Digital Medical Scientific Liaison

Digital Medical Scientific Liaison

POSITION PURPOSE:

The Digital MSL (DMSL) shall act as a scientific expert between Bayer and the medical community through the creation and dissemination of scientific data and material. The DMSL establishes scientific relationships with thought leaders (TLs), healthcare professionals (HCPs) defined as rising stars and decision-makers from key academic / healthcare institutions, through the process of multichannel engagement mainly focused on remote interactions, virtual scientific meetings and lecture presentation, and other digital channels and ensure their access to relevant scientific information, leveraging new engagement channels to HCPs individual needs & preferences.

The DMSL facilitates TL involvement in national, regional and local educational forums including advisory boards, symposia and Continuing Medical Education (CMEs). The DMSL also serves as an important partner to internal stakeholders within Bayer by bringing relevant insights from their TLs, rising stars HCPs and decision-makers to key cross-functional partners. Partnering with internal stakeholders, the DMSL identifies external customer scientific and educational needs.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Focus on building trustful relationships with TLs and HCPs not covered by field based MSLs, increasing the medical reach and coverage of new specialties /TLs from tier 2 and 3 cities where current field-based MSLs are not reaching out, communicating scientific information about our products and gathering insights to support our decision-making process.
• Partnering with internal stakeholders, mainly field based MSL, KAM (Key account manager) and First Line Sales managers (FLSM), the DMSL identifies external customer scientific and educational needs. With an innovation mindset, the DMSL analyzes these insights and proposes content and the channel through which to be delivered, liaising with cross-functional team members (MSL, MA, Clinical operations, BU, amongst others) to create and deliver it.
• The DMSL will exchange and disseminate scientific and educational related information with HCPs, engaging with them as a subject matter expert via various innovative TL engagements tactics and formats (both proactive discussions on-label, and reactive discussions for unsolicited off-label questions in alignment with local regulations).
• Customer facing will take place via remote channels mainly, with occasional face to face interactions on-need basis.
• Responsible for supporting clinical trial team on subjects related to interventional clinical trials. Support with data collection, feasibility & initiation visits.
• Responsible for documenting and process medical information queries in alignment with MI handling procedures.
• Prepares reports and tracking activities: The DMSL submits timely reports of HCP interactions and events, as well as tracks activities against agreed upon Performance & Development objectives.

WHO YOU ARE:

• Bachelor s degree in medicine, natural sciences, or pharmacology. Advanced degree in science-related field eg. MD, MDS, PharmD, PhD preferred.
• 2-3 year of experience in the pharmaceutical industry as an MSL preferred or experience in drug information, clinical research and development, or other clinical relevant activities.
• Preferably experienced in Cardiovascular and Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes areas.
• Innovation and experimentation mindset and creativity, capitalizing on new technologies.
• Digital savviness. Experience in digital content creation preferred. Pragmatic manner, adapting quickly to changing environments.
• Project management skills, being able to work with different projects and stakeholders in parallel. Good organization skills.
• Statistical skills and ability to extract insights from data preferred.
• Demonstrated business acumen.
• Excel at teamwork, building solid and productive work-relationships both internally and externally.
• Ability to work independently and a demonstrated self-starter.
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-discipline and self-motivation
• Time management and organizational skills