Senior Medical Science Liaison

Position: Senior Medical Science Liaison

Therapy Area: Neurology

Territory: National

Salary: Competitive

Type: Maternity Leave Cover

Inizio Engage is currently recruiting an experienced Medical Science Liaison (MSL) on behalf of our established client. This a great opportunity for a senior level MSL to join a high functioning team with a great portfolio of products. As an MSL, you'll play a critical part in establishing valuable partnerships within the medical community and healthcare systems. You will significantly contribute to our client's success, both internally and externally, through medical education, scientific exchange, and gathering crucial medical insights.

About This Role

The MSL will be field/customer-facing (60%). You will be the medical and scientific face of our client's UK affiliate in the field. Provide field based medical/scientific support around our client's disease area and products as deemed appropriate within the governance framework. Build valued constructive partnerships with key stakeholders within the medical community and healthcare system, developing and delivering a structured territory/KME engagement plan.

In addition, you will have project/office-based medical affairs (40%) responsibilities where you will proactively contribute, enrich and execute the medical strategy in collaboration with management.

You will also develop and deliver medical affairs projects including scientific communication material for internal and external use, congress symposia, advisory boards. Identify opportunities to generate clinical or fundamental scientific projects to address identified unmet needs and inform clinical care practice knowledge that will benefit patients in relevant therapeutic areas. Provide medical input to cross-functional projects such as health technology appraisals, special access arrangements, budgetary notification, real-world evidence and registers.

Contributors in this role will operate with a high level of autonomy in development and execution of activities, including management of associated budget, undertake projects of greater strategic importance, and provide mentoring/leadership to other members of the medical department.

Therapy area alignment will be focused on our client's rare disease areas of interest, at the direction of the Associate Director - Medical Lead, Rare Diseases or Head of Medical Affairs. No line management responsibility. This is a field-based role with occasional attendance at our client's UK office in according to business need.

What You'll Do

Field/customer-facing:

• Ensure aligned medical scientific communication to external stakeholders at peer-to-peer level via 1:1 interactions and group presentations, including developing or localising effective, compliant communication materials including medical education, and maintaining/fulfilling an active SERF list, dissemination of company data reactively and proactively, using a variety of media: digital channels, HCP engagement (1:1 and group).
• Work as an active member of the cross-functional Insights team, compliantly sharing medical activity and partnering with territory teams to implement business plans. Reactively Support Field Commercial and Field Market Access as required.
• Deliver 'expert speaker' presentation modules in a commercial setting in collaboration with colleagues. If the role holder has not previously achieved this certification, take the ABPI representatives' exam within one year of starting the role and pass within two years.

Who You Are

You are a proactive and experienced professional with relevant experience and a good understanding of Medical Affairs, Medical Information, Research, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, and Pharmaceutical Compliance. You are a visionary capable of driving leadership with the ability to work effectively in a dynamic cross-functional environment. A collaborative, innovative mindset with robust communication skills and a proven track record in the pharmaceutical industry.

Required Skills

• Ideally Higher scientific degree or medical/pharmacy qualification (Pharm D or PhD, MBChB or equivalent). Bachelor's, Master's or nursing qualification may be considered based on additional experience and demonstration of scientific aptitude.
• At least 5 years' experience in medical affairs, including a mix of field and office-based medical affairs experience.
• Medical/scientific or prior role experience in rare disease therapeutic areas related to our client's current portfolio or pipeline is preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and acquired knowledge and skills/competencies to the degree expected at job level.
• Appropriate Skills and Knowledge in Medical Affairs, Medical Information, Research, Pharmacovigilance, Legal, and Pharmaceutical Compliance.
• Pro-active self-starter; effective team worker and collaborator, with excellence in implementation and execution.
• Good customer-relationship and networking capabilities.
• Autonomous in medical event organisation.