Medical Science Liaison, Neurodegeneration (DC, DE, MD)

About the role

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) role is designed to engage in meaningful peer-to-peer scientific dialogue with healthcare system leaders such as Regional Thought Leaders (RTLs), National Thought Leaders, and Healthcare, Professional (HCPs) within a defined geography. The MSL will also engage the top HCPs in high-disease burden hospitals. The MSL captures medical insights and acts as a clinical & scientific advisor to cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Develops trusted relationships with appropriate academic and community Thought Leaders (TLs) in neurology through high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialogue in both proactive and reactive settings.
• Engages in scientific dialogue with TLs to gain insights on clinical landscape to ensure development of a medical plan that is both product/disease area focused and translates into effective launch.
• Engages with medical societies, PAGs (Patient Advocacy Groups) and guideline committee members as appropriate.
• Provides training for external speakers as needed.
• Strategically engages payers in the pre- and peri-launch phases (with fHEOR and Account Executives).
• Serves as a “Medical on Call” - virtually engaging treating physicians in the community, facilitated by their commercial counterpart, TAS (Therapeutic Area Specialist), to answer unsolicited off-label and technically complex questions in real time.
• Provides recommendations and insights to clinical development team on study feasibilities within the therapeutic area based on knowledge of the field and through direct contacts with potential investigators, as agreed with home office medical and GDO.
• Liaises with key large accounts to understand clinical barriers to patient access and ensuring equity in access to clinical trials.
• Supports HCPs in the ISR submission and execution process and study follow-up as agreed upon with home office medical and GDO.
• Ensures that BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied by investigators of local studies, and alerts appropriate BMS personnel to any identified Adverse Events.
• If applicable, supports 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 or relevant pharmaceutical experience.
• Working in a scientific and/or clinical research environment. Field medical expertise is preferred.
• Deep understanding of TL environment and needs. Strong Neurology Experience Required.
• Scientific or clinical disease area knowledge, patient treatment trends, clinical landscape.
• Pharmaceutical industry including compliance and regulatory guidelines.
• Understanding Of Scientific Publications.
• Clinical trial design and process.
• Understanding of national and regional healthcare and access environment.

Qualifications

• Scientific Agility.
• Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models.
• Ability to understand and critically appraise scientific publications.
• Knowledge of clinical trial design and methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Understands treatment paradigms, competitive landscape and can frame information in a convincing and compliant way that resonates with physicians.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate scientific and clinical data in an easy-to-understand manner to help HCPs best serve their patients.
• Strong learning mindset and passion for science. Prioritizes staying current with the latest data.
• Patient Centricity.
• Customer-focused/enterprise Mindset.
• Winning Mindset: results-oriented, positive, resilient attitude, able to quickly adapt in an ever-changing environment.
• Willingness to embrace new ways of working and technological tools.
• Demonstrated ability to drive organizational performance.
• Experience identifying, engaging, and cultivating relationships with HCPs.
• Demonstrated ability to influence matrix organization and problem-solving mentality.
• Analytical Capability.
• Ability to analyze data, such as market trends, and HCP preferences.
• Ability to segment HCPs based on their preferences and other relevant factors.
• Ability to derive actionable insights from data and analytics, including CE^3 analytics engine.
• Providing feedback proactively to enable continuous improvement of technology and tools like CE^3.
• Technological Agility.
• Understanding, adapting, and effectively using technology in various aspects of healthcare business and interacting with HCPs.
• Utilizing various digital communication channels such as emails, instant messaging apps, and video conferencing to stay in touch with healthcare professionals, colleagues, and clients.
• Competency using CE^3 and other software or CRM tools to collect, enter, and manage quality HCP data in a timely manner, track interactions, and plan future engagements with healthcare professionals.
• Ability to use the Medical on Call technology effectively.
• Being able to navigate and utilize the internet and online resources effectively.
• Keeping up to date with technological advancements and changes.
• Teamwork/Cross-functional Mindset.
• Ability to work independently and act as a team player by developing strong rapport and working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
• Knowledge of the national healthcare and access environments.
• Deep knowledge and experience of RWE.
• Ability to interpret RWE and identify opportunities for RWE projects.
• Holds a high level of integrity and good judgment, to navigate the requirements of the role effectively and compliantly in accordance with BMS policies and procedures.

Benefits

Bristol Myers Squibb offers a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.