knowledge of HEOR core concepts
• Excellent English language skills, spoken and written
• Experience Desired A minimum of 2 years working in a clinical and/or pharmaceutical environment Prior MSL experience Ability to work independently and act as a team player

Qualifications

• Translating scientific or clinical data into an understandable and valuable form to help physicians best serve their patients
• Good communication and presentation skills to present scientific and/or clinical data to research or healthcare professionals
• Developing peer-to-peer relationships with TLs, scientists and other healthcare professionals
• Ability to quickly and comprehensively learn about new subject areas and environments
• Demonstration of the BMS Values

Benefits

Auto req ID 478720BR Minimum Education Required Bachelors

Pay

Field - United States - US: $166,090 - $201,262

Schedule

Position is field based, MSL will be required to live in the territory which they manage or within 50 miles of the territory borders The MSL will spend the majority of their time in the field with their external customers.