Senior Medical Science Liaison, Rheumatology - Upper Mid-West
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine · Minneapolis, MN · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteResearch$137k–$236k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Actually the posting includes sections: About Immunology, The Senior Medical Science Liaison (MSL) is considered... then responsibilities list (bulleted). Then Qualifications. Then Preferred Skills list. Then Pay range. Then Benefits list.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content.
We have content for:
- About Immunology (maybe "About the role"? Actually there is "About Immunology" paragraph describing team. Could map to "About the role" or maybe "About Immunology". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should map content to those headings where appropriate.
We have:
- About Immunology: description of team and vision. Could be placed under
for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content.
We have content for:
- About Immunology (maybe "About the role"? Actually there is "About Immunology" paragraph describing team. Could map to "About the role" or maybe "About Immunology". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should map content to those headings where appropriate.
We have:
- About Immunology: description of team and vision. Could be placed under About the role
(or maybe "About Immunology" but we must use allowed headings). Use About the role.
- Responsibilities: The bullet list of duties under "The Senior Medical Science Liaison Will ..." many bullet-like sentences. We'll put under Responsibilities
with - each.
- Qualifications: The section "Qualifications" with bullet points (Doctorate level degree..., etc). Use
Qualifications
.
- Skills: There's "Preferred Skills:" list. Also "Required Skills" maybe? Actually there is "Required Skills Preferred Skills:" then a long list. We'll treat as Skills section.
- Pay: The anticipated base pay range: $137,000 - $235,750. Use Pay
with .
- Benefits: The benefits list under "Benefits". Use
Benefits
with - .
- Schedule: Not explicitly mentioned; there is travel up to 70% but not schedule. So we should not create Schedule section.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, etc. Remove those.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID etc.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's craft.
First, maybe a short
for metadata like location? The posting includes "All Job Posting Locations: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, Illinois (Any City), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Wisconsin (Any City)". Also "Job Function Medical Affairs Group Job Sub Function Medical Science Liaison Job Category Scientific/Technology". This is minor metadata; we can fold into a short
at top.
We need to avoid duplication.
Let's produce:
Job Function: Medical Affairs Group – Medical Science Liaison (Scientific/Technology). Locations: Ann Arbor, MI; Illinois (any city); Minneapolis, MN; Wisconsin (any city).
Then sections.
Now responsibilities: need to extract each bullet from the long paragraph. The responsibilities are a series of sentences starting with "The Senior Medical Science Liaison Will". We'll split each sentence that begins with a verb (Develop and implement..., Engage..., Identify..., Utilize..., Leverage..., Identify provider..., Deliver..., Collect..., Provide..., Respond..., Consistently execute..., Compliant collaborate..., Demonstrate..., Foster..., Develop a thorough understanding..., In collaboration..., Perform all administrative...). We'll make each a - .
Let's list them:
1. Develop and implement a scientific engagement plan for the territory that aligns with Medical Affairs strategy, prioritized medical objectives, and approved core medical assets.
2. Engage in high quality, two-way scientific exchange with KOLs and HCPs that respectfully challenges current thinking, to serve as a resource for them and to understand their perspectives on the current treatment landscape in the relevant disease area while identifying trends, unmet needs, and educational gaps.
3. Identify and cultivate strong professional relationships with various community and academic HCPs/ KOLs in the territory to advance our scientific credibility.
4. Utilize insights and MSL tools to develop a strategic approach for customer engagements within territory and proactively uncover gaps, risks, and opportunities to enhance medical impact.
5. Leverage AI tools and insights to enhance decision making, streamline processes, and improve efficiency and outcomes across core responsibilities.
6. Identify provider educational needs and address those with tailored responses by framing data in a compelling, scientifically balanced, and medically appropriate manner that advances learning and deepens understanding.
7. Deliver relevant scientific data tailored to HCP needs through clear and effective dialogue and presentation that translates complex clinical evidence into meaningful scientific discussion by adapting communication style to stakeholder context, actively listening, asking insightful questions, and clarifying scientific questions or correcting factual misunderstandings in a balanced, evidence‑based manner.
8. Collect and submit high quality actionable insights aligned with current strategic priorities of the organization by generating, consolidating, and sharing insights that inform medical strategy, asset planning, and cross‑functional discussions.
9. Provide point-of-contact support to investigators and internal partners for both company-sponsored and investigator-initiated studies.
10. Respond to unsolicited research/clinical inquiries from external stakeholders promptly with scientifically sound, objective, and compliant information.
11. Consistently execute upon the current Medical Affairs strategy and MSL priorities while balancing short term execution with longer term medical objectives and adapting plans based on evolving data, compliance considerations, and organizational priorities.
12. Compliant collaborate with internal stakeholders including but not limited to MSL field partners, R&D, US as well as Global Medical Affairs teams, clinical operations, and appropriate, role‑defined interactions with Sales and Marketing, by demonstrating a strong understanding of the matrixed environment and contributing objective, forward looking scientific perspectives.
13. Demonstrate strong scientific acumen through self-study, engaging in journal clubs, attending educational seminars, attending local and national congresses, and engaging in scientific discussion with peers while serving as a resource for the broader medical team and supporting the development of others’ scientific and clinical acumen.
14. Foster a culture of inclusion and belonging (internally and externally), increasing engagement, productivity, and innovation that reflect the diverse communities we serve and supports collaborative One J&J goals at both local and national levels.
15. Develop a thorough understanding and competence in the following areas – regulatory and health care compliance guidelines; corporate policies on appropriate business conduct and ethical behavior; Medical Affairs SOPs and guidelines.
16. In collaboration with direct manager, MSL will develop and implement a performance and development plan as well as conduct additional leadership projects that contribute to medical planning, enhance competitiveness, and advance organizational capabilities.
17. Perform all administrative requirements in a timely, accurate and compliant manner (e.g., expense reports, documentation of activities).
Now Qualifications bullet points:
- A Doctorate level degree or equivalent experience is required (PharmD, PhD, MD, Advanced Practice Providers, etc.); Post graduate experience is required for Doctoral level candidates, with preference for therapeutic clinical experience.
- 2+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrated success as an MSL
- Scientific Acumen: Strong scientific/therapeutic expertise with skills in research, data analysis, clinical expertise, problem‑solving, strategic thinking, and cross‑functional collaboration.
- Ability to support a defined territory with up to 70% travel, including in‑territory visits and attendance at internal meetings, external congresses, and related events.
- Must hold a valid US Driver’s License
Preferred (maybe separate but we can include under Qualifications? Actually there is a "Preferred" section after that: "Preferred Residency/fellowship preferred.Knowledge or experience of therapeutic areaMust be familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CoPilot and utilization of computers and remote technologies.Related clinical, research, or pharma work experience.Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over timeLocated in a major metro area; Minneapolis or Ann Arbor preferred". We'll treat these as part of Qualifications or maybe Skills. But we have a separate Skills section for Preferred Skills list. The Preferred items above are more like qualifications/preferred experience. We could add them under Qualifications as additional bullet points.
But we must not invent or summarize away detail; we need to preserve them. So we can add bullet points under Qualifications for those preferred items.
Now Skills section: The list after "Required Skills Preferred Skills:" includes many items: Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Experience, Clinical Research and Regulations, Competitive Landscape, Consulting, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Gathering and Analysis, Interpersonal Influence, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Mentorship, Problem Solving, Relationship Building, Research and Development, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility
We'll put those as
- each.
Pay:
Pay
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137,000.00 - $235,750.00.
Benefits: list from Benefits section. Need to capture each benefit line.
Benefits text:
"Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year"
We need to parse into list items. Some lines have semicolons. We'll split each distinct benefit.
List:
- Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado – 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – 56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time – up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52‑week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time‑Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Note there is "10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year" weird; we ignore the "10 days". We'll keep as Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year.
Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits". That's a link; we should drop it as per instruction to remove boilerplate/legal/EEO etc. It's not EEO but it's a link for benefits info; might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." This link is
Qualifications
. - Skills: There's "Preferred Skills:" list. Also "Required Skills" maybe? Actually there is "Required Skills Preferred Skills:" then a long list. We'll treat as Skills section. - Pay: The anticipated base pay range: $137,000 - $235,750. UsePay
with. - Benefits: The benefits list under "Benefits". Use
Benefits
with- .
- Schedule: Not explicitly mentioned; there is travel up to 70% but not schedule. So we should not create Schedule section.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, accommodation, etc. Remove those.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not put Job ID etc.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Let's craft.
First, maybe a short
for metadata like location? The posting includes "All Job Posting Locations: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, Illinois (Any City), Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Wisconsin (Any City)". Also "Job Function Medical Affairs Group Job Sub Function Medical Science Liaison Job Category Scientific/Technology". This is minor metadata; we can fold into a short
at top. We need to avoid duplication. Let's produce:
Job Function: Medical Affairs Group – Medical Science Liaison (Scientific/Technology). Locations: Ann Arbor, MI; Illinois (any city); Minneapolis, MN; Wisconsin (any city).
Then sections. Now responsibilities: need to extract each bullet from the long paragraph. The responsibilities are a series of sentences starting with "The Senior Medical Science Liaison Will". We'll split each sentence that begins with a verb (Develop and implement..., Engage..., Identify..., Utilize..., Leverage..., Identify provider..., Deliver..., Collect..., Provide..., Respond..., Consistently execute..., Compliant collaborate..., Demonstrate..., Foster..., Develop a thorough understanding..., In collaboration..., Perform all administrative...). We'll make each a - .
Let's list them:
1. Develop and implement a scientific engagement plan for the territory that aligns with Medical Affairs strategy, prioritized medical objectives, and approved core medical assets.
2. Engage in high quality, two-way scientific exchange with KOLs and HCPs that respectfully challenges current thinking, to serve as a resource for them and to understand their perspectives on the current treatment landscape in the relevant disease area while identifying trends, unmet needs, and educational gaps.
3. Identify and cultivate strong professional relationships with various community and academic HCPs/ KOLs in the territory to advance our scientific credibility.
4. Utilize insights and MSL tools to develop a strategic approach for customer engagements within territory and proactively uncover gaps, risks, and opportunities to enhance medical impact.
5. Leverage AI tools and insights to enhance decision making, streamline processes, and improve efficiency and outcomes across core responsibilities.
6. Identify provider educational needs and address those with tailored responses by framing data in a compelling, scientifically balanced, and medically appropriate manner that advances learning and deepens understanding.
7. Deliver relevant scientific data tailored to HCP needs through clear and effective dialogue and presentation that translates complex clinical evidence into meaningful scientific discussion by adapting communication style to stakeholder context, actively listening, asking insightful questions, and clarifying scientific questions or correcting factual misunderstandings in a balanced, evidence‑based manner.
8. Collect and submit high quality actionable insights aligned with current strategic priorities of the organization by generating, consolidating, and sharing insights that inform medical strategy, asset planning, and cross‑functional discussions.
9. Provide point-of-contact support to investigators and internal partners for both company-sponsored and investigator-initiated studies.
10. Respond to unsolicited research/clinical inquiries from external stakeholders promptly with scientifically sound, objective, and compliant information.
11. Consistently execute upon the current Medical Affairs strategy and MSL priorities while balancing short term execution with longer term medical objectives and adapting plans based on evolving data, compliance considerations, and organizational priorities.
12. Compliant collaborate with internal stakeholders including but not limited to MSL field partners, R&D, US as well as Global Medical Affairs teams, clinical operations, and appropriate, role‑defined interactions with Sales and Marketing, by demonstrating a strong understanding of the matrixed environment and contributing objective, forward looking scientific perspectives.
13. Demonstrate strong scientific acumen through self-study, engaging in journal clubs, attending educational seminars, attending local and national congresses, and engaging in scientific discussion with peers while serving as a resource for the broader medical team and supporting the development of others’ scientific and clinical acumen.
14. Foster a culture of inclusion and belonging (internally and externally), increasing engagement, productivity, and innovation that reflect the diverse communities we serve and supports collaborative One J&J goals at both local and national levels.
15. Develop a thorough understanding and competence in the following areas – regulatory and health care compliance guidelines; corporate policies on appropriate business conduct and ethical behavior; Medical Affairs SOPs and guidelines.
16. In collaboration with direct manager, MSL will develop and implement a performance and development plan as well as conduct additional leadership projects that contribute to medical planning, enhance competitiveness, and advance organizational capabilities.
17. Perform all administrative requirements in a timely, accurate and compliant manner (e.g., expense reports, documentation of activities).
Now Qualifications bullet points:
- A Doctorate level degree or equivalent experience is required (PharmD, PhD, MD, Advanced Practice Providers, etc.); Post graduate experience is required for Doctoral level candidates, with preference for therapeutic clinical experience.
- 2+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrated success as an MSL
- Scientific Acumen: Strong scientific/therapeutic expertise with skills in research, data analysis, clinical expertise, problem‑solving, strategic thinking, and cross‑functional collaboration.
- Ability to support a defined territory with up to 70% travel, including in‑territory visits and attendance at internal meetings, external congresses, and related events.
- Must hold a valid US Driver’s License
Preferred (maybe separate but we can include under Qualifications? Actually there is a "Preferred" section after that: "Preferred Residency/fellowship preferred.Knowledge or experience of therapeutic areaMust be familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CoPilot and utilization of computers and remote technologies.Related clinical, research, or pharma work experience.Demonstrated commitment to learning emerging technologies, such as AI, through exploration, iteration, and applying new tools over timeLocated in a major metro area; Minneapolis or Ann Arbor preferred". We'll treat these as part of Qualifications or maybe Skills. But we have a separate Skills section for Preferred Skills list. The Preferred items above are more like qualifications/preferred experience. We could add them under Qualifications as additional bullet points.
But we must not invent or summarize away detail; we need to preserve them. So we can add bullet points under Qualifications for those preferred items.
Now Skills section: The list after "Required Skills Preferred Skills:" includes many items: Analytics Dashboards, Clinical Experience, Clinical Research and Regulations, Competitive Landscape, Consulting, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Customer Centricity, Data-Driven Decision Making, Data Gathering and Analysis, Interpersonal Influence, Medical Affairs, Medical Communications, Medical Compliance, Mentorship, Problem Solving, Relationship Building, Research and Development, Strategic Thinking, Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility
We'll put those as
- each.
Pay:
Pay
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $137,000.00 - $235,750.00.
Benefits: list from Benefits section. Need to capture each benefit line. Benefits text: "Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year" We need to parse into list items. Some lines have semicolons. We'll split each distinct benefit. List: - Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year - Sick time – 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado – 48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – 56 hours per calendar year - Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year - Work, Personal and Family Time – up to 40 hours per calendar year - Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child - Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member; 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year - Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52‑week rolling period - Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year - Military Spouse Time‑Off – 80 hours per calendar year Note there is "10 days Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year" weird; we ignore the "10 days". We'll keep as Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year. Now we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits". That's a link; we should drop it as per instruction to remove boilerplate/legal/EEO etc. It's not EEO but it's a link for benefits info; might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." This link is
- each.
Pay: