Medical Science Liaison, Neurodegeneration (W. TN, AR, MS, LA, Panhandle)

About the role

The Medical Science Liaison (MSL) role focuses on engaging with healthcare system leaders and HCPs to translate scientific insights into patient care. This includes pre- and peri-launch activities, addressing unsolicited questions from HCPs, and collaborating with medical societies and payers.

Responsibilities

• Develops trusted relationships with appropriate academic and community Thought Leaders (TLs) through high-quality peer-to-peer scientific dialogue.
• Collaborates with TLs to gain insights on the clinical landscape and develop a medical plan.
• Engages with medical societies, PAGs, and guideline committee members as appropriate.
• Supports HCPs in the ISR submission and execution process and study follow-up.
• Ensures BMS Pharmacovigilance procedural documents are understood and applied by investigators.
• Supports CRO-sponsored studies as agreed upon with home office medical and GDO.

Requirements

• MD, PharmD, PhD, APP, PA, NP with experience in a specific Disease Area or with a broad medical background.
• Experience 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 methodology, including Good Clinical Practices and ethical, governmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of treatment paradigms, competitive landscape, and ability to frame information in a convincing and compliant way.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate scientific and clinical data in an easy-to-understand manner.

Qualifications

• Scientific Agility: Engage in a dialogue about data in a compelling, fair, and balanced way and explain in a manner that resonates with TLs/HCPs.
• Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models.
• 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.
• Patient Centricity: Understands the patient journey and experience.
• Customer-focused/Enterprise Mindset: Understands overall enterprise objectives and prioritization, results-oriented, positive, resilient attitude, able to quickly adapt in an ever-changing environment, willingness to embrace new ways of working and technological tools, demonstrates ability to drive organizational performance.
• Teamwork/Cross-functional Mindset: Works independently and acts as a team player by developing strong rapport and working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
• Technological Agility: Understanding, adapting, and effectively using technology in various aspects of healthcare business and interacting with HCPs, utilizing various digital communication channels, and being able to navigate and utilize the internet and online resources effectively.

Skills

• Scientific Agility: Engage in a dialogue about data in a compelling, fair, and balanced way and explain in a manner that resonates with TLs/HCPs.
• Expert knowledge of clinical practice and evolving healthcare delivery models.
• 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.
• Patient Centricity: Understands the patient journey and experience.
• Customer-focused/Enterprise Mindset: Understands overall enterprise objectives and prioritization, results-oriented, positive, resilient attitude, able to quickly adapt in an ever-changing environment, willingness to embrace new ways of working and technological tools, demonstrates ability to drive organizational performance.
• Teamwork/Cross-functional Mindset: Works independently and acts as a team player by developing strong rapport and working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
• Technological Agility: Understanding, adapting, and effectively using technology in various aspects of healthcare business and interacting with HCPs, utilizing various digital communication channels, and being able to navigate and utilize the internet and online resources effectively.

Benefits

Bristol Myers Squibb offers a wide variety of competitive benefits, services, and programs designed to support our employees in pursuing their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. For more details, visit careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Pay

The starting compensation range for this role is $166,090 - $201,262 per year for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available.

Schedule

This position is field based and the MSL will be required to live within the territory they manage or within 50 miles of the territory borders. As this position requires the operation of a Company-provided vehicle, offers of employment are contingent upon the candidate meeting the requirements of “Qualified Driver,” as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, including but not limited to the following: 1) at least 21 years of age; 2) a driver’s license in good standing issued by your state of residence; and, 3) a driving risk level deemed acceptable by the Company.