Medical Science Liaison at Novartis

Job Description

• Spending 70%-90% of time focused on field related activities. These activities include both direct medical expert interaction, and development and implementation of stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Contribute to mapping / profiling of Medical Experts /decision makers in line with local strategies.
• Develop peer to peer scientific relationships, assess engagement (degree of Medical Expert understanding and agreement with medical platform statements) and contributions (activities in which Medical Experts are independently qualified to engage or collaborate with the organization), and respond to unsolicited requests for scientific information using approved, non-promotional materials with Medical Experts/Key Stakeholders, Health Care Professionals (HCPs) and decision makers.
• Collaborate with Novartis colleagues to actively support medical and scientific meetings by collecting and interpreting insights /presentations/ results.
• Evaluate the impact of competitive information to share internally and externally as post-meeting deliverables.
• Engage in scientific discussions related to Novartis research are-as/compounds/pipeline with MEs, speakers & investigators.
• Provide scientific support to Medical Experts/Key Stakeholders upon their re-quest
• Implement scientific projects according to global, regional or local medical strategies. Examples may include, but not limited to, epidemiology projects, registries, preclinical or translational research, as well as multi-disciplinary projects involving education and collaboration of multiple functions in the medical community to improve patient diagnosis and treatment.
• Development of appropriate detailing materials, patient disease awareness pro-grams

Minimum Requirements

• MD, PharmD, Pharmacist, and other Life Sciences with solid medical/technical background and proven competencies influencing skills, clinical
• Proven ability to develop and foster peer-to-peer, credible relationships in order to educate and negotiate KOL/decision makers.
• Working knowledge of the Healthcare System and of the research procedures as well as the ICH guidelines, GCP and other ethical guidelines relevant to the pharmaceutical industry.
• Thorough knowledge of clinical medicine, disease management, and medical research in therapeutic area of interest
• Ability to synthesize recent scientific information, analyze them within strategic and regulatory settings. 5.Proven ability to use IT tools and interface effectively with a variety of technical platforms.
• Strong personal integrity and customer focus. 7.Excellent interpersonal communication, negotiation and advanced presentation skills.
• Effectively contribute to work on multifunctional teams. 9.Must be able to adapt, organize, prioritize, and work effectively in a constantly changing field-based environment.