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Boehringer Ingelheim AD/Medical Science Liaison-Inflammatory Bowel Disease -(East and West Coast) in Ridgefield, Connecticut
Description
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.
The Medical Science Liason is part of a regional therapeutic area MSL team within Field Based Medicine (FBM), who reports into the MSL Sr AD. The focus of this role is field based scientific exchange (SE), for which the MSL will leverage their scientific background, industry knowledge, and business acumen to act as a scientific resource to scientific experts (SCEs), while gathering insights that inform Scientific Objectives (SOs) and strategic decision making by Medicine. Within their territory, MSLs are responsible for establishing, cultivating, and maintaining relationships with SCEs. Further, the MSL functions as an extension of the medical information group to provide product and pipeline therapeutic area expertise to SCEs and HCPs, and as a scientific expert to internal stakeholders within Medicine and Commercial groups at BIPI. The MSL is a collaborative member of BIPI, who is expected to communicate seamlessly with other members of the field-based organization and perform all activities in a compliant manner.
Duties & Responsibilities
Customer Interactions and Scientific Exchange:
The overarching objective of the MSL is to be in the field conducting scientific exchange with prioritized SCEs. Therefore, the principal effort of the MSL will be focused on planning, preparing for, and conducting field-based interactions and scientific exchange in support of the TA Scientific Objectives (SOs). Specific aspects of the role include, but may not be limited to:
Proactively conducting scientific exchange with SCEs to support the SOs.
Establishing and maintaining scientific relationships with SCEs, while developing a strong understanding of territory specific healthcare systems and clinical practices related to patient care, disease management, treatment protocols, and research interests.
Acting as a scientific resource to SCEs and HCPs to reactively answer specific questions on TA or disease state topics and BI compounds through scientific exchange.
Providing disease state education on topics related to TA Scientific Objectives.
Acting as a scientific resource to Scientific Experts at payer accounts and integrated delivery networks when requested.
Planning and Support:
Develop a tactical customer-centric medical engagement plan for their geography in alignment with management and provide internal and external scientific support – as required. Specific aspects of the role include, but may not be limited to:
Proactively developing a territory specific medical engagement plan for scientific exchange with prioritized SCEs, which supports the TA Scientific Objectives (SOs) and priorities.
Proactively assessing SCEs that are appropriate to interact with as part of the medical engagement plan.
Identifying and communicating challenging gaps between BIPI and customer expectations, needs, and priorities.
Proactively monitoring and adjusting tactical medical engagement plan to better achieve TA Scientific Objectives.
Supporting identification and assist with development of scientific materials, as directed, required to effectively conduct scientific exchange.
Supporting identification of training needs to effectively engage in scientific exchange.
Maintaining regular communication (field based, virtual meetings, etc.) with the TA MSL Team, to review ongoing activities and insights, share best practices, and communicate learnings.
In alignment with Clinical Operations, interacting with current and potential BI study investigators to support clinical trial activities.
Facilitating logistical communications between BIPI and HCPs regarding Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS), External Collaborative Research, company study contracts, etc., as requested.
Providing additional scientific support for Medicine and Scientific Affairs activities in alignment with the local working instruction, which may include but are not limited to support for scientific congresses and medical information.
Maintaining clinical, scientific, and technical expertise in specific TA through continuous learning and knowledge of the TA related scientific literature.
Requirements
Associate Director, MSL Requirements
BSc. from an accredited institution required, and in addition fulfill one of the following education levels and experience criteria:
Advanced science / clinical degree (PharmD, M.D., DO, Ph.D.) with three or more (3+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic experience (preferred), or
Masters level degree in health sciences with five or more (5+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience, or
Combined BSc. with a MBA, or BSN with a MBA, and seven or more (7+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience, or
A PA with five or more (5+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience.
Other Medically qualified licensure (e.g. RPh, Respiratory Therapist) with nine or more (9+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience.
Two or more (2+) years of experience as an MSL or relevant work experience within the respective therapeutic area with primary emphasis on field based scientific exchange – required, four or more (4+) years preferred.
Experience in a senior MSL role – preferred.
Experience leading field based medicine or medical affairs projects, or mentoring MSLs – preferred.
Knowledge of regional specific healthcare systems and clinical practices related to patient care – preferred.
Requires a deep understanding of scientific. clinical, market and product information and the ability to discuss and communicate this information with top experts in their field.
Requires the knowledge and expertise to interpret and share this information with internal stakeholders across multiple functions.
MSL Requirements
BSc. from an accredited institution required, and in addition fulfill one of the following education levels and experience criteria:
Advanced science / clinical degree (PharmD, M.D., DO, Ph.D.) with one or more (1+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic experience (preferred), or
Masters level degree in health sciences with three or more (3+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience, or
Combined BSc. with a MBA, or BSN with a MBA, and five or more (5+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience, or
A PA with three or more (3+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience.
Other medically qualified licensure(e.g. RPh, Respiratory Therapist) with seven or more (7+) years of relevant clinical or therapeutic area experience.
Two or more (2+) years of experience as a MSL within the respective therapeutic area with primary emphasis on field based scientific exchange - preferred.
Knowledge of regional specific healthcare systems and clinical practices related to patient care - preferred.
Strong communication and relationship development skills.
Able to readily interpret scientific data, understand the potential impact of data on clinical approaches and research needs, and communicate scientific data to broad audiences.
Position is field-based with over 50% required travel to manage assigned geography. Easy access to large hub airport desired.
Desired Skills, Experience and Abilities
Additional Duties & Responsibilities :
Insight Generation and Reporting:
Identify, document, discuss, and communicate scientific insights as guided by the TA Scientific Objectives.
Specific aspects include, but may not be limited to:
Documenting field generated scientific insights within appropriate system(s), and communicate to appropriate internal stakeholders, as required.
Participating in the discussion of scientific insights gathered by the TA MSL team, to understand the breadth of insights, potential impact, and to stimulate scientific exploration, as directed by management.
Supporting communication of scientific insights across the Medical and Commercial organizations, as directed by management.
Identifying changes in the healthcare landscape and trends impacting delivery within the territory (i.e., new stakeholders impacting the delivery of or access to care).
Collaboration:
The MSL collaborates with the field-based medicine team, CDMA, appropriate Commercial personnel, and the broader organization – in a seamless and efficient manner.
Specific aspects include, but may not be limited to:
Collaborating within the TA MSL Team on all aspects of planning, execution, sharing of best practices, and insight generation related discussion to understand the breadth of insights, potential impact, and to stimulate scientific exploration.
Collaborating to provide field based scientific expertise for key accounts, as required.
Learning about new and evolving customers and the changing medical needs of such customers.
Collaborating with Commercial personnel, as appropriate and in a compliant manner, to provide scientific support for internal and external activities where there is a defined and appropriate scientific role for FBM.
Collaborating with CDMA and the broader Medicine organization, to provide scientific support and communicate scientific insights.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person’s actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.