Job Description

Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL)/ Senior Medical Scientific Liaison (Senior MSL) - Oncology

• Join a Global Innovative Pharmaceutical Company

• Supportive and flexible team culture

• Great opportunity for Personal and Professional development

Our Medical Affairs team advances patient care by engaging in scientific exchange with external medical experts and industry leaders ensuring the scientific value of our products is understood. We connect, communicate and train internal employees to ensure a thorough understanding of the science behind the medicine and review further unmet medical needs to support collaboration to further differentiate our portfolio.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

A Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) or Senior MSL is a field-based disease state expert responsible for supporting company’s strategic and scientific objectives, by exchanging scientific information with rostered scientific leaders about an assigned product and therapeutic area (TA) through balanced discussion. Providing accurate, fair and balanced scientific exchange is a core function. The MSL/Sr. MSL’s interactions with scientific leaders are organic, comprehensive peer-to-peer discussions enabling their assessment of evolving standards of care for patients and research opportunities. Scientific exchange allows the MSL/Sr. MSL to collect insights regarding gaps in understanding and data needed by the healthcare community that can be shared with the wider organization. In addition to facilitating peer-to-peer medical exchanges and engaging with scientific leaders and key decision makers to advance therapeutic and patient care knowledge, the MSL/Sr. MSL synthesizes actionable insights to inform portfolio strategies and lifecycle management. They translate global medical priorities and consolidated insights into localized strategies, driving initiatives such as real-world data generation, scientific communication, and educational programs aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and access to healthcare.  The MSL/Sr. MSL may have opportunities to manage multiple countries based on company strategies.

What will you do:

• Being product and disease state experts who engage in non-promotional scientific exchange with SLs or KDMs (Scientific Leaders or Key Decision Makers).

• Execute Field Medical Engagement Plans within the scope of local and global policies, local rules and regulations and aligned with the Field Medical SOP.

• The MSL/ Sr. MSL is responsible for ensuring that they are fully versed in the therapeutic area and up-to-date on: all major studies, both ongoing and completed; product information on company and other companies’ relevant therapies; clinical data and relevant pipeline data to provide the most accurate data to SLs, KDMS and the healthcare community, in a balanced way, to improve patient care.

• The MSL/Sr/ MSL’s primary responsibility is to engage in non-promotional peer-to-peer communication with medical/scientific information to SLs and KDMs on their roster, based on scientific exchange and services oriented towards the stakeholder’s professional interests & needs.

• Defining and maintaining a roster of Scientific Leaders and Key Decision Makers in their therapeutic area.

• Interacting with identified Scientific Leaders and healthcare administrators (KDMs) by exchanging balanced medical / scientific information and by appropriately communicating these exchanges with internal colleagues.

• Utilizing scientific and medical expertise to communicate scientific information in individual and group presentations.

• Respond to unsolicited requests for medical, scientific, pipeline, organization product information from SLs or KDMs utilizing appropriate approved scientific materials and appropriately documenting the use of these resources.

• Providing insights internally on scientific gaps, ideas and other topics gathered from Scientific exchange to inform areas of interest, clinical trial programs, development programs and company TA strategy.

• Adapt the Global Medical Goals and Strategies into the country’s context, to support/lead initiatives in local real-world data generation, facilitate scientific communication, educational programs, and other tactics and solutions to improve patient outcomes and enhance access in the country.

• Alert investigators to company’s program for Investigator Initiated Study Proposals and to the process for submitting investigator designed proposals for review and approval; encourage and facilitate research publication of Investigator Study Proposal, in strict compliance with global/local guidance.

• Work with GMSA/GCTO to identify potential investigators for Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials

• Ensuring various engagement metrics (both quantitative and qualitative) are achieved.

• Providing on-label medical insights and training to internal colleagues including the organization and competitor products and disease state with their therapeutic knowledge.

• Attending / participating in scientific congresses/meetings in Malaysia and internationally to understand the role of emerging data on patient treatment within the TA covered, when requested, allowing for more balanced Scientific exchange.

• Lead and support the preparation of non-promotional Medical Education Programs.

• Execute country advisory boards and group input forums to inform company strategy.

• Performing all company business in accordance with company policies and procedures and country regulations

What Should you have:

• MD; PhD in health or life sciences; PharmD is required.

• 1-2 years in an in-field customer facing role and experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

• Clear and concise communication skills (viz. verbal, written, presentations) and interpersonal skills with the ability to work in cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated analytical skills and a solid understanding of research methodology.

• Ability to learn and convey medical/scientific information to healthcare professionals and decision-makers.

• Knowledge of local pharmaceutical industry guidelines/code, regulatory/reimbursement framework and clinical research guidelines (ICH-GCP, Declaration of Helsinki).

• In a matrix environment, able to effectively collaborate across functions.

• Ability to travel extensively (up to 70% of the working week).

Who we are:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for  life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.
 

 What we look for

 Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

04/2/2025

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